Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.522-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.
The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, March 13, at 2:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, March 14, at 10:30 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,[5] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two were given.
Dale Earnhardt, driving for Richard Childress Racing, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 31.221 and an average speed of 175.497 miles per hour (282.435 km/h) in the first round.[6]
^Hinton, Ed (March 16, 1987). "In the end, Rudd's best of the rest". The Atlanta Journal. pp. 1C, 8C. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (March 16, 1987). "Rudd Wins Atlanta 500 As Problems Slow Earnhardt". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 1C, 3C. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^McCollister, Tom (March 16, 1987). "Motorcraft win goes not to swiftest, but to Rudd". The Atlanta Constitution. pp. 1C, 12C. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Robinson, Bill (March 16, 1987). "Petty's car, feelings were hurt by Cale Yarborough's 'love tap'". The Atlanta Constitution. pp. 8C. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (March 14, 1987). "Earnhardt Nails Atlanta Pole At Record Pace". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 3C. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 28th iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday March 15 1987 before an audience of 60 000 in Hampton Georgia at Atlanta International Raceway a 1 522 miles 2 449 km permanent asphalt quad oval intermediate speedway 1 1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500Race detailsRace 4 of 29 in the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 program cover featuring Ricky Rudd DateMarch 15 1987Official name28th Annual Motorcraft Quality Parts 500LocationHampton Georgia Atlanta International RacewayCoursePermanent racing facility1 522 mi 2 449 km Distance328 laps 499 216 mi 803 41 km Scheduled Distance328 laps 499 216 mi 803 41 km Average speed133 689 miles per hour 215 152 km h Attendance60 000Pole positionDriverDale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingTime31 221Most laps ledDriverDale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingLaps196WinnerNo 15Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringTelevision in the United StatesNetworkABCAnnouncersJim Lampley Sam PoseyRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing Network After the dominant car of the day Dale Earnhardt suffered mechanical problems that put him out of contention for the race a restart with eight laps left in the race left a four car battle for the victory By race s end Bud Moore Engineering s Ricky Rudd managed to pull away to take his seventh career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season 2 3 To fill out the top three Hendrick Motorsports Benny Parsons and Blue Max Racing s Rusty Wallace finished second and third respectively Contents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Qualifying 2 1 Full qualifying results 3 Race results 4 Standings after the race 5 Notes 6 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Atlanta International Raceway the circuit where the race was held Atlanta Motor Speedway formerly Atlanta International Raceway is a 1 522 mile race track in Hampton Georgia United States 20 miles 32 km south of Atlanta It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960 The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990 In 1994 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track In 1997 to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports other two intermediate ovals the entire track was almost completely rebuilt The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad oval with a new official length of 1 54 mile 2 48 km where before it was 1 522 mile 2 449 km The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 1 Ron Bouchard Ellington Racing Chevrolet Bull s Eye Barbecue Sauce 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Wrangler 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Kodak 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Levi Garrett 6 D K Ulrich U S Racing Chevrolet U S Racing 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Zerex 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller American 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Chevrolet Budweiser 12 David Sosebee Hamby Racing Chevrolet Hamby Racing 14 A J Foyt A J Foyt Racing Oldsmobile Copenhagen 15 Ricky Rudd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft Quality Parts 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide 18 Tommy Ellis Freedlander Motorsports Chevrolet Freedlander Financial 19 Derrike Cope R Stoke Racing Ford Stoke Racing 21 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo 22 Bobby Allison Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller American 26 Morgan Shepherd King Racing Buick Quaker State 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Kodiak 28 Davey Allison R Ranier Lundy Racing Ford Ranier Lundy Racing 29 Cale Yarborough Cale Yarborough Motorsports Oldsmobile Hardee s 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Chevrolet Domino s 33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet