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1985 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 28
Sunday, November 17, 1985 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.780 miles)

Time of race: 2:58:03
Average speed: 105.065 mph
Pole speed: 116.938 mph

Cautions: 3 for 10 laps
Margin of victory: .45 sec
Attendance: 40000
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1985 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	119	37875	running	27	180
2	1	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	119	38375	running	78	180
3	13	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	119	18550	running	3	170
4	8	33	Harry Gant	Skoal (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	119	16225	running	1	165
5	7	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	119	13175	running	6	160
6	11	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	119	12150	running	2	155
7	3	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	119	12350	running	1	151
8	21	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	119	9900	running	0	142
9	12	75	Lake Speed	Nationwise Auto Parts (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	118	7255	running	1	143
10	10	47	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Jack Beebe)	Buick	118	7845	running	0	134
11	15	18	Glen Steurer	Stick Only / Hooper's (Glen Steurer)	Chevrolet	118	4875	running	0	130
12	16	78	Jim Robinson	Hammer Security (Lois Williams)	Oldsmobile	117	5615	running	0	127
13	20	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Stavola Brothers	Chevrolet	117	4305	running	0	124
14	18	32	Ruben Garcia	Suncrest Motorhomes (Fred Stoke)	Chevrolet	117	4085	running	0	121
15	31	73	Bill Schmitt	California Cooler (Bill Schmitt)	Chevrolet	117	4375	running	0	118
16	14	98	Jim Bown	Wholesale Truck Parts (Johnny Kieper)	Chevrolet	117	3420	running	0	115
17	6	22	Bobby Allison	Miller (Bobby Allison)	Buick	117	1955	running	0	112
18	19	71	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	Oldsmobile	116	4610	running	0	109
19	35	07	Derrike Cope	7-Eleven (George Jefferson)	Ford	116	2900	running	0	106
20	26	52	Jimmy Means	Barnicle Oil Co. (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	116	4430	running	0	103
21	24	77	Greg Sacks	Miller (DiGard Racing)	Buick	116	8255	transmission	0	100
22	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Ford	115	3970	running	0	97
23	28	90	Ken Schrader	Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	115	4410	running	0	94
24	36	16	Bill Osborne	Hackmankars (Bill Osborne)	Buick	115	2340	running	0	91
25	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	114	3155	running	0	88
26	17	04	Hershel McGriff	WAL Auction (Gary Smith)	Pontiac	114	1425	running	0	85
27	9	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	113	2875	running	0	82
28	37	64	Clark Dwyer	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	Ford	112	2825	running	0	79
29	34	99	Blair Aiken	Fred Stoke Racing (Fred Stoke)	Chevrolet	111	1275	running	0	76
30	38	94	John Soares, Jr.	R.P.M. (John Soares, Jr.)	Pontiac	105	1225	running	0	73
31	5	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	96	10000	running	0	70
32	39	6	Eddie Bierschwale	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	88	2675	engine	0	67
33	30	17	Phil Parsons	Skoal (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	86	2650	engine	0	64
34	29	29	Scott Autrey	McIntosh Ranch (Dick Midgley)	Chevrolet	79	1125	transmission	0	61
35	22	88	Buddy Baker	Bull Frog Knits / Liquid Wrench (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	78	2600	tie rod	0	58
36	25	2	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	70	3500	engine	0	55
37	2	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	46	2475	crash	0	52
38	40	35	Bud Hickey	Vee-Lee / Stick Only (Pat Mintey)	Chevrolet	40	950	shocks	0	49
39	41	45	Rick McCray	Erlich Motors (Rick McCray)	Chevrolet	37	925	engine	0	46
40	32	24	Trevor Boys	Jim Testa (Buddie Boys)	Chevrolet	14	925	steering	0	43
41	27	49	Ron Esau	McDonald's (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	10	2925	engine	0	40

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	18	18
	19	21	3	#99 spun turn 3
	22	40	19
	41	44	4	#45 spun turn 2
	45	47	3
	48	50	3	#2,17,27 accident turn 6
	51	119	69
Percent of race run under caution: 8.4% Average green flag run: 27.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Terry Labonte	1	9	9
Darrell Waltrip	10	10	1
Terry Labonte	11	20	10
Ricky Rudd	21	21	1
Dale Earnhardt	22	25	4
Terry Labonte	26	41	16
Lake Speed	42	42	1
Terry Labonte	43	70	28
Harry Gant	71	71	1
Neil Bonnett	72	74	3
Ricky Rudd	75	76	2
Geoffrey Bodine	77	78	2
Dale Earnhardt	79	80	2
Terry Labonte	81	95	15
Ricky Rudd	96	119	24

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	4292
2	Bill Elliott	4191	-101
3	Harry Gant	4028	-264
4	Neil Bonnett	3897	-395
5	Geoffrey Bodine	3862	-430
6	Ricky Rudd	3857	-435
7	Terry Labonte	3683	-609
8	Dale Earnhardt	3561	-731
9	Kyle Petty	3523	-769
10	Lake Speed	3507	-785
11	Tim Richmond	3413	-879
12	Bobby Allison	3312	-980
13	Ron Bouchard	3267	-1025
14	Richard Petty	3140	-1152
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	3091	-1201
16	Ken Schrader	3024	-1268
17	Buddy Baker	2986	-1306
18	Dave Marcis	2871	-1421
19	Rusty Wallace	2867	-1425
20	Buddy Arrington	2780	-1512
21	Phil Parsons	2740	-1552