1988 Oakwood Homes 500
25th race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1988 Oakwood Homes 500 was the 25th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 9, 1988, before an audience of 145,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. Coming back from a two-lap deficit, Blue Max Racing's Rusty Wallace managed to defend a challenge from Hendrick Motorsports' Darrell Waltrip in the closing laps of the race to take his seventh career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Darrell Waltrip and Bud Moore Engineering's Brett Bodine finished second and third, respectively.
Race details | |||
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Race 25 of 29 in the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
![]() The 1988 Oakwood Homes 500 program cover, featuring Terry Labonte. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. | |||
Date | October 9, 1988 | ||
Official name | 29th Annual Oakwood Homes 500 | ||
Location | Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Average speed | 130.677 miles per hour (210.304 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 145,000 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | AK Racing | ||
Time | 30.700 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | |
Laps | 83 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 27 | Rusty Wallace | Blue Max Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | Score (tape-delayed) | ||
Announcers | Pat Patterson, Bob Latford | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Performance Racing Network |