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1985 Daytona 500 First 7-Eleven Twin 125 Second 7-Eleven Twin 125 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet 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

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 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 Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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