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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 28
Sunday, February 17, 1985 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:54:09
Average speed: 172.265 mph
Pole speed: 205.114 mph

Cautions: 5 for 18 laps
Margin of victory: .94 sec
Attendance: 140000
Lead changes: 22

Glossary 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1985 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	200	185500	running	136	185
2	14	75	Lake Speed	Nationwise Auto Parts (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	200	85705	running	2	175
3	3	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	199	79350	running	0	165
4	7	88	Buddy Baker	Liquid Wrench (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	199	53075	running	0	160
5	9	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft / Camelot Motor Corp. (Bud Moore)	Ford	199	52900	running	0	155
6	13	51	Greg Sacks	Bill's Bar-B-Q / TAP Engine Parts (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	199	44695	running	2	155
7	17	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	198	42025	running	0	146
8	22	2	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	197	34275	running	0	142
9	38	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	197	24950	running	0	138
10	19	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	195	33415	engine	22	139
11	24	90	Ken Schrader	Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	195	25980	running	0	130
12	29	84	Mike Alexander	Sims Brothers Racing (Sims Brothers)	Chevrolet	194	19800	running	0	127
13	26	74	Bobby Wawak	Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	192	18305	running	0	124
14	25	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors / Down The Hatch (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	192	20435	running	0	121
15	36	67	Morgan Shepherd	Jim Peacock Dodge (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	190	15300	running	0	118
16	20	95	Sterling Marlin	Native Tan (Sadler Brothers)	Chevrolet	188	16180	oil pump	0	115
17	32	4	Joe Ruttman	Folger's Coffee (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	185	16735	transmission	0	112
18	39	64	Clark Dwyer	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	182	14805	running	0	109
19	27	48	Lennie Pond	Burger King / Pepsi (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	178	14975	crash	0	106
20	40	31	Slick Johnson	Sheehan Pontiac / GMC Trucks (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	175	11210	running	0	103
21	37	17	Ken Ragan	Hesco Exhaust / McCord (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	172	13000	running	0	100
22	11	1	Dick Brooks	Pearah / Bernstein (Petty Enterprises)	Ford	171	14725	wheel	0	97
23	28	89	Jim Sauter	Dairyland Transport / Midstate Corp. (Mueller Brothers)	Pontiac	161	10845	running	0	94
24	21	71	Dave Marcis	AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	156	13205	clutch	0	91
25	31	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	154	18735	engine	2	93
26	10	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	124	18130	engine	1	90
27	35	98	Trevor Boys	McCaig Racing (Ron Benfield)	Chevrolet	103	10630	rear end	0	82
28	4	21	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	98	19270	engine	0	79
29	12	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Chevrolet	91	10565	engine	0	76
30	16	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore-Foyt (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	90	10010	engine	0	73
31	5	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Chevrolet	84	14755	engine	0	70
32	18	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	84	17150	engine	0	67
33	34	22	Bobby Allison	Miller (DiGard Racing)	Buick	82	14845	engine	1	69
34	8	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	80	18040	clutch	2	66
35	33	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	66	9220	crash	0	58
36	2	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	62	33530	engine	32	60
37	6	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	58	15625	engine	0	52
38	15	47	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Jack Beebe)	Buick	45	9670	camshaft	0	49
39	23	10	Doug Heveron	Syracuse Classic (Tom Heveron)	Chevrolet	44	8460	engine	0	46
40	30	0	Delma Cowart	Heyward Grooms Construction (H.L. Waters)	Chevrolet	38	7900	oil leak	0	43

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jody Ridley	00	Helen Rae Special	Helen Rae Smith	Chevrolet
	Dean Roper	05	Spohn's Body Shops	Ron Spohn	Ford
	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet
	Joe Thurman	06	Deasy Auto Parts	Davis Racing	Chevrolet
	Randy LaJoie	07	Snellman Construction	Kaj Snellman	Chevrolet
	Craig Spetman	08		Carl Anderson	Chevrolet
	Bob Park	19	Park Racing	Bob Park	Pontiac
	Rick Newsom	20	T.R. Tucker Construction	Rick Newsom	Chevrolet
	Satch Worley	37	Hayes Jewelers	Chip Lain	Chevrolet
	Glenn Jarrett	41	Cap'n Coty's	Ronnie Thomas	Chevrolet
	Tom Sneva	42	Curb Racing	Mike Curb	Pontiac
	Donny Paul	53	Paul Racing	Donny Paul	Chevrolet
	Joey Sonntag	65	Sonntag Racing	Joey Sonntag	Chevrolet
	J.D. McDuffie	70	Restore	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet
	Davey Allison	77	McCord Gaskets	Marvin Ragan	Chevrolet
	Dick Skillen	79	Bill's Barbeque	Tom Goff	Chevrolet
	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Wash	Mark Stahl	Ford
	Connie Saylor	99	Ball Racing	Ralph Ball	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	71	71
	72	77	6	#27 accident backstretch
	78	161	84
	162	164	3	#71 stalled turn 4
	165	173	9
	174	176	3	#1 accident turn 2
	177	191	15
	192	194	3	#48 spun frontstretch
	195	196	2
	197	199	3	#12 engine
	200	200	1
Percent of race run under caution: 9.0% Average green flag run: 30.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	2	2
Cale Yarborough	3	4	2
Bill Elliott	5	14	10
Cale Yarborough	15	24	10
Bill Elliott	25	35	11
Richard Petty	36	37	2
Greg Sacks	38	38	1
Terry Labonte	39	40	2
Cale Yarborough	41	60	20
Bill Elliott	61	72	12
Bobby Allison	73	73	1
Bill Elliott	74	107	34
Neil Bonnett	108	110	3
Harry Gant	111	111	1
Greg Sacks	112	112	1
Bill Elliott	113	144	32
Lake Speed	145	146	2
Neil Bonnett	147	154	8
Bill Elliott	155	165	11
Neil Bonnett	166	173	8
Bill Elliott	174	191	18
Neil Bonnett	192	194	3
Bill Elliott	195	200	6

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bill Elliott	185
2	Lake Speed	175	-10
3	Darrell Waltrip	165	-20
4	Buddy Baker	160	-25
5	Ricky Rudd	155	-30
5	Greg Sacks	155	-30
7	Geoffrey Bodine	146	-39
8	Rusty Wallace	142	-43
9	Neil Bonnett	139	-46
10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	138	-47
11	Ken Schrader	130	-55
12	Mike Alexander	127	-58
13	Bobby Wawak	124	-61
14	Jimmy Means	121	-64
15	Morgan Shepherd	118	-67
16	Sterling Marlin	115	-70
17	Joe Ruttman	112	-73
18	Clark Dwyer	109	-76
19	Lennie Pond	106	-79
20	Slick Johnson	103	-82
21	Ken Ragan	100	-85