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1985 Talladega 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 28
Sunday, July 28, 1985 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:21:41
Average speed: 148.772 mph
Pole speed: 207.578 mph

Cautions: 7 for 44 laps
Margin of victory: .66 sec
Attendance: 88000
Lead changes: 30

Glossary 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1985 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	188	48655	running	41	180
2	16	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	188	34250	running	20	175
3	24	47	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Jack Beebe)	Buick	188	23205	running	5	170
4	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	188	29475	running	100	170
5	4	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	187	11625	running	1
6	29	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	187	15600	running	0	150
7	21	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	187	16300	running	1	151
8	40	75	Lake Speed	Nationwise Auto Parts (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	187	10245	running	0	142
9	25	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	186	14100	running	0	138
10	22	1	Davey Allison	Lancaster Tobacco (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	186	6025	running	0
11	18	90	Ken Schrader	Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	186	9945	running	0	130
12	10	95	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing (Sadler Brothers)	Chevrolet	186	4500	running	0	127
13	17	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	186	7845	running	0	124
14	19	88	Buddy Baker	Bull Frog Knits (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	184	7565	running	0	121
15	30	77	Greg Sacks	Miller American (DiGard Racing)	Buick	184	10980	running	0	118
16	8	67	Buddy Arrington	Vinton Motors (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	184	7155	running	1	120
17	23	2	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	183	7860	running	0	112
18	12	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	180	11050	running	0	109
19	35	17	Lennie Pond	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	178	6355	running	0	106
20	31	64	Clark Dwyer	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	177	6375	running	0	103
21	39	54	Bobby Wawak	Henley Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	175	3210	running	0	100
22	27	00	Phil Barkdoll	Helen Rae Special (Helen Rae Smith)	Chevrolet	167	3100	running	0	97
23	6	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	160	11090	crash	2	99
24	14	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	156	11080	running	8	96
25	5	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	151	5465	running	0	88
26	33	71	Dave Marcis	AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	145	4980	piston	0	85
27	38	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Bobby Allison)	Chevrolet	142	2635	running	1	87
28	42	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	140	4840	piston	0	79
29	32	74	Rick Wilson	Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	111	2515	oil pump	0
30	15	18	Tommy Ellis	Eric Freedlander	Chevrolet	102	2455	oil leak	0
31	20	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Chevrolet	92	3195	crash	0	70
32	41	49	Trevor Boys	Cleaner Hands Formula (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	91	4790	driveshaft	3	72
33	7	4	Joe Ruttman	Folger's Coffee (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	84	2275	clutch	5	69
34	36	6	Eddie Bierschwale	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	73	4450	engine	0	61
35	3	21	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	Ford	54	2355	transmission	0	58
36	13	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Chevrolet	53	2090	driveshaft	0	55
37	34	0	Delma Cowart	Heyward Grooms Construction (H.L. Waters)	Chevrolet	33	2030	crank	0	52
38	11	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	33	1965	engine	0	49
39	9	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	24	11555	crash	0	46
40	37	29	Grant Adcox	Herb Adcox	Chevrolet	21	1840	oil pressure	0	43
41	26	99	Connie Saylor	Ball Racing (Ralph Ball)	Chevrolet	11	1840	engine	0	40
42	28	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	10	3340	engine	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Eldon Dotson
	Dick Skillen
WD	?	10	DiGard	Pontiac

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	8	8	green-yellow start
	9	16	8
	17	23	7	#2,11,77 spun turn 2
	24	25	2
	26	32	7	#7,44 accident frontstretch
	33	34	2
	35	38	4	#0 slow on track
	39	53	15
	54	59	6	#00 spun backstretch
	60	93	34
	94	101	8	#66 accident frontstretch
	102	162	61
	163	166	4	#5 accident turn 4
	167	188	22
Percent of race run under caution: 23.4% Average green flag run: 20.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	17	17
Geoffrey Bodine	18	18	1
Harry Gant	19	19	1
Bobby Allison	20	20	1
Trevor Boys	21	23	3
A.J. Foyt	24	24	1
Cale Yarborough	25	35	11
Joe Ruttman	36	40	5
Dale Earnhardt	41	41	1
Bill Elliott	42	52	11
Dale Earnhardt	53	53	1
Buddy Arrington	54	54	1
Neil Bonnett	55	59	5
Bill Elliott	60	62	3
Dale Earnhardt	63	63	1
Geoffrey Bodine	64	64	1
Dale Earnhardt	65	66	2
Bobby Allison	67	77	11
Dale Earnhardt	78	79	2
Cale Yarborough	80	81	2
Bill Elliott	82	83	2
Dale Earnhardt	84	84	1
Cale Yarborough	85	90	6
Neil Bonnett	91	91	1
Ron Bouchard	92	94	3
Neil Bonnett	95	105	11
Bill Elliott	106	131	26
Ron Bouchard	132	133	2
Neil Bonnett	134	136	3
Bill Elliott	137	166	30
Cale Yarborough	167	188	22

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bill Elliott	2656
2	Darrell Waltrip	2513	-143
3	Neil Bonnett	2415	-241
4	Geoffrey Bodine	2385	-271
5	Ricky Rudd	2340	-316
6	Harry Gant	2335	-321
7	Kyle Petty	2285	-371
8	Terry Labonte	2269	-387
9	Bobby Allison	2267	-389
10	Lake Speed	2125	-531
11	Tim Richmond	2018	-638
12	Dale Earnhardt	1937	-719
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1882	-774
14	Ken Schrader	1852	-804
15	Ron Bouchard	1847	-809
16	Buddy Baker	1839	-817
17	Rusty Wallace	1809	-847
18	Richard Petty	1788	-868
19	Dave Marcis	1726	-930
20	Clark Dwyer	1679	-977
21	Phil Parsons	1617	-1039