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The 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season began February 8 and ended November 22. Dale Earnhardt of RCR Enterprises won the championship for the third time. This was Dale Earnhardt's last season with Wrangler Jeans sponsoring his blue and yellow car; beginning next year, he would drive a black and silver Chevy sponsored by GM Goodwrench. == Team Changes == After a championship together in 1985, Darrell Waltrip decided to move from the No. 11 Junior Johnson Budweiser Chevrolet to the new No. 17 Tide Chevrolet, a third full-time Rick Hendrick-owned team. A famous quote stemmed from this move, which crew chief Jeff Hammond describes in his book ''Real Men Work In the Pits'' went like this: "I finally got me a thoroughbred." – Darrell Waltrip, referring to his new ride. "I don't know about any thoroughbred. I do know we had a jackass around here who recently left." – Junior Johnson The rest of "silly season" looked like this among full-time teams: Terry Labonte left the No. 44 Piedmont Oldsmobile owned by Billy Hagan to replace Waltrip in the #11. Johnson decided to disband the No. 12 Budweiser team and let go driver Neil Bonnett, who moved to the No. 75 RahMoc Valvoline Pontiac. Morgan Shepherd vacated the No. 75 in favor of the No. 26 Quaker State Buick owned by Kenny Bernstein, driven by Joe Ruttman in 1986. Phil Parsons would replace older brother Benny in the No. 55 Copenhagen Oldsmobile owned by Leo and Richard Jackson. Lake Speed started out 1986 in the No. 75 RahMoc ride but was let go early in the season. With sponsorship from Wynn's, Speed would form his own team for 1987 in the No. 83 Oldsmobile. Valvoline would also sponsor the new No. 50 Dingman Brothers Pontiac, featuring Greg Sacks behind the wheel. A few car number changes took place as well. Kyle Petty would continue to drive the Wood Brothers Ford, switching from No. 7 to #21. Alan Kulwicki took the No. 7 for his independent team. Cale Yarborough exited the No. 28 Ford team but took sponsor Hardee's with him to his self-owned No. 29 Oldsmobile. Davey Allison would compete for Rookie Of The Year in the Harry Ranier No. 28 Ford, still looking for a sponsor to open the season. Michael Waltrip would continue driving for Chuck Rider but switched from the No. 23 Hawaiian Punch Chevrolet to the No. 30 Chevrolet with various sponsors. Drivers remaining with the same teams from 1986 would be: No. 3 Dale Earnhardt (sponsor: Wrangler, owner: Richard Childress), No. 4 Rick Wilson (Kodak, Larry McClure) No. 5 Geoff Bodine (Levi Garrett, Rick Hendrick), No. 8 Bobby Hillin, Jr. (Miller American, Stavola Brothers), No. 9 Bill Elliott (Coors, Harry Melling), No. 15 Ricky Rudd (Motorcraft, Bud Moore), No. 18 Tommy Ellis (Freelander Financial, Eric Freelander), No. 22 Bobby Allison (Miller American, Stavola Brothers), No. 27 Rusty Wallace (Kodiak, Raymond Beadle), No. 33 Harry Gant (Skoal Bandit, Hal Needham), No. 43 Richard Petty (STP, Petty Enterprises), No. 52 Jimmy Means, No. 70 J.D. McDuffie (Tom Winkle), No. 71 Dave Marcis, No. 88 Buddy Baker (Crisco, Baker/Danny Schiff), No. 90 Ken Schrader (Red Baron, Junie Donlavey) and the part-time/independent efforts of No. 14 A.J. Foyt, No. 67 Buddy Arrington, No. 77 Ken Ragan (Marvin Ragan), No. 81 Chet Fillip (Corey Fillip) and No. 89 Jim Sauter (Evinrude, Mueller Brothers). Top drivers out of a ride included Benny Parsons and Joe Ruttman. Those who officially threw their hat in the ring for Rookie Of The Year in 1987 would be: Davey Allison, Steve Christman (#62 AC Delco, Tom Winkle), Rodney Combs (#10 DiGard) and Derrike Cope (#19 Stoke Racing). Ron Bouchard, Trevor Boys, Eddie Bierschwale and a host of others would battle for the remaining open spots. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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