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1985 Delaware 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 28 Sunday, September 15, 1985 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:08:52 Average speed: 120.538 mph Pole speed: 141.543 mph Cautions: 6 for 45 laps Margin of victory: 1 lp 3 sec Attendance: 38000 Lead changes: 16 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 500 44950 running 216 185 2 10 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 29750 running 10 175 3 7 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 499 31450 running 55 170 4 19 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Bobby Allison) Ford 496 9975 running 45 165 5 5 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 496 14275 running 0 155 6 22 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 496 9980 running 0 150 7 8 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 496 12600 running 0 146 8 6 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 494 8595 running 0 142 9 13 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 492 10600 running 1 143 10 17 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 491 8225 running 0 134 11 27 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 484 6695 running 0 130 12 23 17   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 483 6055 running 0 127 13 28 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 481 5865 running 0 124 14 31 96   Jerry Bowman JB Auto Machine / Milford Fertilizer   (Jerry Bowman) Ford 465 2100 running 0 121 15 16 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 463 7725 transmission 0 118 16 25 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 462 5815 running 0 115 17 37 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 458 1850 running 0 112 18 34 76   Phil Good Allied Automotive   (Phil Good) Chrysler 438 1800 running 0 109 19 15 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 435 4455 running 0 106 20 1 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 430 13350 running 173 108 21 30 32   Alan Kulwicki Hardee's   (Bill Terry) Ford 412 1650 ignition 0 100 22 12 00   Morgan Shepherd Helen Rae   (Helen Rae Smith) Chevrolet 381 1600 transmission 0 97 23 18 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 347 3095 ignition 0 94 24 2 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 313 11550 push rod 0 91 25 3 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 309 9750 engine 0 88 26 9 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 268 1400 engine 0 85 27 24 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 260 3625 engine 0 82 28 32 70   J.D. McDuffie Hanover Printing   (Wayne Beahr) Ford 203 3565 engine 0 79 29 11 77   Greg Sacks Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 159 7750 crash 0 76 30 29 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 141 3455 engine 0 73 31 21 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 137 4365 engine 0 70 32 35 20   Rick Newsom Selcam Enterprises   (Rick Newsom) Buick 137 1100 brakes 0 67 33 20 4   Joe Ruttman Folger's Coffee   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 104 1050 engine 0 64 34 26 49   Trevor Boys Hylton Racing   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 85 2500 engine 0 61 35 14 88   Buddy Baker Bull Frog Knits   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 83 2400 crash 0 58 36 36 01   Earle Canavan Wynn's   (Earle Canavan) Oldsmobile 53 875 brakes 0 55 37 33 85   Tommie Crozier Universal Steel   (Bill Leonard) Pontiac 30 875 overheating 0 52 38 38 63   Chuck Walton Williams Racing Chevrolet 5 875 handling 0 49 39 39 93   Maurice Randall MRE Racing   (Maurice Randall) Chrysler 1 850 overheating 0 46

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 84 84     85 89 5   #88 accident turn 4   90 138 49     139 144 6   #2 engine   145 159 15     160 177 18   #64 engine   178 218 41     219 226 8   #77 accident turn 4   227 302 76     303 305 3   #8 accident turn 1   306 311 6     312 316 5   #5 engine   317 500 184       Percent of race run under caution: 9.0%             Average green flag run: 65.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bill Elliott 1 96 96   Harry Gant 97 133 37   Bill Elliott 134 159 26   Richard Petty 160 160 1   Ricky Rudd 161 178 18   Bill Elliott 179 219 41   Bobby Allison 220 220 1   Bill Elliott 221 230 10   Ricky Rudd 231 252 22   Harry Gant 253 257 5   Ricky Rudd 258 272 15   Bobby Allison 273 312 40   Darrell Waltrip 313 319 7   Harry Gant 320 399 80   Darrell Waltrip 400 402 3   Bobby Allison 403 406 4   Harry Gant 407 500 94 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Elliott 3411     2   Darrell Waltrip 3325   -86   3   Neil Bonnett 3173   -238   4   Harry Gant 3095   -316   5   Ricky Rudd 3028   -383   6   Geoffrey Bodine 2981   -430   7   Kyle Petty 2964   -447   8   Terry Labonte 2905   -506   9   Lake Speed 2758   -653   10   Bobby Allison 2741   -670   11   Dale Earnhardt 2646   -765   12   Tim Richmond 2637   -774   13   Ron Bouchard 2453   -958   14   Richard Petty 2422   -989   15   Ken Schrader 2415   -996   16   Buddy Baker 2386   -1025   17   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2381   -1030   18   Rusty Wallace 2325   -1086   19   Dave Marcis 2264   -1147   20   Buddy Arrington 2159   -1252   21   Phil Parsons 2122   -1289