Skoal Bandit 35 Benny Parsons Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Folgers 36 H B Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac Almeda Auto Parts 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP 44 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Piedmont Airlines 50 Greg Sacks Dingman Brothers Racing Pontiac Valvoline 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Turtle Wax Car and Driver 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile Copenhagen 62 Steve Christman R Winkle Motorsports Pontiac AC Spark Plug 64 Connie Saylor Langley Racing Ford Sunny King Ford 67 Eddie Bierschwale Arrington Racing Ford Pannill Sweatshirts 68 Jerry Holden Holden Racing Chevrolet Altra Dry 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Winkle Pontiac 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Lifebuoy 74 Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing Chevrolet Wawak Racing 75 Neil Bonnett RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Valvoline 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford Southlake Ford 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford Auto Bell Car Wash 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Wynn s Kmart 88 Buddy Baker Baker Schiff Racing Oldsmobile Crisco 90 Ken Schrader Donlavey Racing Ford Red Baron Frozen Pizza 93 Charlie Baker a Salmon Racing Chevrolet Salmon RacingQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday March 13 at 2 00 PM EST Each driver would have one lap to set a time During the first round the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run held on Saturday March 14 at 10 30 AM EST As with the first round each driver would have one lap to set a time For this specific race positions 21 40 would be decided on time 5 and depending on who needed it a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner s points up to two were given Dale Earnhardt driving for Richard Childress Racing managed to win the pole setting a time of 31 221 and an average speed of 175 497 miles per hour 282 435 km h in the first round 6 Two drivers failed to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 221 175 497 2 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 31 445 174 247 3 29 Cale Yarborough Cale Yarborough Motorsports Oldsmobile 31 481 174 048 4 90 Ken Schrader Donlavey Racing Ford 31 505 173 915 5 88 Buddy Baker Baker Schiff Racing Oldsmobile 31 538 173 733 6 15 Ricky Rudd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 31 569 173 563 7 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 31 619 173 288 8 28 Davey Allison R Ranier Lundy Racing Ford 31 657 173 080 9 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Chevrolet 31 714 172 769 10 35 Benny Parsons Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 736 172 649 11 33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 31 748 172 584 12 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 31 784 172 389 13 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 31 784 172 389 14 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 786 172 378 15 22 Bobby Allison Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 31 877 171 886 16 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Chevrolet 31 880 171 870 17 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 31 948 171 504 18 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford 31 949 171 498 19 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 31 973 171 370 20 50 Greg Sacks Dingman Brothers Racing Pontiac 31 984 171 311 Failed to lock in Round 1 21 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 936 171 568 22 44 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 31 999 171 230 23 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 32 041 171 006 24 14 A J Foyt A J Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 32 041 171 006 25 21 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford 32 056 170 926 26 75 Neil Bonnett RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 32 112 170 628 27 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 32 118 170 596 28 67 Eddie Bierschwale Arrington Racing Ford 32 123 170 569 29 26 Morgan Shepherd King Racing Buick 32 126 170 553 30 18 Tommy Ellis Freedlander Motorsports Chevrolet 32 136 170 500 31 12 David Sosebee Hamby Racing Oldsmobile 32 266 169 813 32 1 Ron Bouchard Ellington Racing Chevrolet 32 284 169 719 33 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 32 289 169 692 34 36 H B Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac 32 417 169 022 35 62 Steve Christman R Winkle Motorsports Pontiac 32 421 169 002 36 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 32 440 168 903 37 64 Connie Saylor Langley Racing Ford 32 520 168 487 38 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 32 535 168 409 39 93 Mike Potter Salmon Racing Chevrolet 32 546 168 352 40 19 Derrike Cope R Stoke Racing Ford 32 551 168 327 Provisionals 41 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 42 6 D K Ulrich U S Racing Chevrolet Failed to qualify 43 74 Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing Chevrolet 44 68 Jerry Holden Holden Racing Chevrolet Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 6 15 Ricky Rudd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 328 7 running 180 62 400 2 10 35 Benny Parsons Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 