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1985 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 28 Sunday, September 1, 1985 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 4:08:02 Average speed: 121.254 mph Pole speed: 156.641 mph Cautions: 14 for 70 laps Margin of victory: .6 sec Attendance: 80000 Lead changes: 20 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 367 1053725 running 100 180 2 22 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 367 22050 running 25 175 3 17 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 367 21975 running 5 170 4 21 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 366 17425 running 0 160 5 19 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 366 13330 running 1 160 6 11 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 366 13450 running 0 150 7 9 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 365 15500 running 0 146 8 3 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 365 5800 running 0 142 9 4 4   Joe Ruttman Folger's Coffee   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 364 5350 running 0 138 10 25 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 364 9995 running 0 134 11 8 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 364 8505 running 0 130 12 24 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 364 10860 running 0 127 13 20 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 362 6255 running 1 129 14 32 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 362 8475 running 0 121 15 16 88   Buddy Baker Bull Frog Knits   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 358 8085 engine 2 123 16 18 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 358 6865 running 0 115 17 7 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 355 12205 running 0 112 18 33 67   Buddy Arrington Vinton Motors   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 353 6290 running 0 109 19 5 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans / 1-800-FARMAID   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 349 12835 engine 147 116 20 39 17   Ken Ragan McCord Gaskets   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 349 6080 running 0 103 21 6 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 336 12340 engine 84 105 22 29 1   Pancho Carter Lancaster Tobacco   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 336 2755 running 0 97 23 27 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 271 5240 vibration 2 99 24 35 23   Michael Waltrip Jim Testa   (Dick Bahre) Chevrolet 266 2535 engine 0 91 25 26 14   A.J. Foyt Copenhagen   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 248 2675 brakes 0 88 26 37 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 237 4595 crash 0 85 27 36 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 236 4480 camshaft 0 82 28 40 68   Mike Potter Eagle Snacks   (Jimmy Walker) Ford 186 2110 engine 0 79 29 38 51   Slick Johnson Rozier War Eagle   (Doug Spohn) Ford 184 2005 oil pressure 0 76 30 23 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Bobby Allison) Ford 162 1950 engine 0 73 31 30 49   Trevor Boys Fleet Service / R.L. Monroe   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 134 4100 crash 0 70 32 34 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 108 4025 engine 0 67 33 12 18   Tommy Ellis Eric Freedlander Chevrolet 101 1735 transmission 0 64 34 31 36   H.B. Bailey Almeda Auto Parts / Naitonal Motors   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 94 1680 crash 0 61 35 10 77   Greg Sacks Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 60 8400 crash 0 58 36 28 32   Tommy Houston Houston Racing   (Paul Ingle) Chevrolet 47 1645 engine 0 55 37 15 16   Morgan Shepherd Carolina Tool   (Bobby Hawkins) Chevrolet 22 1490 engine 0 52 38 14 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 21 3880 crash 0 49 39 13 66   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 21 1435 crash 0 46 40 2 21   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (David Pearson) Ford 17 2625 engine 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jonathan Lee Edwards Ferrel Harris Rick Newsom Connie Saylor Bobby Wawak J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 22 22     23 30 8   #2,66 accident turn 4   31 35 5     36 39 4   rain   40 60 21     61 64 4   debris   65 99 35     100 107 8   #36 accident turn 2   108 147 40     148 154 7   #49 accident   155 168 14     169 173 5   oil on track   174 188 15     189 193 5   #51 accident   194 266 73     267 271 5   #64 accident frontstretch   272 293 22     294 297 4   debris backstretch   298 317 20     318 322 5   #3 spun turn 2   323 324 2     325 329 5   #28 smoking   330 332 3     333 334 2   debris   335 337 3     338 341 4   oil on track   342 350 9     351 354 4   debris   355 367 13       Percent of race run under caution: 19.1%             Average green flag run: 19.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bill Elliott 1 14 14   Dale Earnhardt 15 23 9   Buddy Baker 24 24 1   Dave Marcis 25 26 2   Geoffrey Bodine 27 31 5   Dale Earnhardt 32 61 30   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 62 62 1   Bill Elliott 63 100 38   Harry Gant 101 115 15   Dale Earnhardt 116 148 33   Ron Bouchard 149 149 1   Dale Earnhardt 150 155 6   Harry Gant 156 169 14   Buddy Baker 170 170 1   Harry Gant 171 190 20   Dale Earnhardt 191 259 69   Harry Gant 260 294 35   Cale Yarborough 295 318 24   Bill Elliott 319 322 4   Cale Yarborough 323 323 1   Bill Elliott 324 367 44 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Elliott 3176     2   Darrell Waltrip 2970   -206   3   Neil Bonnett 2880   -296   4   Harry Gant 2760   -416   5   Geoffrey Bodine 2742   -434   6   Kyle Petty 2699   -477   7   Ricky Rudd 2698   -478   8   Terry Labonte 2634   -542   9   Bobby Allison 2497   -679   10   Lake Speed 2494   -682   11   Tim Richmond 2366   -810   12   Dale Earnhardt 2335   -841   13   Buddy Baker 2213   -963   14   Ron Bouchard 2202   -974   15   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2187   -989   16   Ken Schrader 2182   -994   17   Rusty Wallace 2131   -1045   18   Richard Petty 2109   -1067   19   Dave Marcis 2046   -1130   20   Clark Dwyer 1934   -1242   21   Buddy Arrington 1932   -1244