The 1987 Busch 500 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 22, 1987. Runaway points leader Dale Earnhardt ran away to the win, leading 415 of the 500 laps in route to a 5.5-second victory on Rusty Wallace. Earnhardt's point lead on Bill Elliott now sat 545 points. Stats