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1985 Summer 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 28 Sunday, July 21, 1985 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:43:52 Average speed: 134.008 mph Pole speed: 151.973 mph (Pole won by Bill Elliott ) Cautions: 6 for 24 laps Margin of victory: 5 sec Attendance: 65000 Lead changes: 36 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 200 41750 running 58 180 2 21 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 200 38450 running 72 180 3 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 200 25375 running 3 170 4 22 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 18325 running 29 165 5 7 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 200 17425 running 6 160 6 4 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 200 6800 running 1 155 7 24 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 200 9735 running 0 146 8 17 66   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 199 4640 running 0 142 9 8 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 199 9055 running 0 138 10 18 88   Buddy Baker Liquid Wrench / Bull Frog Knits   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 199 8795 running 0 134 11 16 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 198 7515 running 0 130 12 23 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Bobby Allison) Buick 198 3530 running 1 132 13 25 17   Lennie Pond McCord Gaskets   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 198 6965 running 0 124 14 10 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 197 9765 running 0 121 15 20 90   Ken Schrader Sunny King / Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 197 7180 running 0 118 16 29 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 195 6100 running 0 115 17 30 6   Eddie Bierschwale Poco-North Resort   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 195 5735 running 0 112 18 27 67   Buddy Arrington Vinton Motors   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 195 5420 running 0 109 19 31 51   Doug Heveron Crozier War Eagle / Cleaner Hands Formula   (Doug Spohn) Ford 194 2555 running 0 0 20 28 49   Trevor Boys Cleaner Hands Formula   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 193 5345 running 0 103 21 38 20   Rick Newsom Selcam Enterprises   (Rick Newsom) Buick 191 2345 running 0 100 22 35 96   Jerry Bowman Milford Fertilizer   (Jerry Bowman) Ford 190 2240 running 0 97 23 34 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 190 4410 running 0 94 24 32 25   Bobby Gerhart Frederick   (Bobby Gerhart / Billy Gerhart) Chevrolet 190 2080 running 0 91 25 36 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 187 2125 running 0 88 26 5 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 186 11620 running 0 85 27 15 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 178 8415 engine 0 82 28 40 65   Joe Booher Booher Farms   (Joe Booher) Buick 170 1860 running 0 79 29 9 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 163 2570 engine 0 76 30 6 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 158 4005 crash 7 78 31 3 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 127 2195 engine 18 75 32 37 87   Mike Stolarcyk Stolarcyk Chevrolet   (Mike Stolarcyk) Buick 116 1615 engine 0 67 33 13 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 112 4795 engine 0 64 34 12 77   Greg Sacks Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 95 8005 engine 1   35 14 21   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 82 1450 tie rod 2 63 36 19 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 70 1395 fuel pump 0 55 37 33 48   Don Hume Hume Racing   (Jerry Holden) Chevrolet 63 1370 steering 0 52 38 26 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 58 2845 piston 2 54 39 11 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 11 8700 engine 0 46 40 39 70   J.D. McDuffie Lockhart Ford / Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Ford 10 2675 engine 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Steve Gray George Wiltshire Bob Park 19 Park Racing Bob Park Pontiac Bill Scott 53 Smith's Auto Service Wayne Smith Chevrolet Mike Potter 68 Walker Enterprises Jimmy Walker Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 33 33     34 36 3   #18 spun turn 3   37 38 2     39 42 4   #25 spun turn 1   43 47 5     48 49 2   #48 spun turn 2   50 103 54     104 106 3   #51 spun turn 1   107 158 52     159 166 8   #27 accident turn 1   167 173 7     174 177 4   #8 oil on track   178 200 23       Percent of race run under caution: 12.0%             Average green flag run: 25.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 2 2   Benny Parsons 3 3 1   Cale Yarborough 4 5 2   Tim Richmond 6 6 1   Cale Yarborough 7 19 13   Neil Bonnett 20 20 1   Geoffrey Bodine 21 22 2   Tim Richmond 23 23 1   Geoffrey Bodine 24 33 10   Bobby Allison 34 34 1   Cale Yarborough 35 37 3   Neil Bonnett 38 40 3   Tim Richmond 41 45 5   Neil Bonnett 46 47 2   Dave Marcis 48 49 2   Greg Sacks 50 50 1   David Pearson 51 52 2   Neil Bonnett 53 56 4   Geoffrey Bodine 57 58 2   Neil Bonnett 59 68 10   Geoffrey Bodine 69 77 9   Neil Bonnett 78 83 6   Geoffrey Bodine 84 85 2   Neil Bonnett 86 86 1   Bill Elliott 87 87 1   Darrell Waltrip 88 88 1   Neil Bonnett 89 114 26   Bill Elliott 115 141 27   Neil Bonnett 142 145 4   Harry Gant 146 146 1   Bill Elliott 147 166 20   Neil Bonnett 167 173 7   Harry Gant 174 178 5   Geoffrey Bodine 179 180 2   Neil Bonnett 181 188 8   Geoffrey Bodine 189 190 2   Bill Elliott 191 200 10 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Elliott 2486     2   Darrell Waltrip 2375   -111   3   Geoffrey Bodine 2286   -200   4   Neil Bonnett 2240   -246   5   Ricky Rudd 2231   -255   6   Terry Labonte 2223   -263   7   Kyle Petty 2197   -289   8   Harry Gant 2184   -302   9   Bobby Allison 2180   -306   10   Lake Speed 1983   -503   11   Tim Richmond 1894   -592   12   Dale Earnhardt 1841   -645   13   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1833   -653   14   Ken Schrader 1722   -764   15   Buddy Baker 1718   -768   16   Rusty Wallace 1697   -789   17   Ron Bouchard 1677   -809   18   Dave Marcis 1641   -845   19   Richard Petty 1638   -848   20   Clark Dwyer 1576   -910   21   Phil Parsons 1547   -939