slorydn1
6th February 2011, 19:40
1987 was Earnhardt's greatest year. On his way to snatching up his third Winston Cup, he CRUSHED Bill Elliott by 489 points, and P3 Terry Labonte by 689 points. He led all drivers with 11 wins (to Elliott's 6) and had a season long avg finish of 5.9!!! He had 21 top 5's (to Elliott's 16) and 24 top 10's (to Labonte's 22). He led 3357 laps or 37.12% of the laps he completed. One word: Domination.
The real points standings can be found here:
http://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/1987/W
Lets see how the FIA Cup shakes out:
001 Dale Earnhardt.........442
002 Bill Elliott...........304
003 Terry Labonte..........224
004 Rusty Wallace..........190
005 Ricky Rudd.............182
006 Davey Allison..........146
007 Richard Petty..........141
008 Kyle Petty.............138
009 Darrell Waltrip........135
010 Bobby Allison..........109
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011 Neil Bonnett...........104
012 Benny Parsons..........095
013 Morgan Shepard.........093
014 Alan Kulwicki..........086
015 Geoff Bodine...........075
34 drivers scored at least one point over the 29 races. Dale Earnhardt dominated the here, too, winning his second FIA Cup by 138 points over Bill Elliott. He clinched this deal by race 23 (Dover) when Bill Elliott finished "only" p4 (Earnhardt didn't score points that day-and Elliott needed to WIN just to stay alive!). 11 drivers scored at least 100 points that year, the lowest since 1981. Big E averaged 15.2 ppr this year, tying him for p3 on the all time list with DW's 1981 campaign. The groups avg number of starts was 28.3 down slightly from 1986 (Neil Bonnett and Davey Allison competed in 26 and 22 races, respectively). The groups avg ppr was 5.8. Their avg start was 11.9 and avg finish was 13.8. 27 of the 29 race wins were in the group, all of those in the top 10 (Tim Richmond winning the other 2, back-to-back at Pocono and Riverside). The groups avg RAF was 21.3 of 29 (75.29%) and the avg DNF's was down slightly to 7.0. The group averaged finishing on the lead lap 36.0 % of the time.
The 1987 Bud Pole Award winner was Bill Elliot with 8 poles.
Congrats To Dale Earnhardt, the 1987 Winston Cup, and FIA Cup Champion :beer: :beer:
The real points standings can be found here:
http://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/1987/W
Lets see how the FIA Cup shakes out:
001 Dale Earnhardt.........442
002 Bill Elliott...........304
003 Terry Labonte..........224
004 Rusty Wallace..........190
005 Ricky Rudd.............182
006 Davey Allison..........146
007 Richard Petty..........141
008 Kyle Petty.............138
009 Darrell Waltrip........135
010 Bobby Allison..........109
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011 Neil Bonnett...........104
012 Benny Parsons..........095
013 Morgan Shepard.........093
014 Alan Kulwicki..........086
015 Geoff Bodine...........075
34 drivers scored at least one point over the 29 races. Dale Earnhardt dominated the here, too, winning his second FIA Cup by 138 points over Bill Elliott. He clinched this deal by race 23 (Dover) when Bill Elliott finished "only" p4 (Earnhardt didn't score points that day-and Elliott needed to WIN just to stay alive!). 11 drivers scored at least 100 points that year, the lowest since 1981. Big E averaged 15.2 ppr this year, tying him for p3 on the all time list with DW's 1981 campaign. The groups avg number of starts was 28.3 down slightly from 1986 (Neil Bonnett and Davey Allison competed in 26 and 22 races, respectively). The groups avg ppr was 5.8. Their avg start was 11.9 and avg finish was 13.8. 27 of the 29 race wins were in the group, all of those in the top 10 (Tim Richmond winning the other 2, back-to-back at Pocono and Riverside). The groups avg RAF was 21.3 of 29 (75.29%) and the avg DNF's was down slightly to 7.0. The group averaged finishing on the lead lap 36.0 % of the time.
The 1987 Bud Pole Award winner was Bill Elliot with 8 poles.
Congrats To Dale Earnhardt, the 1987 Winston Cup, and FIA Cup Champion :beer: :beer: