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1985 Carolina 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 28 Sunday, March 3, 1985 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:21:10 Average speed: 114.953 mph Pole speed: 145.067 mph Cautions: 10 for 76 laps Margin of victory: 8 inches Attendance: 46500 Lead changes: 30 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 492 35505 running 96 180 2 7 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 492 26330 running 172 175 3 1 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 492 23310 running 208 175 4 8 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 492 11360 running 0 160 5 10 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 491 10520 running 0 155 6 18 4   Joe Ruttman Folger's Coffee   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 491 6710 running 0 150 7 15 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 491 4660 running 0 146 8 13 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 491 10810 running 0 142 9 6 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 491 8675 running 0 138 10 11 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 491 16300 running 13 139 11 20 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 490 9065 running 0 130 12 5 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 485 11610 running 0 127 13 24 51   Greg Sacks Sacks & Sons   (Arnie Sacks) Chevrolet 482 6645 running 0 124 14 19 48   Lennie Pond Hylton Racing   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 475 6285 running 0 121 15 34 05   Slick Johnson Spohn Racing   (Ron Spohn) Ford 472 3460 running 0   16 33 67   Buddy Arrington West Penn Auto Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 468 5675 running 0 115 17 35 68   Mike Potter Walker Enterprises   (Jimmy Walker) Ford 457 2610 running 0 112 18 2 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 454 13910 rear end 2 114 19 25 17   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 448 5015 running 0 106 20 17 1   Dick Brooks Petty Enterprises Ford 445 3555 engine 0 103 21 38 32   Jonathan Lee Edwards Edwards Racing   (Jonathan Lee Edwards) Buick 439 2045 running 0 100 22 37 50   Jim Southard U.S. Racing   (Jim Southard) Buick 431 1970 running 0   23 30 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 412 1895 crash 0 94 24 22 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 394 1870 engine 0 91 25 26 88   Buddy Baker Liquid Wrench   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 385 1895 valve 0 88 26 23 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 372 3995 running 0 85 27 32 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 287 1645 crash 0 82 28 28 70   J.D. McDuffie Restore   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 283 1595 oil pump 0 79 29 14 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 281 9845 crash 0 76 30 31 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 263 3760 engine 0 73 31 9 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 262 7925 clutch 1 75 32 3 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 162 7975 engine 0 67 33 12 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 162 3580 crash 0 64 34 36 41   Ronnie Thomas Kingrey Brothers Excavation   (Ronnie Thomas) Chevrolet 128 1275 rear end 0 61 35 40 93   Maurice Randall Sparks Tune-Up   (Maurice Randall) Chrysler 102 1225 engine 0 58 36 39 20   Rick Newsom Tucker Construction   (Rick Newsom) Buick 96 1200 crash 0 55 37 29 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 68 3410 engine 0 52 38 27 23   Morgan Shepherd Bahre Racing   (Dick Bahre) Chevrolet 61 1150 engine 0 49 39 21 98   Trevor Boys McCaig Racing   (Ron Benfield) Chevrolet 60 3200 engine 0 46 40 16 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 55 2605 engine 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 41 Jimmy Walker 68 Walker Enterprises Jimmy Walker Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 56 56     57 63 7   #90 engine   64 129 66     130 134 5   #20 accident   135 148 14     149 155 7   #2 spun frontstretch   156 163 8     164 173 10   #15,47 accident turn 1   174 282 109     283 290 8   #9 accident turn 2   291 299 9     300 309 10   #74 accident turn 4   310 316 7     317 322 6   #71 spun   323 400 78     401 410 10   #8 engine   411 436 26     437 443 7   #6 accident turn 4   444 450 7     451 456 6   #1 engine   457 492 36       Percent of race run under caution: 15.4%             Average green flag run: 37.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 57 57   Bobby Allison 58 58 1   Harry Gant 59 70 12   Neil Bonnett 71 88 18   Harry Gant 89 130 42   Darrell Waltrip 131 131 1   Harry Gant 132 135 4   Terry Labonte 136 136 1   Dale Earnhardt 137 149 13   Harry Gant 150 164 15   Neil Bonnett 165 184 20   Terry Labonte 185 245 61   Harry Gant 246 267 22   Darrell Waltrip 268 268 1   Harry Gant 269 300 32   Neil Bonnett 301 317 17   Harry Gant 318 337 20   Terry Labonte 338 390 53   Harry Gant 391 401 11   Terry Labonte 402 435 34   Neil Bonnett 436 449 14   Terry Labonte 450 450 1   Neil Bonnett 451 451 1   Harry Gant 452 460 9   Neil Bonnett 461 461 1   Harry Gant 462 463 2   Neil Bonnett 464 476 13   Terry Labonte 477 477 1   Neil Bonnett 478 489 12   Harry Gant 490 491 2   Neil Bonnett 492 492 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Lake Speed 469     2   Darrell Waltrip 454   -15   3   Geoffrey Bodine 443   -26   4   Harry Gant 425   -44   5   Neil Bonnett 418   -51   5   Terry Labonte 418   -51   7   Dale Earnhardt 386   -83   8   Rusty Wallace 362   -107   9   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 359   -110   10   Bill Elliott 358   -111   11   Kyle Petty 353   -116   12   Lennie Pond 351   -118   13   Tim Richmond 331   -138   14   Buddy Baker 324   -145   15   Dave Marcis 318   -151   16   Ricky Rudd 310   -159   17   Phil Parsons 300   -169   18   Ken Schrader 294   -175   18   Jimmy Means 294   -175   20   Richard Petty 293   -176   21   Greg Sacks 279   -190