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1985 Holly Farms 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 28 Sunday, September 29, 1985 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:37:44 Average speed: 95.077 mph Pole speed: 113.967 mph Cautions: 6 for 31 laps Margin of victory: 14 sec Attendance: 24000 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 11 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 400 32025 running 294 185 2 1 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 25000 running 44 175 3 6 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 400 15860 running 0 165 4 7 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 10960 running 37 165 5 2 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 399 9500 running 0 155 6 20 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 398 5695 running 0 150 7 3 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 398 6395 running 0 146 8 22 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 398 7295 running 0 142 9 18 71   Dave Marcis Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 397 5150 running 24 143 10 12 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 397 9540 running 0 134 11 14 18   Tommy Ellis Eric Freedlander Chevrolet 397 1510 running 0 130 12 13 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 395 4060 running 0 127 13 21 17   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 393 3915 running 0 124 14 4 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 393 8745 running 1 126 15 19 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 392 4555 running 0 118 16 9 77   Greg Sacks Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 391 6385 running 0 115 17 24 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 389 2570 running 0 112 18 26 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 388 3385 running 0 109 19 28 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 384 3300 running 0 106 20 31 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 384 1235 running 0 103 21 27 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 383 2995 running 0 100 22 23 49   Trevor Boys Hylton Racing   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 373 2680 running 0 97 23 29 67   Buddy Arrington Vinton Motors   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 365 2645 rear end 0 94 24 30 25   Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart / Billy Gerhart Chevrolet 365 940 running 0 91 25 15 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 362 3710 running 0 88 26 16 95   Mike Alexander Sadler Racing   (Sadler Brothers) Chevrolet 337 890 running 0 85 27 17 00   Morgan Shepherd Helen Rae Special   (Helen Rae Smith) Chevrolet 304 915 engine 0 82 28 10 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 285 2500 engine 0 79 29 25 88   Buddy Baker Bull Frog Knits   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 121 1815 quit 0 76 30 5 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 118 7865 transmission 0 73 31 8 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Bobby Allison) Buick 36 815 engine 0 70

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Mike Tilley Jonathan Lee Edwards 41 Edwards Racing Jonathan Lee Edwards Buick Bryan Baker 54 Henley Gray Chevrolet J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Brent Elliott 72 Elliott Racing Kermit Elliott Buick Phil Good 76 Good Racing Phil Good Chrysler Randy Baker 87 Baker Driving School Buck Baker Buick Maurice Randall 93 Randall Racing Maurice Randall Chrysler Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 37 37     38 42 5   #22 stalled turn 2   43 119 77     120 125 6   #9 slow on track   126 129 4     130 135 6   #49 spun turn 2   136 270 135     271 275 5   #8,17 accident turn 3   276 296 21     297 300 4   #00 spun turn 2   301 313 13     314 318 5   #00 engine turn 3   319 400 82       Percent of race run under caution: 7.8%             Average green flag run: 52.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 38 38   Dave Marcis 39 62 24   Dale Earnhardt 63 97 35   Harry Gant 98 119 22   Dale Earnhardt 120 120 1   Darrell Waltrip 121 121 1   Harry Gant 122 130 9   Geoffrey Bodine 131 136 6   Harry Gant 137 271 135   Dale Earnhardt 272 272 1   Harry Gant 273 400 128 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 3626     2   Bill Elliott 3596   -30   3   Harry Gant 3450   -176   4   Neil Bonnett 3445   -181   5   Ricky Rudd 3343   -283   6   Geoffrey Bodine 3252   -374   7   Kyle Petty 3198   -428   8   Terry Labonte 3152   -474   9   Lake Speed 3015   -611   10   Dale Earnhardt 2991   -635   11   Bobby Allison 2945   -681   12   Tim Richmond 2939   -687   13   Ron Bouchard 2758   -868   14   Richard Petty 2661   -965   15   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2635   -991   16   Ken Schrader 2618   -1008   17   Buddy Baker 2532   -1094   18   Rusty Wallace 2501   -1125   18   Dave Marcis 2501   -1125   20   Buddy Arrington 2353   -1273   21   Phil Parsons 2349   -1277