328 43 running 175 36 125 3 7 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 328 26 running 170 25 950 4 9 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson amp Associates Chevrolet 328 2 running 165 20 825 5 8 28 Davey Allison R Ranier Lundy Racing Ford 327 0 running 155 18 550 6 21 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 327 0 running 150 9 900 7 26 75 Neil Bonnett RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 327 0 running 146 11 205 8 3 29 Cale Yarborough Cale Yarborough Motorsports Oldsmobile 327 7 running 147 5 650 9 25 21 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford 327 0 running 138 9 320 10 29 26 Morgan Shepherd King Racing Buick 326 0 running 134 9 750 11 27 4 Rick Wilson Morgan McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 326 0 running 130 8 470 12 32 1 Ron Bouchard Ellington Racing Chevrolet 325 0 running 127 3 500 13 22 44 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 325 0 running 124 9 945 14 17 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 325 1 running 126 7 215 15 14 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 323 0 running 118 1 480 16 1 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 322 196 running 125 19 520 17 30 18 Tommy Ellis Freedlander Motorsports Chevrolet 322 0 running 112 8 745 18 34 36 H B Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac 321 0 running 109 4 550 19 15 22 Bobby Allison Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 320 2 running 111 9 690 20 24 14 A J Foyt A J Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 319 0 running 103 3 070 21 31 12 David Sosebee Hamby Racing Oldsmobile 317 0 running 100 7 610 22 35 62 Steve Christman R Winkle Motorsports Pontiac 314 0 running 97 3 600 23 42 6 D K Ulrich U S Racing Chevrolet 303 0 ball joint 94 6 680 24 13 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 302 0 running 91 9 180 25 39 93 Mike Potter Salmon Racing Chevrolet 291 0 running 88 2 945 26 18 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford 281 0 ignition 85 2 555 27 19 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros Motorsports Oldsmobile 261 0 engine 82 1 995 28 2 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 255 22 engine 84 10 560 29 4 90 Ken Schrader Donlavey Racing Ford 220 22 engine 81 5 130 30 38 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 208 0 running 73 1 840 31 36 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 169 0 handling 70 4 855 32 33 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 157 0 crash 67 4 555 33 23 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 86 0 crash 64 5 490 34 11 33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 86 0 crash 61 4 455 35 12 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 73 0 fuel pump 58 1 680 36 40 19 Derrike Cope R Stoke Racing Ford 61 0 crash 55 1 655 37 20 50 Greg Sacks Dingman Brothers Racing Pontiac 53 0 engine 52 1 635 38 5 88 Buddy Baker Baker Schiff Racing Oldsmobile 36 0 engine 49 1 615 39 16 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Chevrolet 33 0 transmission 46 4 325 40 41 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 16 0 engine 43 1 510 41 37 64 Connie Saylor Langley Racing Ford 3 0 engine 40 3 510 42 28 67 Eddie Bierschwale Arrington Racing Ford 0 0 did not start 0 0 Failed to qualify 43 74 Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing Chevrolet 44 68 Jerry Holden Holden Racing Chevrolet Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 Dale Earnhardt 655 nbsp 2 Bill Elliott 594 61 nbsp 2 3 Terry Labonte 576 79 nbsp 4 4 Ricky Rudd 572 83 nbsp 1 5 Darrell Waltrip 551 104 nbsp 6 6 Benny Parsons 550 105 nbsp 7 Neil Bonnett 545 110 nbsp 5 8 Bobby Allison 528 127 nbsp 6 9 Rusty Wallace 525 130 nbsp 1 10 Richard Petty 508 147 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings Notes edit Baker was injured in the preliminary ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series race on Saturday As he did qualify before then Mike Potter replaced him for the race 4 References edit Hinton Ed March 16 1987 In the end Rudd s best of the rest The Atlanta Journal pp 1C 8C Retrieved September 24 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom March 16 1987 Rudd Wins Atlanta 500 As Problems Slow Earnhardt The Charlotte Observer pp 1C 3C Retrieved September 24 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp McCollister Tom March 16 1987 Motorcraft win goes not to swiftest but to Rudd The Atlanta Constitution pp 1C 12C Retrieved September 24 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Robinson Bill March 16 1987 Petty s car feelings were hurt by Cale Yarborough s love tap The Atlanta Constitution pp 8C Retrieved September 24 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp NASCAR Today The Charlotte Observer March 13 1987 pp 4B Retrieved September 24 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom March 14 1987 Earnhardt Nails Atlanta Pole At Record Pace The Charlotte Observer pp 3C Retrieved September 24 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1987 Miller High Life 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1987 season Next race 1987 TranSouth 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 amp oldid 1177483188, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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