Race 4 of 29 in the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 program cover, featuring Ricky Rudd.
Date
March 15, 1987
Official name
28th Annual Motorcraft Quality Parts 500
Location
Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta International Raceway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.522 mi (2.449 km)
Distance
328 laps, 499.216 mi (803.41 km)
Scheduled Distance
328 laps, 499.216 mi (803.41 km)
Average speed
133.689 miles per hour (215.152 km/h)
Attendance
60,000
Pole position
Driver
Dale Earnhardt
Richard Childress Racing
Time
31.221
Most laps led
Driver
Dale Earnhardt
Richard Childress Racing
Laps
196
Winner
No. 15
Ricky Rudd
Bud Moore Engineering
Television in the United States
Network
ABC
Announcers
Jim Lampley, Sam Posey
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
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]
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.
^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.
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