1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 29 in the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
Layout of Atlanta International Raceway, used until 1997
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| Date | March 20, 1988 | ||
| Official name | Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 | ||
| Location | Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | 1.522 mi (2.449 km) | ||
| Distance | 328 laps, 499.2 mi (803.3 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 68 °F (20 °C); wind speeds up to 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 137.588 miles per hour (221.426 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 62,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Laps | 270 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | American Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers |
Keith Jackson Jerry Punch |
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The 1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on March 20, 1988, at Atlanta International Raceway in the American community of Hampton, Georgia.
A souvenir magazine was handed out at this racing event; each copy sold at the then-inexpensive amount of $5 USD ($10.13 when adjusted for inflation).
Atlanta International Raceway (now Atlanta Motor Speedway) is one of ten current intermediate track to hold NASCAR races; the others are Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. However, at the time, only Charlotte and Darlington were built.
The layout at Atlanta International Speedway at the time was a four-turn traditional oval track that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at five.
Eleven drivers failed to qualify their cars for the race:
Two drivers were awarded provisional qualifying positions at the back of the grid. These were Davey Allison (41st), and Ken Bouchard (42nd). Dale Jarrett started in 40th position on the grid, in Connie Saylor's No. 99 car, thus Jarrett was awarded the driver points for the car's finish.
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