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1985 Budweiser 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 28 Sunday, May 19, 1985 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:03:43 Average speed: 123.094 mph Pole speed: 138.106 mph Cautions: 5 for 37 laps Margin of victory: 1 lp 6 sec Attendance: 48000 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 500 44500 running 336 185 2 2 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 499 29950 running 0 170 3 12 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 499 19055 running 0 165 4 5 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 498 15375 running 0 160 5 16 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 497 15975 running 0 155 6 8 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 497 9820 running 0 150 7 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 494 11600 running 0 146 8 3 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 494 11200 running 20 147 9 19 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 488 7775 running 0 138 10 18 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 487 8615 running 0 134 11 6 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 485 11700 running 142 135 12 31 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 477 3100 running 0 127 13 11 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 476 8850 running 0 124 14 29 60   Bob Riley Riley Racing   (Bob Riley) Pontiac 449 2100 running 0   15 28 85   Tommie Crozier Leonard Racing   (Bill Leonard) Pontiac 442 2500 running 0 118 16 1 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 437 14050 engine 2 120 17 27 76   Phil Good Good Racing   (Phil Good) Chrysler 434 1850 running 0 112 18 10 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 431 6255 running 0 109 19 23 96   Jerry Bowman Milford Fertilizer   (Jerry Bowman) Ford 393 1750 running 0 106 20 13 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 346 5285 engine 0 103 21 25 20   Rick Newsom Newsom Racing   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 330 1650 engine 0 100 22 14 88   Buddy Baker Bull Frog Knits   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 282 4775 oil pump 0 97 23 21 67   Buddy Arrington West Penn Auto Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 231 4965 flywheel 0 94 24 15 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 227 4205 fan blade 0 91 25 9 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 219 9050 engine 0 88 26 22 49   James Hylton Cleaner Hands Formula   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 201 3945 ignition 0   27 30 68   Jimmy Walker Walker Enterprises   (Jimmy Walker) Ford 180 1350 valve 0 82 28 17 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 158 2575 engine 0 79 29 32 17   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 150 3515 engine 0 76 30 20 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 115 3455 valve 0 73 31 26 70   J.D. McDuffie Lockhart Ford-Mercury   (J.D. McDuffie) Ford 115 3385 valve 0 70 32 24 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 73 2600 engine 0 67

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ed Baugess Oldsmobile George Wiltshire Oldsmobile Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 78 78     79 86 8   #6 accident turns 3/4   87 168 82     169 177 9   #17 accident turn 1   178 180 3     181 186 6   debris   187 223 37     224 228 5   #22 accident turn 1   229 348 120     349 357 9   #47 accident turn 2   358 500 143       Percent of race run under caution: 7.4%             Average green flag run: 77.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 2 2   Neil Bonnett 3 10 8   Geoffrey Bodine 11 79 69   Neil Bonnett 80 88 9   Geoffrey Bodine 89 161 73   Bill Elliott 162 316 155   Neil Bonnett 317 319 3   Bill Elliott 320 500 181 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Elliott 1497     2   Geoffrey Bodine 1478   -19   3   Terry Labonte 1475   -22   4   Neil Bonnett 1426   -71   5   Ricky Rudd 1388   -109   6   Darrell Waltrip 1363   -134   7   Kyle Petty 1362   -135   8   Bobby Allison 1311   -186   9   Lake Speed 1306   -191   10   Harry Gant 1288   -209   11   Dale Earnhardt 1238   -259   12   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1212   -285   13   Rusty Wallace 1151   -346   14   Tim Richmond 1147   -350   15   Ken Schrader 1142   -355   16   Richard Petty 1102   -395   17   Buddy Baker 1064   -433   18   Jimmy Means 1051   -446   19   Ron Bouchard 1036   -461   20   Dave Marcis 1011   -486   21   Clark Dwyer 973   -524