| 1987 Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 21 of 29 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Official 1987 Southern 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 5 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Running |  | 185 | 202 | 109 |
| 2 | 16 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Kodiak | Running |  | 170 | 202 | 0 |
| 3 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 170 | 202 | 2 |
| 4 | 24 | 44 | Sterling Marlin | Piedmont Airlines | Running |  | 160 | 202 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Running | | 155 | 202 | 0 |
| 6 | 17 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Miller American | Running |  | 150 | 202 | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft | Running |  | 146 | 202 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors | Running | | 147 | 202 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | 26 | Morgan Shepherd | Quaker State | Running | | 138 | 202 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Tide | Running | | 139 | 202 | 1 |
| 11 | 18 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Red Baron Frozen Pizza | Running | | 130 | 202 | 0 |
| 12 | 22 | 55 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Classic | Running | | 127 | 202 | 0 |
| 13 | 21 | 29 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's | Running | | 124 | 201 | 0 |
| 14 | 26 | 21 | Kyle Petty | CITGO | Running | | 121 | 200 | 0 |
| 15 | 38 | 18 | Dale Jarrett (R) | Freedlander Financial | Running | | 118 | 200 | 0 |
| 16 | 28 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Lifebuoy Soap | Running | | 115 | 200 | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Crisco | Distributor | | 112 | 199 | 0 |
| 18 | 27 | 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Levi Garrett | Running | | 109 | 199 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | All Pro Auto Parts | Running | | 106 | 198 | 0 |
| 20 | 39 | 1 | Brett Bodine (R) | Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce | Running | | 103 | 195 | 0 |
| 21 | 37 | 62 | Steve Christman (R) | AC Delco | Running | | 100 | 195 | 0 |
| 22 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Eureka Vacuum Cleaners | Running | | 97 | 195 | 0 |
| 23 | 34 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Running | | 94 | 194 | 0 |
| 24 | 32 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Pannill Knitting | Running | | 91 | 193 | 0 |
| 25 | 31 | 34 | Eddie Bierschwale | Allen's Glass | Running | | 88 | 192 | 0 |
| 26 | 11 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American | Engine | | 85 | 185 | 0 |
| 27 | 25 | 64 | Rodney Combs (R) | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 82 | 185 | 0 |
| 28 | 8 | 4 | Rick Wilson | Kodak Films | Running | | 79 | 176 | 0 |
| 29 | 1 | 28 | Davey Allison (R) | Havoline | Accident | | 81 | 164 | 86 |
| 30 | 4 | 83 | Lake Speed | Wynn's Oil Treatment | Accident | | 73 | 163 | 0 |
| 31 | 9 | 35 | Benny Parsons | Folgers | Accident | | 75 | 162 | 3 |
| 32 | 23 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Valvoline | Running | | 67 | 156 | 0 |
| 33 | 35 | 81 | Mike Potter | Fillip Racing | Accident | | 64 | 153 | 0 |
| 34 | 40 | 6 | Connie Saylor | Slender You Figure Salons | Driver Fatigue | | 61 | 140 | 0 |
| 35 | 33 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Almeda Auto Parts | Driver Fatigue | | 58 | 133 | 0 |
| 36 | 30 | 12 | Trevor Boys | Gorman's Esso | Accident | | 0 | 126 | 0 |
| 37 | 36 | 32 | Jonathan Lee Edwards | Edwards Racing | Engine | | 52 | 122 | 0 |
| 38 | 13 | 50 | Greg Sacks | Valvoline | Engine | | 49 | 96 | 0 |
| 39 | 10 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Clutch | | 46 | 85 | 0 |
| 40 | 6 | 7 | Alan Kulwicki | Zerex Anti-Freeze | Engine | | 43 | 77 | 0 |
