The 1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 28th iteration of the event.

The race was held on Sunday, March 15, 1987, before an audience of 60,000 in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta International Raceway, a 1.522 miles (2.449 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway.

[2][3] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports' Benny Parsons and Blue Max Racing's Rusty Wallace finished second and third, respectively.

It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.

Dale Earnhardt, driving for Richard Childress Racing, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 31.221 and an average speed of 175.497 miles per hour (282.435 km/h) in the first round.