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1985 Valleydale 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 28
Saturday, April 6, 1985 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles)

Time of race: 3:15:42
Average speed: 81.79 mph
Pole speed: 112.778 mph

Cautions: 14 for 90 laps
Margin of victory: 1.14 sec
Attendance: 36500
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1985 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	12	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	31525	running	214	185
2	6	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft / Camelot (Bud Moore)	Ford	500	18050	running	163	175
3	4	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	498	16625	running	0	165
4	18	88	Buddy Baker	Liquid Wrench (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	498	4470	running	2	165
5	17	2	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	497	8230	running	28	160
6	11	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	495	6030	running	14	155
7	5	75	Lake Speed	Nationwise Auto Parts (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	495	5310	running	0	146
8	15	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	495	7450	running	0	142
9	21	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	495	2050	running	1	143
10	16	90	Ken Schrader	Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	489	5750	running	0	134
11	8	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	485	8750	running	0	130
12	25	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	483	4680	running	0	127
13	2	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (DiGard Racing)	Buick	477	7700	running	54	129
14	23	64	Clark Dwyer	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	477	3870	running	0	121
15	22	6	Eddie Bierschwale	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	465	4010	running	0	118
16	30	49	Don Hume	Cleaner Hands Formula (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	457	3510	running	0	115
17	7	47	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Jack Beebe)	Buick	440	3360	running	0	112
18	10	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	408	7980	running	1	114
19	3	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	364	6640	running	0	106
20	1	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	362	9950	running	22	108
21	28	41	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	314	1060	engine	0	100
22	24	95	Sterling Marlin	Auto Shack (Sadler Brothers)	Chevrolet	220	1020	crash	1	102
23	9	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	178	8380	engine	0	94
24	20	71	Dave Marcis	AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	174	3420	engine	0	91
25	26	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	157	2690	oil pressure	0	88
26	27	68	Mike Potter	Walker Enterprises (Jimmy Walker)	Ford	61	870	engine	0	85
27	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	58	2520	crash	0	82
28	19	17	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	40	2480	engine	0	79
29	14	4	Joe Ruttman	Folger's Coffee (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	38	1780	crash	0	76
30	13	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	36	2410	crash	0	73

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
DC	Phil Good	67	Arrington Racing	Buddy Arrington	Chrysler

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	8	8
	9	16	8	#9,11,44,47,75 accident turn 3
	17	36	20
	37	47	11	#4,5,12,27,33 accident turn 4
	48	49	2
	50	52	3	#70 accident frontstretch
	53	75	23
	76	82	7	#6 spun turn 2
	83	131	49
	132	136	5	#22 accident turn 1
	137	137	1
	138	143	6	#12 accident frontstretch
	144	148	5
	149	154	6	#71 spun turn 3
	155	180	26
	181	190	10	#11 spun turn 2
	191	192	2
	193	195	3	debris
	196	203	8
	204	208	5	#44,90 accident turn 2
	209	222	14
	223	229	7	#95 accident turn 1
	230	296	67
	297	301	5	#41,43,88 accident turn 2
	302	313	12
	314	318	5	#33 accident frontstretch
	319	392	74
	393	397	5	#9,75 spun backstretch
	398	476	79
	477	480	4	#49,64 spun turn 2
	481	500	20
Percent of race run under caution: 18.0% Average green flag run: 25.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Harry Gant	1	22	22
Bobby Allison	23	76	54
Kyle Petty	77	90	14
Dale Earnhardt	91	131	41
Geoffrey Bodine	132	132	1
Bobby Hillin, Jr.	133	133	1
Dale Earnhardt	134	137	4
Rusty Wallace	138	147	10
Dale Earnhardt	148	180	33
Buddy Baker	181	181	1
Sterling Marlin	182	182	1
Dale Earnhardt	183	203	21
Buddy Baker	204	204	1
Rusty Wallace	205	222	18
Dale Earnhardt	223	296	74
Ricky Rudd	297	338	42
Dale Earnhardt	339	361	23
Ricky Rudd	362	482	121
Dale Earnhardt	483	500	18

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Terry Labonte	738
2	Geoffrey Bodine	732	-6
3	Dale Earnhardt	709	-29
4	Neil Bonnett	694	-44
5	Bill Elliott	673	-65
6	Darrell Waltrip	663	-75
7	Lake Speed	658	-80
8	Ricky Rudd	650	-88
9	Kyle Petty	638	-100
10	Harry Gant	629	-109
10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	629	-109
12	Rusty Wallace	604	-134
13	Richard Petty	559	-179
14	Bobby Allison	553	-185
15	Ken Schrader	540	-198
16	Ron Bouchard	536	-202
17	Buddy Baker	535	-203
18	Jimmy Means	500	-238
19	Clark Dwyer	494	-244
20	Tim Richmond	482	-256
21	Dave Marcis	461	-277