The 1987 Budweiser 300, also known as the Budweiser Spokane Grand Prix, was the 3rd stock car race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Sunday, July 5, 1987, on a 1.650 mile (2.656 km) street course in Spokane, Washington, laid out around the 1974 World's Fair. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Roy Smith won the race, his first and only win of the season. Smith won the race by 3.7 seconds over Chad Little. Sumner McKnight, Bill Schmitt, and Hershel McGriff rounded out the top five. The race was the first of two to take place in the streets of Spokane.
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Background The race circuit was laid out around the 1974 World's Fair and spanned 1.650 miles. The Spokane course also hosted races for open wheel cars.
Entry list +DriverOwnerManufacturer04Hershel McGriffGary SmithPontiac7Kenny SchmittKenny SchmittChevrolet08Rick McCrayRick McCrayChevrolet13Darren PuskarichUnknownBuick17Harry GoularteJim Whalen/Harry GoularteChevrolet22St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick26Chuck LittleGeorge JeffersonFord32Ruben GarciaFred StokeChevrolet33John KrebsJohn KrebsOldsmobile38Tobey ButlerBill StroppeFord41Jack SellersSara VincentChevrolet44Laury CoverUnknownFord45Bob KennedyMyung Suk LeeBuick57Terry FisherUnknownBuick68Larry GaylordLarry GaylordOldsmobile72Brad TidrickCindi TidrickBuick73Bill SchmittBill SchmittChevrolet74Ray KellyRay KellyBuick75Roman CalczynskiWayne SpearsBuick78Jim RobinsonLois WilliamsOldsmobile79Roy SmithWarren RazoreFord82J. C. DanielsenShirnell GautscheBuick83Sumner McKnightSumner McKnightFord92Ron RainwaterAl RainwaterChevrolet95Chad LittleGeorge JeffersonFord
Race results +FinSt#DriverOwnerMakeLapsLedStatusPts11079Roy SmithWarren RazoreFord10026Running602295Chad LittleGeorge JeffersonFord10021Running4931383Sumner McKnightSumner McKnightFord10015Running484673Bill SchmittBill SchmittChevrolet980Running475104Hershel McGriffGary SmithPontiac963Running4662008Rick McCrayRick McCrayChevrolet940Running4571241Jack SellersSara VincentChevrolet910Running4482168Larry GaylordLarry GaylordOldsmobile910Running439533John KrebsJohn KrebsOldsmobile860Running4210332Ruben GarciaFred StokeChevrolet866Running41111957Terry FisherUnknownBuick800Running40121122St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick710Running39131592Ron RainwaterAl RainwaterChevrolet680Running38141482J. C. DanielsenShirnell GautscheBuick660Rear End3715417Harry GoularteJim Whalen/Harry GoularteChevrolet660Running36161713Darren PuskarichUnknownBuick650Oil Leak35171872Brad TidrickCindi TidrickBuick650Running3418778Jim RobinsonLois WilliamsOldsmobile6410Transmission3319974Ray KellyRay KellyBuick610Rear End3220875Roman CalczynskiWayne SpearsBuick440Valve31211645Bob KennedyMyung Suk LeeBuick230Clutch3022227Kenny SchmittKenny SchmittChevrolet20Handling29232444Laury CoverUnknownFord20Overheating0242538Tobey ButlerBill StroppeFord20Handling0252326Chuck LittleGeorge JeffersonFord00Accident0
Note: Not all laps led are accounted for
Standings after the race +PosDriverPoints 1Hershel McGriff 156 2Chad Little 146 (-10) 3Ruben Garcia 134 (-22) 5 4Roy Smith 130 (-26) 5John Krebs 129 (-27) 2 6Harry Goularte 127 (-29) 1 7Bill Schmitt 126 (-30) 1 8Jim Robinson 109 (-47) 1 9Sumner McKnight 97 (-59) 4 10Rick McCray 90 (-66)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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