1988 Goody's 500

1988 Goody's 500
Race details
Race 24 of 29 in the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1988 Goody's 500 program cover, featuring Richard Petty's wrecked car from the 1988 Daytona 500.
The 1988 Goody's 500 program cover, featuring Richard Petty's wrecked car from the 1988 Daytona 500.
Date September 25, 1988
Official name 40th Annual Goody's 500
Location Ridgeway, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Scheduled Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Average speed 74.988 miles per hour (120.681 km/h)
Attendance 35,000
Pole position
Driver Blue Max Racing
Time 20.724
Most laps led
Driver Ricky Rudd King Racing
Laps 237
Winner
No. 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Gary Nelson
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1988 Goody's 500 was the 24th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 40th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 25, 1988, before an audience of 35,000 in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. Taking advantage of a misfortunate Ricky Rudd, Hendrick Motorsports' Darrell Waltrip dominated the late stages of the race, leading the final 80 laps of the race to take his 73rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, owner-driver Alan Kulwicki and Blue Max Racing's Rusty Wallace would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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The layout of Martinsville Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
2 Ernie Irvan (R) U.S. Racing Chevrolet Kroger
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service
4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Kodak
5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Levi Garrett
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Stroh Light
7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford Zerex
8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller High Life
9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors Light
10 Ken Bouchard (R) Whitcomb Racing Ford Whitcomb Racing
11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet Budweiser
12 Mike Alexander Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller High Life
15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford Crisco
17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Tide
20 Dave Mader III Bahre Racing Pontiac Bahre Racing
21 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Folgers
26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick Quaker State
27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Kodiak
28 Davey Allison Ranier-Lundy Racing Ford Havoline
29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Oldsmobile Hardee's
30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac Country Time
31 Lee Faulk Bob Clark Motorsports Oldsmobile Slender You Figure Salons
33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet Skoal Bandit
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile Piedmont Airlines
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Eureka
55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile Crown Central Petroleum, Skoal Classic
67 Brad Teague Arrington Racing Ford Pannill Sweatshirts
68 Derrike Cope Testa Racing Ford Purolator Filters
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Rumple Furniture
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Lifebuoy
75 Neil Bonnett RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Valvoline
83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile Wynn's, Kmart
88 Greg Sacks Baker-Schiff Racing Oldsmobile Red Baron Frozen Pizza
90 Benny Parsons Donlavey Racing Ford Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
97 Rodney Combs Winkle Motorsports Buick AC Spark Plug
98 Brad Noffsinger (R) Curb Racing Buick Sunoco

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, September 22, 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 Friday, September 23, at 1:30 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-30 would be decided on time,[3] 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.

Rusty Wallace, driving for Blue Max Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 20.724 and an average speed of 91.372 miles per hour (147.049 km/h) in the first round.[4]

Five drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 20.724 91.372
2 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 20.765 91.192
3 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.785 91.104
4 75 Neil Bonnett RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 20.793 91.069
5 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet 20.802 91.030
6 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 20.814 90.977
7 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 20.817 90.964
8 67 Brad Teague Arrington Racing Ford 20.828 90.916
9 88 Greg Sacks Baker–Schiff Racing Oldsmobile 20.840 90.864
10 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20.886 90.664
11 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 20.910 90.560
12 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 20.912 90.551
13 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 20.924 90.499
14 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 20.925 90.495
15 4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 20.991 90.210
16 33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 20.993 90.201
17 90 Benny Parsons Donlavey Racing Ford 20.994 90.197
18 44 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 20.996 90.189
19 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.013 90.116
20 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.024 90.068
Failed to lock in Round 1
21 12 Mike Alexander Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 21.040 90.000
22 28 Davey Allison Ranier-Lundy Racing Ford 21.056 89.932
23 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 21.064 89.897
24 21 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford 21.069 89.876
25 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Oldsmobile 21.070 89.872
26 57 Morgan Shepherd Osterlund Racing Buick 21.077 89.842
27 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 21.080 89.829
28 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 89.799 89.799
29 2 Ernie Irvan (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac 21.120 89.659
30 10 Ken Bouchard (R) Whitcomb Racing Ford 21.149 89.536
Provisionals
31 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick -* -*
32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet -* -*
Failed to qualify (results unknown)
33 20 Dave Mader III Bahre Racing Pontiac -* -*
34 31 Lee Faulk Bob Clark Motorsports Oldsmobile -* -*
35 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac -* -*
36 97 Rodney Combs Winkle Motorsports Buick -* -*
37 98 Brad Noffsinger (R) Curb Racing Buick -* -*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 20 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 109 running 180 $48,750
2 6 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 500 25 running 175 $28,225
3 1 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 500 39 running 170 $26,825
4 19 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 499 0 running 160 $13,500
5 3 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 499 0 running 155 $13,050
6 2 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 499 89 running 155 $15,650
7 5 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet 498 0 running 146 $10,550
8 10 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 498 0 running 142 $13,050
9 12 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 494 0 running 138 $6,650
10 13 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 494 0 running 134 $12,300
11 29 2 Ernie Irvan (R) U.S. Racing Pontiac 494 0 running 130 $5,470
12 9 88 Greg Sacks Baker–Schiff Racing Oldsmobile 494 0 running 127 $6,970
13 32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 494 0 running 124 $5,120
14 31 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 490 0 running 121 $4,920
15 8 67 Brad Teague Arrington Racing Ford 489 0 running 0 $4,620
16 15 4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 489 0 running 115 $3,400
17 30 10 Ken Bouchard (R) Whitcomb Racing Ford 488 0 running 112 $2,930
18 22 28 Davey Allison Ranier-Lundy Racing Ford 484 0 running 109 $10,305
19 4 75 Neil Bonnett RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 483 0 running 106 $8,675
20 17 90 Benny Parsons Donlavey Racing Ford 481 0 running 103 $5,050
21 23 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 476 0 running 100 $3,900
22 24 21 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford 472 0 running 97 $7,205
23 28 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 455 0 running 94 $2,970
24 14 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 423 237 engine 101 $6,025
25 7 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 377 0 running 88 $4,350
26 18 44 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 339 1 engine 90 $3,775
27 27 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 313 0 running 82 $3,525
28 11 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 291 0 engine 79 $2,250
29 21 12 Mike Alexander Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 129 0 overheating 76 $7,025
30 16 33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 38 0 engine 73 $3,010
31 26 57 Morgan Shepherd Osterlund Racing Buick 15 0 crash 70 $1,310
32 25 29 Dale Jarrett Cale Yarborough Motorsports Oldsmobile 14 0 engine 67 $1,310
Failed to qualify (results unknown)
33 20 Dave Mader III Bahre Racing Pontiac
34 31 Lee Faulk Bob Clark Motorsports Oldsmobile
35 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac
36 97 Rodney Combs Winkle Motorsports Buick
37 98 Brad Noffsinger (R) Curb Racing Buick
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (September 26, 1988). "Waltrip Wins As Kulwicki Falls Short". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 1B, 7B. Retrieved July 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ King, Randy (September 26, 1988). "Waltrip runs away with victory". The Roanoke Times. pp. B1, B7. Retrieved July 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "NASCAR Today". The Charlotte Observer. September 22, 1988. pp. 4C. Retrieved July 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Higgins, Tom (September 23, 1988). "Wallace Speeds To Top Starting Spot at Martinsville". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 5B. Retrieved July 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon


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