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1985 Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 28 Sunday, September 8, 1985 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles) Time of race: 2:58:54 Average speed: 72.508 mph Pole speed: 94.535 mph Cautions: 7 for 65 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 28000 Lead changes: 14 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 30 21 00   Morgan Shepherd Helen Rae Special   (Helen Rae Smith) Chevrolet 28 1515 crash 0 73 13 11 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 397 5495 running 0 124 4 9 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 12050 running 24 165 7 1 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 399 12400 running 31 151 29 29 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 215 1900 crash 0 76 8 10 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 399 5960 running 38 147 21 12 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 392 2270 running 0 100 12 5 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 398 8755 running 0 127 1 22 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 35300 running 84 180 9 23 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 398 8625 running 0 138 5 3 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 9900 running 53 160 27 14 17   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 270 1920 engine 0 82 10 16 18   Tommy Ellis Eric Freedlander Chevrolet 398 2875 running 0 134 28 8 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Bobby Allison) Buick 222 885 crash 0 79 14 15 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 395 4215 running 0 121 19 25 32   Alan Kulwicki Hardee's   (Bill Terry) Ford 392 1250 running 0 106 6 2 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 400 11275 running 0 150 3 19 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 400 14625 running 83 170 2 4 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 400 23850 running 87 180 18 7 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 392 4285 running 0 109 25 26 49   Lennie Pond McCord Gasket   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 376 2810 running 0   23 17 52   Jimmy Means Nichols   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 381 2750 running 0 94 24 28 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 379 2705 running 0 91 22 27 67   Buddy Arrington Vinton Motors   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 389 3075 running 0 97 26 30 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 372 2615 oil pump 0 85 17 24 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 394 3715 running 0 112 11 13 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 398 4905 running 0 130 20 6 77   Greg Sacks Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 392 6565 running 0 103 16 20 88   Buddy Baker Bull Frog Knits   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 394 3895 running 0 115 15 18 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 395 4975 running 0 118

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ken Ragan Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 30 30     31 40 10   #00 accident turn 1   41 189 149     190 194 5   #6 accident turn 2   195 201 7     202 207 6   #48,77 accident turn 4   208 221 14     222 235 14   #2,5,22,47 accident turn 1   236 270 35     271 276 6   #6 accident turn 2   277 316 40     317 323 7   #47 accident turn 2   324 341 18     342 358 17   #47 accident turn 2   359 400 42       Percent of race run under caution: 16.3%             Average green flag run: 41.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 31 31   Kyle Petty 32 69 38   Richard Petty 70 152 83   Terry Labonte 153 187 35   Darrell Waltrip 188 190 3   Dale Earnhardt 191 191 1   Darrell Waltrip 192 202 11   Ricky Rudd 203 220 18   Darrell Waltrip 221 224 4   Ricky Rudd 225 259 35   Darrell Waltrip 260 294 35   Dale Earnhardt 295 317 23   Darrell Waltrip 318 342 25   Terry Labonte 343 394 52   Darrell Waltrip 395 400 6 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Elliott 3303     2   Darrell Waltrip 3150   -153   3   Neil Bonnett 3018   -285   4   Harry Gant 2910   -393   5   Geoffrey Bodine 2893   -410   6   Ricky Rudd 2858   -445   7   Kyle Petty 2846   -457   8   Terry Labonte 2814   -489   9   Lake Speed 2624   -679   10   Bobby Allison 2576   -727   11   Dale Earnhardt 2500   -803   12   Tim Richmond 2487   -816   13   Buddy Baker 2328   -975   14   Ron Bouchard 2311   -992   15   Ken Schrader 2300   -1003   16   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2287   -1016   17   Richard Petty 2279   -1024   18   Rusty Wallace 2255   -1048   19   Dave Marcis 2158   -1145   20   Buddy Arrington 2029   -1274   21   Clark Dwyer 2025   -1278