1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series - Pontiac Excitement 400

Pontiac Excitement 400

The Pontiac Excitement 400 was held February 21 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway. The No. 97 of Morgan Shepherd won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 75-Neil Bonnett
  2. 26-Ricky Rudd
  3. 43-Richard Petty
  4. 17-Darrell Waltrip
  5. 44-Sterling Marlin
  6. 83-Lake Speed
  7. 27-Rusty Wallace
  8. 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr.
  9. 11-Terry Labonte
  10. 3-Dale Earnhardt

Failed to qualify: 2-Ernie Irvan, 4-Rick Wilson, 25*-Ken Schrader,

  • Ken Schrader's team bought the No. 67 entry (normally driven by Buddy Arrington) in order to get Schrader into the race.
  • This was the last race on the old half-mile Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway. After the race, workers got going to convert the track into a more modern-looking 3/4-mile oval.
  • A scoring error failed to show Bonnett was one lap down after making a green flag pit stop. A post-race protest filed by Ricky Rudd's car owner Kenny Bernstein did not resolve the NASCAR scoring error and Bonnett's win stood even though a review of the race tape shows clearly that Rudd should have been awarded the victory.

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