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1985 Sovran Bank 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 28 Sunday, April 28, 1985 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.526 mile paved track (263.000 miles) Time of race: 3:16:06 Average speed: 73.022 mph Pole speed: 90.279 mph Cautions: 10 for 57 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 38000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 13 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 500 38525 running 193 185 2 7 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 500 22450 running 1 175 3 2 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 19825 running 67 170 4 16 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 500 12050 running 160 165 5 5 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 10550 running 0 155 6 15 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 498 11900 running 1 155 7 20 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 498 8400 running 0 146 8 10 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 497 5630 running 0 142 9 21 17   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 496 5480 running 0 138 10 14 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 496 6680 running 0 134 11 6 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 495 4720 running 0 130 12 17 88   Buddy Baker Bull Frog Knits / Liquid Wrench   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 495 4500 running 0 127 13 8 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 493 8820 running 0 124 14 19 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 492 4190 running 0 121 15 23 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy's Used Cars   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 492 4380 running 0 118 16 22 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 492 4845 running 0 115 17 26 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 487 3720 running 0 112 18 25 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 486 1555 running 0 109 19 30 49   Don Hume Cleaner Hands Formula   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 479 3505 running 0 106 20 27 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 475 3340 running 0 103 21 12 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 455 3495 running 0 100 22 29 72   Brent Elliott Elliott Racing   (Kermit Elliott) Buick 448 1205 running 0 97 23 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 423 11595 engine 77 99 24 28 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 393 2855 rear end 0 91 25 4 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 345 8975 engine 1 93 26 24 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 320 2825 engine 0 85 27 3 16   Morgan Shepherd Carolina Tool   (Bobby Hawkins) Chevrolet 139 2155 crash 0 82 28 9 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 108 2145 crash 0 79 29 11 84   Mike Alexander Sims Brothers Racing   (Sims Brothers) Chevrolet 69 1635 rear end 0 76 30 18 41   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Chevrolet 1 1125 engine 0 73

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Maurice Randall Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 39 39   Geoffrey Bodine 40 104 65   Bobby Allison 105 140 36   Dale Earnhardt 141 141 1   Terry Labonte 142 142 1   Bobby Allison 143 231 89   Geoffrey Bodine 232 232 1   Harry Gant 233 356 124   Darrell Waltrip 357 394 38   Geoffrey Bodine 395 395 1   Ricky Rudd 396 396 1   Bobby Allison 397 431 35   Harry Gant 432 500 69 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Geoffrey Bodine 1213     2   Terry Labonte 1204   -9   3   Neil Bonnett 1189   -24   4   Bill Elliott 1132   -81   5   Darrell Waltrip 1112   -101   6   Lake Speed 1081   -132   7   Ricky Rudd 1073   -140   8   Harry Gant 1069   -144   9   Dale Earnhardt 1045   -168   10   Bobby Allison 1022   -191   10   Kyle Petty 1022   -191   12   Rusty Wallace 990   -223   13   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 947   -266   14   Ken Schrader 905   -308   15   Tim Richmond 882   -331   16   Richard Petty 869   -344   17   Ron Bouchard 854   -359   18   Jimmy Means 851   -362   19   Phil Parsons 822   -391   20   Buddy Baker 817   -396   21   Clark Dwyer 800   -413