|| *Comments on the 1987 First 7-Eleven Twin 125:* View the most recent comment <#13> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. nascarman posted: 05.13.2006 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Phil barkdoll and Tommy Ellis fliped in this race 2. smiff posted: 12.14.2006 - 8:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Coming off of four on the last lap, Elliott got a nose ahead of Schrader but couldn't beat him to the line. 3. stricklinfan82 posted: 12.26.2007 - 3:53 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Little known fact - Bobby Hillin and Derrike Cope actually finished in a dead heat for 11th place. I'm not sure how NASCAR went about breaking the tie, it could have been 1986 owner's points or qualifying speed. Hillin would have won either tiebreaker. 4. jp posted: 02.23.2009 - 10:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've seen footage of the Barkdoll flip, but does anyone have footage of the Ellis flip? 5. jamie88fan posted: 03.14.2010 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The barkdall crash after he got out of the car he actualy help clean the track afterwards lol.. 6. RaceFanX posted: 10.13.2010 - 2:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Footage of Ellis flip is on Youtube 7. schraderfan posted: 12.26.2011 - 10:56 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) From the 1987 NASCAR rulebook In the event the finishing order between two or more cars is indiscernible to the officials, a time machine shall be built in an effort to break the tie using electronic timing and scoring. 8. Flywheel posted: 05.01.2013 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQlHvfUUjA0 Full replay of Barkdoll's wreck at 6:00. Ellis flip at 8:09. 9. Lowe's48Fan posted: 07.29.2015 - 6:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Another last win of the classic #90 Car, Owned by Junie Donlavey 10. RaceFanX posted: 01.08.2017 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor: #74 Bobby Wawak- Superior Piping / Nelson Contracting / Mayo Prop. (Ditto his 1987 Daytona 500 DNQ) 11. RaceFanX posted: 06.05.2019 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @7 That was a practical idea at the time even if the British dude who proposed it, some doctor I think but I forget his name, then completely changed into a different person and backed out of the deal for "timey wimey" reasons. 12. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 08.06.2020 - 12:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) CBS broadcast this race. Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, and David Hobbs were in the booth with Dave Despain and Chris Economaki in the pits. 13. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 08.06.2020 - 2:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ken Schrader scored an unlikely victory, taking the lead on lap 18 and never looking back. Schrader's win was the first of his NASCAR career and the last victory for Junie Donlavey's #90 car. Bill Elliott nearly caught Schrader at the end, losing in a photo-finish by a foot. Elliott led the early stages of the race but would be caught in heavy traffic mid-race that prevented him from dominating up front. Though he eventually caught Schrader with 10 laps to go, Elliott just couldn't manage to pass him. Darrell Waltrip finished third for the second-straight SpeedWeeks event, coming within a second of the leading pair during the closing laps. Buddy Baker finished a strong fourth, leading a good chunk of laps in the early stages of the race. Rick Wilson ran top-5 throughout the event, finishing in fifth. Richard Petty quietly made his way up from 14th on the grid to finish a solid sixth. Dale Earnhardt was in the mix for the lead throughout the afternoon, eventually dropping down to seventh at the finish. Neil Bonnett reunited with RahMoc Enterprises for the first time since 1983, bringing new sponsor Valvoline onboard. Bonnett ran with the leaders in the early stages, eventually falling to eighth. After a tumultuous 1986 campaign with Mike Curb's team, Ron Bouchard found a fresh new seat with Hoss Ellington for 1987. In his first outing with the team, Bouchard placed ninth and clinched a spot in the Daytona 500. Phil Parsons replaced brother Benny in the Jackson Brothers #55 Oldsmobile, finishing in tenth after riding around in the top-10 all day. Bobby Hillin Jr. ran his usual quiet, consistent race, finishing eleventh. Derrike Cope moved up from the Winston West Series to compete for Rookie of the Year for Fred Stoke Racing. The West Coast racer successfully qualified for his first Daytona 500 with a twelfth-place finish. Connie Saylor nabbed a spot in the 500 with a solid thirteenth-place run. Ronnie Sanders grabbed the final transfer spot into the 500 with a fourteenth-place finish. Sanders had only made one prior Winston Cup start, which ironically had been the 1981 Daytona 500. IndyCar star Tom Sneva joined the Jackson Brothers in a second entry, though he would have to fall back on his qualifying speed to get into the 500 as he finished outside the transfer spot in fifteenth. Bobby Wawak would miss the 500 for the second year in a row as he finished outside the transfer spot in sixteenth, the last car on the lead lap. Ricky Rudd made an unscheduled pit stop late in the race to address a tire issue. Rudd finished a lap down in seventeenth, but would still make the 500 thanks to his qualifying speed. J.D. McDuffie came home a lap down in eighteenth after struggling to keep up with the pack throughout the race. McDuffie would make the 500 on speed, but just barely. Joe Booher's first attempt at the 500 since 1984 came up short as he finished two laps down in nineteenth. Charlie Baker's first try at making the Great American Race would come up short as Baker finished three laps down in twentieth. Lake Speed became an owner-driver for 1987, driving his now-iconic purple #83 Wynn's Olds. Speed ran as high as second before dropping out after 44 laps with an engine issue. Speed would still make the field for the 500 thanks to his prior qualifying speed. ARCA regular Grant Adcox made what would end up being his final attempt at the Daytona 500. Adcox was running inside the transfer spot when he was collected in a crash with Jonathan Lee Edwards, ending his chances at making the field. Jonathan Lee Edwards made his only attempt at the 500, which ended after 24 laps when Edwards crashed with Grant Adcox. Greg Sacks left DiGard after his disastrous 1986 season to join the Dingman Brothers for 1987. Sacks would make the 500 on qualifying time, which he needed after he crashed out of his Duel. Jim Sauter would miss the 500 when he made contact with Greg Sacks on lap 19, sparking off a 4 car melee. A.J. Foyt suffered arms and shoulder injuries in a four-car crash on lap 19. While Foyt would make the 500 on speed, he would need to borrow Rick Wilson's back-up car for the race. Tommy Ellis was involved in a grinding crash on lap 19 when he smashed head-on into Jim Sauter and A.J. Foyt's spinning cars. Ellis flipped several times before coming to rest at the bottom of turn 3. Incredibly, Ellis walked away unscathed, but he would miss the 500. Steve Moore was collected in an early crash when he spun trying to avoid Phil Barkdoll's car. Moore suffered damage to the front of his Chevy, and despite the best efforts of the #48 team, the car could not continue. Jimmy Means exited early when his engine expired after 11 laps. Means would fall back on time trial speed to make the field. Phil Barkdoll survived a terrifying crash on lap 5 when his Oldsmobile lost control and flipped into the catch fence. Barkdoll's car burst into flames after coming to a stop, though the driver quickly escaped the wreckage. Jocko Maggiacomo didn't even get a chance to race his way in, as his car wouldn't start on the grid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: