Sunday 12th April 1987
Dale Earnhardt won the Valleydale Meats 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway after leading 180 laps, including the final 115. Earnhardt was involved in one of the cautions of the race with leader Sterling Marlin on Lap 252. Richard Petty finished second, which marked his final second-place finish of his career. The race also had a 88-minute delay just past the halfway mark with Kyle Petty as the leader.
