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1985 Holly Farms 400

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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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