1988 Talladega DieHard 500

1988 Talladega DieHard 500
Race details
Race 17 of 29 in the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
	The 1988 Talladega DieHard 500 program cover, featuring Bill Elliott. 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 ;
Time	48.789
Most laps led
Driver	Darrell Waltrip
Laps	123
Winner
No. 25	Ken Schrader
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, Chris Economaki
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

Last updated July 15, 2023

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.

Background

Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a tri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line that's located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval, a 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which also is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) tri-oval.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Chevrolet	Heywood Grooms Construction
1	Dale Jarrett	Ellington Racing	Buick	Port-A-Lube, Bud Light
01	Mickey Gibbs	Gibbs Racing	Ford	Gibbs–West Tractor
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
07	Larry Moyer	Stark Racing	Pontiac	Hooters, Just Say No!
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
14	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	Copenhagen
15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Crisco
17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Tide
21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Citgo
23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	Wayne Paging
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	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Hardee's
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	Country Time
31	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Slender You Figure Salons
32	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing	Buick	Bob Beard Buick
33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	Skoal Bandit
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	STP
44	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	Piedmont Airlines
50	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	Pontiac	Dingman Brothers Racing
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	Eureka
55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Crown Central Petroleum, Skoal
59	Mark Gibson	Gibson Racing	Pontiac	Gibson Racing
67	Ron Esau	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
73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Ford	Helen Rae Special
75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	Valvoline
76	Hut Stricklin	Jaehne Motorsports	Pontiac	Jaehne Motorsports
77	Ken Ragan	Ragan Racing	Ford	Circle Bar Truck Stop, Bob Beard Ford
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Wynn's, Kmart
86	Rick Jeffrey	Jeffrey Racing	Chevrolet	Slenderizers
88	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	Red Baron Frozen Pizza
90	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
95	Slick Johnson	Sadler Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	Sadler Brothers Racing
97	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	Buick	AC Spark Plug
98	Brad Noffsinger (R)	Curb Racing	Buick	Sunoco

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, July 28, 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, July 29, at 2:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,^[5] 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.

Darrell Waltrip, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 48.789 and an average speed of 196.274 miles per hour (315.872 km/h) in the first round.^[6]^[7]

