1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Top ten results Failed to qualify: 34 - Donnie Allison, 07 - Larry Moyer, 82 - Mark Stahl, 18 - Sarel van der Merwe, 85 - Bobby Gerhart, 2 - Ernie Irvan (R), 30 - Michael Waltrip*, 67 - Buddy Arrington, 10-Ken Bouchard (R), 24 - Bobby Coyle, 01 - Mickey Gibbs (R), 77 - Ken Ragan, 63 - Jocko Maggiacomo, 03 - David Pletcher, 54 - Ronnie Sanders, 80 - Jimmy Horton, 0 - Delma Cowart, 59 - Mark Gibson, 70 - J.D.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: 2 - Ernie Irvan, 4 - Rick Wilson, 25* - Ken Schrader The Goodyear NASCAR 500 was a non-points exhibition race held on February 28 at the Calder Park Thunderdome in Melbourne, Australia - the first NASCAR-style high-banked paved oval built outside of North America.
Top ten results The Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was held March 20 at Atlanta International Raceway.
Top ten results The Valleydale Meats 500 was held April 10 at Bristol International Raceway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: 00 - Gary Brooks, 04 - Bill Meacham, 09 - Doug French, 20 - Alan Russell, 31 - Brad Teague, 46 - Glenn Moffat, 67 - Rick Jeffrey, 70 - Jeff McDuffie, 78 - Jay Sommers, 98 - Brad Noffsinger The Pannill Sweatshirts 500 was held April 24 at Martinsville Speedway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: 2 - Ernie Irvan, 52 - Jimmy Means The Winston 500 was held May 1 at Alabama International Motor Speedway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: 10 - Ken Bouchard The Miller High Life 500 was held June 19 at Pocono International Raceway.
Top ten results The Miller High Life 400 was held June 26 at Michigan International Speedway.
Top ten results The Pepsi Firecracker 400 was held July 2 at Daytona International Speedway.
Top ten results The AC Spark Plug 500 was held July 24 at Pocono International Raceway.
Top ten results The Champion Spark Plug 400 was held August 21 at Michigan International Speedway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: 10 - Ken Bouchard, 90 - Benny Parsons The Southern 500 was held September 4 at Darlington Raceway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: 68 - Derrike Cope, 20 - Rayvon Clark, 37 - Randy Morrison, 40 - Ben Hess, 54 - Lennie Pond, 67 - Ron Esau, 70 - J. D. McDuffie, 78 - Jay Sommers, 98 - Brad Noffsinger The Delaware 500 was held September 18 at Dover International Speedway.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: 20 - Dave Mader III, 31 - Lee Faulk, 70 - J. D. McDuffie, 97 - Rodney Combs, 98 - Brad Noffsinger The Oakwood Homes 500 was held October 9 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
- Ronnie Silver, 2 - Ernie Irvan, 19 - Chad Little, 22 - Rodney Combs, 24 - John McFadden, 32 - Philip Duffie, 34 - Connie Saylor, 36 - H. B. Bailey, 40 - Ben Hess, 50 - Charlie Glotzbach, 59 - Mark Gibson, 63 - Jocko Maggiacomo, 64 - Mike Potter, 70 - J. D. McDuffie, 74 - Randy LaJoie, 87 - Randy Baker, 93 - Troy Beebe, 98 - Brad Noffsinger The Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway was originally scheduled for October 2, but two consecutive days of rain caused it to be postponed to October 16.
Top ten results Failed to qualify: 68 - Derrike Cope The AC Delco 500 was held October 23 at North Carolina Motor Speedway.
Top ten results The inaugural Checker 500 was held November 6 at Phoenix International Raceway.
- David Sosebee, 10 - Ken Bouchard, 20 - Dave Mader III, 38 - Mike Laws, 50 - Bobby Coyle, 78 - Jay Sommers, 93 - Charlie Baker (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.
Ken Bouchard defeated Ernie Irvan by 59 points to win the Rookie of the Year title in 1988, driving for Bob Whitcomb.
The only other contenders were USAC driver Brad Noffsinger and Jimmy Horton, both of whom ran part-time schedules that season.
