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1985 Miller High Life 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 28 Sunday, October 6, 1985 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:39:48 Average speed: 136.761 mph Pole speed: 166.139 mph Cautions: 6 for 41 laps Margin of victory: 1 sec Attendance: 118000 Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 334 51600 running 49 180 2 4 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 334 65400 running 107 175 3 6 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 334 33625 running 0 165 4 12 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 333 23450 running 1 165 5 14 4   Joe Ruttman Folger's   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 333 12400 running 0 155 6 2 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 333 22155 running 34 155 7 16 16   Morgan Shepherd Carolina Tool   (Bobby Hawkins) Chevrolet 332 7780 running 0 146 8 18 88   Buddy Baker Bull Frog Knits   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 332 10095 running 0 142 9 11 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. All Pro Auto Parts   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 331 7925 running 0 138 10 23 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 330 12450 running 0 134 11 13 77   Greg Sacks Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 330 11250 running 0 130 12 19 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 329 7865 running 0 127 13 24 38   Alan Kulwicki Hardee's   (Bill Terry) Ford 324 4200 running 0 124 14 21 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Bobby Allison) Ford 323 4100 running 0 121 15 8 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 320 11350 running 0 118 16 42 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 319 7155 running 0 115 17 28 67   Buddy Arrington Motorsports Design   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 318 6935 running 0 112 18 32 95   Mike Alexander Action Vans   (Sadler Brothers) Chevrolet 310 3500 running 0 109 19 17 1   Davey Allison Lancaster Tobacco   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 301 3600 engine 0 106 20 5 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 301 12050 running 0 103 21 31 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 285 6575 running 0 100 22 20 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 265 5515 running 0 97 23 34 49   Trevor Boys Hylton Racing   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 262 5005 clutch 0 94 24 1 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 254 42100 engine 142 101 25 10 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 240 4815 ignition 0 88 26 37 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 238 4075 crash 0 85 27 26 66   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 237 1600 crash 0 82 28 39 10   Ken Ragan DiGard R&D   (DiGard Racing) Ford 224 1475 crash 0 79 29 33 00   Sterling Marlin Helen Rae Special   (Helen Rae Smith) Chevrolet 219 1350 flywheel 0   30 25 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 210 4540 engine 0 73 31 36 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Dick Bahre) Chevrolet 183 1300 engine 0 70 32 30 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / Copenhagen   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 177 1180 tie rod 0 67 33 15 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 163 11060 crank 1 69 34 38 71   Dave Marcis Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 161 3395 crash 0 61 35 29 53   Donny Paul Paul Racing   (Donny Paul) Chevrolet 156 1120 engine 0 58 36 35 09   Dick Trickle Matthews Racing   (Billy Matthews) Chevrolet 138 1250 engine 0 55 37 9 21   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (David Pearson) Ford 118 1330 rear end 0 52 38 40 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 114 3295 piston 0 49 39 41 17   Lennie Pond McCord Gaskets   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 87 2540 engine 0 46 40 22 18   Tommy Ellis Eric Freedlander Chevrolet 84 1020 handling 0 43 41 3 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 51 4020 fuel pump 0 40 42 27 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 11 7520 engine 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Kirk Bryant Pontiac Bosco Lowe Pontiac Elton Sawyer Oldsmobile Glenn Sears 09 Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 93 93     94 98 5   #17 engine   99 163 65     164 170 7   #71 accident turn 2   171 191 21     192 201 10   #23 engine   202 240 39     241 249 9   #47,66 accident frontstretch   250 261 12     262 267 6   oil on track   268 306 39     307 310 4   #1 engine   311 334 24       Percent of race run under caution: 12.3%             Average green flag run: 41.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tim Richmond 1 1 1   Harry Gant 2 28 27   Bill Elliott 29 64 36   Harry Gant 65 67 3   Darrell Waltrip 68 68 1   Tim Richmond 69 94 26   Terry Labonte 95 95 1   Tim Richmond 96 102 7   Bill Elliott 103 108 6   Cale Yarborough 109 111 3   Harry Gant 112 172 61   Bill Elliott 173 202 30   Harry Gant 203 253 51   Bill Elliott 254 288 35   Cale Yarborough 289 334 46 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 3791     2   Bill Elliott 3771   -20   3   Harry Gant 3551   -240   4   Neil Bonnett 3482   -309   5   Ricky Rudd 3461   -330   6   Geoffrey Bodine 3417   -374   7   Kyle Petty 3295   -496   8   Terry Labonte 3221   -570   9   Lake Speed 3142   -649   10   Dale Earnhardt 3094   -697   10   Tim Richmond 3094   -697   12   Bobby Allison 3066   -725   13   Ron Bouchard 2843   -948   14   Richard Petty 2795   -996   15   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2773   -1018   16   Ken Schrader 2706   -1085   17   Buddy Baker 2674   -1117   18   Rusty Wallace 2574   -1217   19   Dave Marcis 2562   -1229   20   Buddy Arrington 2465   -1326   21   Phil Parsons 2431   -1360