Race 17 of 29 in the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1988 Talladega DieHard 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott.
Date
July 31, 1988
Official name
20th Annual Talladega DieHard 500
Location
Lincoln, Alabama, Alabama International Motor Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance
188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Scheduled Distance
188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km)
Average speed
154.505 miles per hour (248.652 km/h)
Attendance
80,000
Pole position
Driver
Darrell Waltrip
Hendrick Motorsports
Time
48.789
Most laps led
Driver
Darrell Waltrip
Hendrick Motorsports
Laps
123
Winner
No. 25
Ken Schrader
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
CBS
Announcers
Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, Chris Economaki
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
The 1988 Talladega DieHard 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 31, 1988, before an audience of 80,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Alabama International Motor Speedway, a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. On the final lap of the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would manage to make a pass for the lead coming out of the track's second turn, holding onto the lead for the rest of the lap to take the victory. The victory was Schrader's first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.[1][2][3][4] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Geoff Bodine and Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would finish second and third, respectively.
^Higgins, Tom (August 1, 1988). "Schrader Takes High Road At Talladega (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 15. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (August 1, 1988). "Schrader Takes High Road At Talladega (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 17. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Finebaum, Paul (August 1, 1988). "Schrader scrambles to first victory (Part 1)". Birmingham Post-Herald. p. 11. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Finebaum, Paul (August 1, 1988). "Schrader scrambles to first victory (Part 2)". Birmingham Post-Herald. p. 14. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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