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1987 Daytona 500 Results

Fin. Pos.	Str. Car Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Laps	Money	Car
1	1	9	Bill Elliott	200	$204,150	Ford
2	4	35	Benny Parsons	200	$122,420	Chevrolet
3	11	43	Richard Petty	200	$76,040	Pontiac
4	7	88	Buddy Baker	200	$74,450	Oldsmobile
5	13	3	Dale Earnhardt	200	$64,925	Chevrolet
6	6	22	Bobby Allison	200	$60,475	Buick
7	3	90	Ken Schrader	200	$68,545	Ford
8	5	17	Darrell Waltrip	200	$39,925	Chevrolet
9	31	15	Ricky Rudd	200	$38,425	Ford
10	22	29	Cale Yarborough	200	$29,600	Oldsmobile
11	19	55	Phil Parsons	200	$26,200	Oldsmobile
12	15	75	Neil Bonnett	199	$29,600	Pontiac
13	21	8	Bobby Hillin	199	$29,005	Buick
14	8	5	Geoff Bodine	199	$36,365	Chevrolet
15	37	7	Alan Kulwicki	198	$22,740	Ford
16	35	26	Morgan Shepherd	198	$20,660	Buick
17	24	77	Ken Ragan	197	$17,085	Ford
18	14	11	Terry Labonte	197	$25,915	Chevrolet
19	36	10	Rodney Combs	197	$15,295	Oldsmobile
20	42	50	Greg Sacks	196	$14,335	Pontiac
21	27	86	Ronnie Sanders	195	$13,930	Ford
22	18	30	Michael Waltrip	193	$18,110	Chevrolet
23	28	6	Trevor Boys	191	$16,795	Chevrolet
24	40	52	Jimmy Means	191	$14,480	Pontiac
25	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	191	$11,810	Pontiac
26	33	83	Lake Speed	188	$11,105	Oldsmobile
27	2	28	Davey Allison	184	$14,045	Ford
28	39	12	David Sosebee	184	$14,145	Chevrolet
29	29	66	Tom Sneva	182	$11,135	Oldsmobile
30	10	44	Sterling Marlin	167	$16,875	Oldsmobile
31	12	33	Harry Gant	156	$15,100	Chevrolet
32	17	1	Ron Bouchard	125	$11,370	Chevrolet
33	23	19	Derrike Cope	124	$10,840	Ford
34	16	71	Dave Marcis	115	$13,975	Chevrolet
35	20	21	Kyle Petty	72	$13,455	Ford
36	34	67	Eddie Bierschwale	44	$12,235	Ford
37	9	4	Rick Wilson	37	$11,420	Oldsmobile
38	30	82	Mark Stahl	36	$9,540	Ford
39	26	81	Chet Fillip	19	$9,750	Ford
40	25	64	Connie Saylor	12	$11,470	Pontiac
41	32	27	Rusty Wallace	10	$15,720	Pontiac
42	41	14	A.J. Foyt	10	$7,870	Oldsmobile

Time of Race:	2 hours, 50 minutes, 12 seconds
Average Speed:	176.263 mph
Fastest Qualifier:	Bill Elliott, 210.364 mph
Pole:	Bill Elliott
Margin of Victory:	3 car lengths
Caution Flags:	4 for 15 laps
Lead Changes:	28 lead changes among 10 drivers. Lap Leaders: Bill Elliott 1-35, Buddy Baker 36, Geoff Bodine 37, Sterling Marlin 38, Elliott 39-42, Baker 43-52, Bodine 53, Baker 54-81, Ken Schrader 82-86, Neil Bonnett 87-88, Elliott 89-117, Schrader 118-122, Bodine 123-124, Bonnett 125-127, Elliott 128-137, Schrader 138-139, Elliott 140, Darrell Waltrip 141, Benny Parsons 142-143, Dale Earnhardt 144, Elliott 145-155, Schrader 156-157, Earnhardt 158-165, Baker 166-171, Elliott 172-182, Earnhardt 183-189, Richard Petty 190-191, Bodine 192-197, Elliott 198-200.
Total Laps Led:	Bill Elliott 104, Buddy Baker 45, Dale Earnhardt 16, Ken Schrader 14, Geoff Bodine 10, Neil Bonnett 5, Benny Parsons 2, Richard Petty 2, Sterling Marlin 1, Darrell Waltrip 1.