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1985 Miller High Life 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 28
Sunday, October 6, 1985 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:39:48
Average speed: 136.761 mph
Pole speed: 166.139 mph

Cautions: 6 for 41 laps
Margin of victory: 1 sec
Attendance: 118000
Lead changes: 15

Glossary 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1985 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	334	51600	running	49	180
2	4	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	334	65400	running	107	175
3	6	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	33625	running	0	165
4	12	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	333	23450	running	1	165
5	14	4	Joe Ruttman	Folger's (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	333	12400	running	0	155
6	2	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	333	22155	running	34	155
7	16	16	Morgan Shepherd	Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins)	Chevrolet	332	7780	running	0	146
8	18	88	Buddy Baker	Bull Frog Knits (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	332	10095	running	0	142
9	11	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	All Pro Auto Parts (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	331	7925	running	0	138
10	23	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	330	12450	running	0	134
11	13	77	Greg Sacks	Miller American (DiGard Racing)	Buick	330	11250	running	0	130
12	19	75	Lake Speed	Nationwise Auto Parts (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	329	7865	running	0	127
13	24	38	Alan Kulwicki	Hardee's (Bill Terry)	Ford	324	4200	running	0	124
14	21	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Bobby Allison)	Ford	323	4100	running	0	121
15	8	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	320	11350	running	0	118
16	42	64	Clark Dwyer	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	319	7155	running	0	115
17	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Motorsports Design (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	318	6935	running	0	112
18	32	95	Mike Alexander	Action Vans (Sadler Brothers)	Chevrolet	310	3500	running	0	109
19	17	1	Davey Allison	Lancaster Tobacco (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	301	3600	engine	0	106
20	5	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	301	12050	running	0	103
21	31	6	Eddie Bierschwale	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	285	6575	running	0	100
22	20	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	265	5515	running	0	97
23	34	49	Trevor Boys	Hylton Racing (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	262	5005	clutch	0	94
24	1	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	254	42100	engine	142	101
25	10	90	Ken Schrader	Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	240	4815	ignition	0	88
26	37	47	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Jack Beebe)	Buick	238	4075	crash	0	85
27	26	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Chevrolet	237	1600	crash	0	82
28	39	10	Ken Ragan	DiGard R&D (DiGard Racing)	Ford	224	1475	crash	0	79
29	33	00	Sterling Marlin	Helen Rae Special (Helen Rae Smith)	Chevrolet	219	1350	flywheel	0
30	25	2	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	210	4540	engine	0	73
31	36	23	Michael Waltrip	Hawaiian Punch (Dick Bahre)	Chevrolet	183	1300	engine	0	70
32	30	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore / Copenhagen (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	177	1180	tie rod	0	67
33	15	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	163	11060	crank	1	69
34	38	71	Dave Marcis	Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	161	3395	crash	0	61
35	29	53	Donny Paul	Paul Racing (Donny Paul)	Chevrolet	156	1120	engine	0	58
36	35	09	Dick Trickle	Matthews Racing (Billy Matthews)	Chevrolet	138	1250	engine	0	55
37	9	21	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	Ford	118	1330	rear end	0	52
38	40	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	114	3295	piston	0	49
39	41	17	Lennie Pond	McCord Gaskets (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	87	2540	engine	0	46
40	22	18	Tommy Ellis	Eric Freedlander	Chevrolet	84	1020	handling	0	43
41	3	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Chevrolet	51	4020	fuel pump	0	40
42	27	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	11	7520	engine	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Kirk Bryant		Pontiac
	Bosco Lowe		Pontiac
	Elton Sawyer		Oldsmobile
	Glenn Sears	09

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	93	93
	94	98	5	#17 engine
	99	163	65
	164	170	7	#71 accident turn 2
	171	191	21
	192	201	10	#23 engine
	202	240	39
	241	249	9	#47,66 accident frontstretch
	250	261	12
	262	267	6	oil on track
	268	306	39
	307	310	4	#1 engine
	311	334	24
Percent of race run under caution: 12.3% Average green flag run: 41.9 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Richmond	1	1	1
Harry Gant	2	28	27
Bill Elliott	29	64	36
Harry Gant	65	67	3
Darrell Waltrip	68	68	1
Tim Richmond	69	94	26
Terry Labonte	95	95	1
Tim Richmond	96	102	7
Bill Elliott	103	108	6
Cale Yarborough	109	111	3
Harry Gant	112	172	61
Bill Elliott	173	202	30
Harry Gant	203	253	51
Bill Elliott	254	288	35
Cale Yarborough	289	334	46

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	3791
2	Bill Elliott	3771	-20
3	Harry Gant	3551	-240
4	Neil Bonnett	3482	-309
5	Ricky Rudd	3461	-330
6	Geoffrey Bodine	3417	-374
7	Kyle Petty	3295	-496
8	Terry Labonte	3221	-570
9	Lake Speed	3142	-649
10	Dale Earnhardt	3094	-697
10	Tim Richmond	3094	-697
12	Bobby Allison	3066	-725
13	Ron Bouchard	2843	-948
14	Richard Petty	2795	-996
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2773	-1018
16	Ken Schrader	2706	-1085
17	Buddy Baker	2674	-1117
18	Rusty Wallace	2574	-1217
19	Dave Marcis	2562	-1229
20	Buddy Arrington	2465	-1326
21	Phil Parsons	2431	-1360