Home Baseball Hockey Football Racing Basketball Events Privacy
Racing SectionRacing Section NASCAR SectionNASCAR General Cup SectionNASCAR Cup Series Xfinity Series SectionNASCAR Xfinity Series Camping World Truck Series SectionNASCAR Truck Series IndyCar SectionIndyCar Indy Lights SectionIndy Lights F1 SectionF1 CARTChamp Car (CART) IROC SectionIROC

1988 - Winston Cup Series Race Summary

Nascar Cup Series

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

NASCAR Cup Series Main Page
NASCAR Cup Series Champions
NASCAR Cup Series Rookie/Popular Driver/Manufacturer by Year
NASCAR Cup Series by Year

1988 - Winston Cup Series

A listing of races during the year including the winner, track location and race name. To access specific race information follow the race date link.


Date Winning Driver Race Name Track
2/14/1988 Bobby Allison Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway
2/21/1988 Neil Bonnett Pontiac Excitement 400 Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
3/6/1988 Neil Bonnett Goodwrench 500 North Carolina Motor Speedway
3/20/1988 Dale Earnhardt Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 Atlanta International Raceway
3/27/1988 Lake Speed TranSouth 500 Darlington Raceway
4/10/1988 Bill Elliott Valleydale Meats 500 Bristol International Speedway
4/17/1988 Terry Labonte First Union 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway
4/24/1988 Dale Earnhardt Pannill Sweatshirts 500 Martinsville Speedway
5/1/1988 Phil Parsons Winston 500 Alabama International Motor Speedway
5/29/1988 Darrell Waltrip Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway
6/5/1988 Bill Elliott Budweiser 500 Dover Downs International Speedway
6/12/1988 Rusty Wallace Budweiser 400 Riverside International Raceway
6/19/1988 Geoffrey Bodine Miller High Life 500 Pocono International Raceway
6/26/1988 Rusty Wallace Miller High Life 400 (June) Michigan International Speedway
7/2/1988 Bill Elliott Pepsi Firecracker 400 Daytona International Speedway
7/24/1988 Bill Elliott AC Spark Plug 500 Pocono International Raceway
7/31/1988 Ken Schrader Talladega DieHard 500 Alabama International Motor Speedway
8/14/1988 Ricky Rudd The Budweiser At The Glen Watkins Glen International
8/21/1988 Davey Allison Champion Spark Plug 400 Michigan International Speedway
8/27/1988 Dale Earnhardt Busch 500 Bristol International Speedway
9/4/1988 Bill Elliott Southern 500 Darlington Raceway
9/11/1988 Davey Allison Miller High Life 400 (September) Richmond International Raceway
9/18/1988 Bill Elliott Delaware 500 Dover Downs International Speedway
9/25/1988 Darrell Waltrip Goodys 500 Martinsville Speedway
10/9/1988 Rusty Wallace Oakwood Homes 500 Charlotte Motor Speedway
10/16/1988 Rusty Wallace Holly Farms 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway
10/23/1988 Rusty Wallace AC Delco 500 North Carolina Motor Speedway
11/6/1988 Alan Kulwicki Checker 500 Phoenix International Raceway
11/20/1988 Rusty Wallace Atlanta Journal 500 Atlanta International Raceway