Eight drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make	Time	Speed
1	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.789	196.274
2	44	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	49.275	194.338
3	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	49.309	194.204
4	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.362	193.995
5	75	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	49.376	193.940
6	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	49.475	193.552
7	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.531	193.333
8	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	49.684	192.738
9	26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	49.691	192.711
10	50	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	Pontiac	49.692	192.707
11	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	49.771	192.401
12	55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	49.796	192.305
13	21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	49.881	191.977
14	88	Buddy Baker	Baker–Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	49.927	191.800
15	12	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	49.969	191.639
16	29	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Oldsmobile	49.982	191.589
17	14	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	50.041	191.363
18	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	50.052	191.321
19	01	Mickey Gibbs	Gibbs Racing	Ford	50.120	191.061
20	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	50.218	190.689
Failed to lock in Round 1
21	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	50.146	190.962
22	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	50.340	190.226
23	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	50.351	190.185
24	23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	50.454	189.797
25	4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	50.500	189.624
26	1	Dale Jarrett	Ellington Racing	Buick	50.500	189.624
27	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	50.568	189.369
28	97	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	Buick	50.604	189.234
29	67	Ron Esau	Arrington Racing	Chevrolet	50.611	189.208
30	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	50.701	188.872
31	2	Ernie Irvan (R)	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	50.702	188.868
32	7	Alan Kulwicki	Mach 1 Racing	Ford	50.713	188.827
33	15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	50.768	188.623
34	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	50.832	188.385
35	31	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	Oldsmobile	50.919	188.063
36	77	Ken Ragan	Ragan Racing	Ford	50.937	187.997
37	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	50.943	187.975
38	73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Chevrolet	50.971	187.872
39	10	Ken Bouchard (R)	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	51.094	187.419
40	98	Brad Noffsinger (R)	Curb Racing	Buick	51.124	187.309
Provisionals
41	90	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	Ford	52.355	182.905
42	68	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	Ford	52.181	183.515
Failed to qualify
43	07	Larry Moyer	Stark Racing	Pontiac	51.133	187.276
44	95	Slick Johnson	Sadler Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	51.210	186.995
45	86	Rick Jeffrey	Jeffrey Racing	Chevrolet	51.443	186.148
46	0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Chevrolet	51.452	186.115
47	76	Hut Stricklin	Jaehne Motorsports	Pontiac	51.626	185.488
48	59	Mark Gibson	Gibson Racing	Pontiac	52.029	184.051
49	32	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing	Buick	-	-
50	70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	-	-
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts	Winnings
1	7	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	8	running	180	$67,920
2	4	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	0	running	170	$39,915
3	6	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	188	37	running	170	$37,775
4	25	4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	188	0	running	160	$20,075
5	22	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	188	0	running	155	$23,215
6	2	44	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	188	0	running	150	$14,800
7	20	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	188	0	running	146	$10,675
8	8	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	188	1	running	147	$16,220
9	16	29	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Oldsmobile	188	5	running	143	$8,520
10	14	88	Buddy Baker	Baker–Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	188	1	running	139	$11,370
11	12	55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	188	3	running	135	$9,440
12	17	14	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	188	3	running	132	$5,470
13	30	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	188	1	running	129	$6,650
14	21	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	188	0	running	121	$12,680
15	13	21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	188	0	running	118	$12,175
16	18	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	188	0	running	115	$7,865
17	11	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	188	0	running	112	$7,505
18	37	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	188	1	running	114	$7,395
19	32	7	Alan Kulwicki	Mach 1 Racing	Ford	188	0	running	106	$7,110
20	27	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	187	0	running	103	$7,505
21	34	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	187	0	running	100	$6,635
22	40	98	Brad Noffsinger (R)	Curb Racing	Buick	187	0	running	97	$4,725
23	23	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	187	1	running	99	$6,365
24	42	68	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	Ford	187	0	running	91	$6,230
25	15	12	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	186	0	running	88	$10,520
26	38	73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Chevrolet	186	0	running	85	$3,355
27	41	90	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	Ford	186	0	running	82	$5,935
28	33	15	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	185	0	running	79	$11,825
29	28	97	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	Buick	184	0	running	76	$3,165
30	36	77	Ken Ragan	Ragan Racing	Ford	176	0	running	73	$3,105
31	24	23	Eddie Bierschwale	B&B Racing	Oldsmobile	175	0	running	70	$3,045
32	31	2	Ernie Irvan (R)	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	165	0	running	67	$3,235
33	1	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	162	123	engine	74	$32,675
34	19	01	Mickey Gibbs	Gibbs Racing	Ford	160	2	clutch	66	$3,955
35	39	10	Ken Bouchard (R)	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	148	0	oil pan	58	$2,790
36	29	67	Ron Esau	Arrington Racing	Chevrolet	141	0	fan blade		$4,755
37	26	1	Dale Jarrett	Ellington Racing	Buick	141	1	engine	57	$2,795
