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1985 Winston 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 28 Sunday, May 5, 1985 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 2:41:04 Average speed: 186.288 mph Pole speed: 209.398 mph Cautions: 2 for 8 laps Margin of victory: 1.72 sec Attendance: 122000 Lead changes: 28 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 188 60500 running 60 180 2 4 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 188 34905 running 9 175 3 2 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 188 37750 running 97 175 4 17 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 187 23075 running 3 165 5 15 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 187 21025 running 0 155 6 32 88   Buddy Baker Bull Frog Knits   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 185 20245 running 0 150 7 3 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 185 20100 running 2 151 8 18 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 185 12575 running 0 142 9 7 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 184 7800 running 0 138 10 20 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 183 11215 running 0 134 11 14 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 182 14290 running 0 130 12 24 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Auto Parts   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 181 9195 running 0 127 13 22 38   Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing   (Morgan Shepherd) Chevrolet 180 5340 running 0 124 14 28 67   Buddy Arrington Vinton Motors   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 175 8275 running 0 121 15 38 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 174 8265 running 0 118 16 27 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 171 7255 running 0 115 17 37 17   Bosco Lowe Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 171 6825 running 0   18 39 79   Dick Skillen Truss Builders   (Tom Goff) Chevrolet 167 3920 running 0 109 19 31 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 161 6765 engine 0 106 20 21 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 159 6645 running 0 103 21 13 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 155 11410 engine 12 105 22 26 99   Connie Saylor Ball Racing   (Ralph Ball) Chevrolet 155 3210 ignition 0 97 23 29 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 150 5335 ignition 0 94 24 5 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 137 11745 piston 1 96 25 10 95   Sterling Marlin Sadler Racing   (Sadler Brothers) Chevrolet 113 2970 engine 0 88 26 12 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 106 9420 water leak 1 90 27 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 94 9370 valve 1 87 28 19 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 85 4975 suspension 0 79 29 16 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 74 2770 driveshaft 2 81 30 6 4   Joe Ruttman Folger's Coffee   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 70 2620 transmission 0 73 31 23 84   Mike Alexander Sims Brothers Racing   (Sims Brothers) Chevrolet 70 2525 engine 0 70 32 34 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 61 2500 wheel 0 67 33 36 49   Don Hume Cleaner Hands Formula   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 35 4710 vibration 0 64 34 11 66   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 33 2450 wheel bearing 0 61 35 33 00   Phil Barkdoll Helen Rae Special   (Helen Rae Smith) Chevrolet 33 2425 engine 0 58 36 8 21   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 26 2400 carburetor 0 55 37 35 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 7 4875 engine 0 52 38 25 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 7 10850 engine 0 49 39 30 98   Trevor Boys McCaig Racing   (Ron Benfield) Chevrolet 6 2325 engine 0 46

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Delma Cowart 0 H.L. Waters Chevrolet Slick Johnson 05 Ron Spohn Ford Craig Spetman 08 Carl Anderson Chevrolet Rick Newsom 20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet Blackie Wangerin 39 Ford Ronnie Thomas 41 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Mike Potter 68 Jimmy Walker Ford Steve Moore 73 Steve Moore Chevrolet Mark Stahl 82 Mark Stahl Ford Eldon Dotson 96 James Stoner Chevrolet DC Ken Ragan 17 Hesco Exhaust Systems Roger Hamby Chevrolet WD Greg Sacks 51 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 159 159     160 163 4   #5 accident turn 4   164 173 10     174 177 4   #6 accident turn 4   178 188 11       Percent of race run under caution: 4.3%             Average green flag run: 60.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 4 4   Kyle Petty 5 5 1   Bill Elliott 6 27 22   Dale Earnhardt 28 33 6   Bill Elliott 34 36 3   Terry Labonte 37 37 1   Dale Earnhardt 38 39 2   Kyle Petty 40 42 3   Dale Earnhardt 43 43 1   Cale Yarborough 44 47 4   Dale Earnhardt 48 48 1   Richard Petty 49 49 1   Kyle Petty 50 53 4   Cale Yarborough 54 70 17   Neil Bonnett 71 71 1   Benny Parsons 72 73 2   Bobby Allison 74 75 2   Cale Yarborough 76 102 27   Bobby Allison 103 103 1   Darrell Waltrip 104 104 1   Terry Labonte 105 105 1   Cale Yarborough 106 131 26   Dale Earnhardt 132 133 2   Kyle Petty 134 134 1   Cale Yarborough 135 144 10   Bill Elliott 145 159 15   Cale Yarborough 160 168 9   Bill Elliott 169 188 20 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Terry Labonte 1355     2   Geoffrey Bodine 1343   -12   3   Bill Elliott 1312   -43   4   Neil Bonnett 1279   -76   5   Ricky Rudd 1228   -127   6   Lake Speed 1215   -140   7   Darrell Waltrip 1208   -147   8   Kyle Petty 1197   -158   9   Bobby Allison 1187   -168   10   Dale Earnhardt 1150   -205   11   Harry Gant 1118   -237   12   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1085   -270   13   Rusty Wallace 1042   -313   14   Ken Schrader 1008   -347   15   Tim Richmond 997   -358   16   Jimmy Means 978   -377   17   Buddy Baker 967   -388   18   Richard Petty 956   -399   19   Ron Bouchard 933   -422   20   Clark Dwyer 894   -461