38	10	50	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	Pontiac	133	0	engine	49	$2,630
39	3	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	88	1	engine	51	$12,270
40	5	75	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	67	0	crash	43	$9,560
41	9	26	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	Buick	45	0	engine	40	$5,135
42	35	31	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	Oldsmobile	33	0	engine	37	$3,110
Failed to qualify
43		07	Larry Moyer	Stark Racing	Pontiac
44		95	Slick Johnson	Sadler Brothers Racing	Chevrolet
45		86	Rick Jeffrey	Jeffrey Racing	Chevrolet
46		0	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Chevrolet
47		76	Hut Stricklin	Jaehne Motorsports	Pontiac
48		59	Mark Gibson	Gibson Racing	Pontiac
49		32	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing	Buick
50		70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac
Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Rusty Wallace	2,518
	2	Bill Elliott	2,507 (-11)
	3	Dale Earnhardt	2,485 (-33)
1	4	Ken Schrader	2,331 (–187)
1	5	Terry Labonte	2,309 (–209)
	6	Geoff Bodine	2,264 (–254)
2	7	Sterling Marlin	2,145 (–373)
	8	Phil Parsons	2,137 (–381)
2	9	Darrell Waltrip	2,128 (–390)
	10	Bobby Hillin Jr.	2,059 (–459)
Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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The 1991 DieHard 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 28, 1991, before an audience of 95,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to fend off the field, leading the final 28 laps of the race to take his 51st career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1990 Winston 500</span> Ninth race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1990 Winston 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 6, 1990, before an audience of 140,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt was able to fend off part-time driver for Hendrick Motorsports, Greg Sacks to take his 42nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Greg Sacks and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1990 Pepsi 400</span> 15th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1990 Pepsi 400 was the 15th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 7, 1990, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. In a three-lap shootout to the finish, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to defend the field to complete a dominant performance throughout the race, leading 127 laps. The victory was Earnhardt's 44th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fifth victory of the season. To fill out the top three, owner-driver Alan Kulwicki and Hendrick Motorsports driver Ken Schrader would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1990 DieHard 500</span> 17th race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1990 DieHard 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 29, 1990, before an audience of 70,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. At race's end, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to dominate a majority of the race, leading 134 laps in the race to take his 45th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott and Hagan Racing driver Sterling Marlin would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1989 Winston 500</span> Ninth race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1989 Winston 500 was the ninth stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 7, 1989, before an audience of 140,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Alabama International Motor Speedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison would make a late-race charge to the lead, passing for the lead with nine laps left in the race to take his fifth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Terry Labonte and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1989 Talladega DieHard 500</span> 17th race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1989 Talladega DieHard 500 was the 17th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, July 30, 1989, before an audience of 90,000 in Lincoln, Alabama at Alabama International Motor Speedway, a 2.66 miles permanent triangle-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete. On the final restart with five laps left in the race, Junior Johnson & Associates driver Terry Labonte would manage to defend the field, mainly defending Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip to take his 11th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Darrell Waltrip and Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would finish second and third, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1988 Pepsi Firecracker 400</span> 15th race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1988 Pepsi Firecracker 400 was the 15th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 30th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 2, 1988, before an audience of 83,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. In one of the closest finishes in NASCAR Winston Cup Series history, Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott was able to beat out Morgan–McClure Motorsports driver Rick Wilson by a distance of 3 feet (0.91 m) to take his 26th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Jackson Bros. Motorsports driver Phil Parsons would finish third.

References

↑ 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.
↑ "NASCAR Today". The Charlotte Observer . July 28, 1988. p. 33. Retrieved July 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Higgins, Tom (July 29, 1988). "Waltrip Stays Hot, Takes Talladega Pole (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 49. Retrieved July 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Higgins, Tom (July 29, 1988). "Waltrip Stays Hot, Takes Talladega Pole (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 53. Retrieved July 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Finebaum, Paul (August 1, 1988). "Schrader scrambles to first victory (Part 1)". Birmingham Post-Herald . p. 11. Retrieved July 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[4] Finebaum, Paul (August 1, 1988). "Schrader scrambles to first victory (Part 2)". Birmingham Post-Herald . p. 14. Retrieved July 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[5] "NASCAR Today". The Charlotte Observer . July 28, 1988. p. 33. Retrieved July 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[6] Higgins, Tom (July 29, 1988). "Waltrip Stays Hot, Takes Talladega Pole (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 49. Retrieved July 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

[7] Higgins, Tom (July 29, 1988). "Waltrip Stays Hot, Takes Talladega Pole (Part 2)". The Charlotte Observer . p. 53. Retrieved July 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

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