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1985 Miller High Life 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 28 Sunday, February 24, 1985 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles) Time of race: 3:11:27 Average speed: 67.945 mph Pole speed: 95.218 mph Cautions: 10 for 74 laps Margin of victory: .3 sec Attendance: 27500 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 33625 running 95 180 2 2 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 22165 running 0 170 3 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 21110 running 110 175 4 8 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 400 9530 running 0 160 5 7 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 399 12120 running 1 160 6 9 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 399 11685 running 0 150 7 10 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 399 6045 running 0 146 8 16 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 399 5555 running 0 142 9 14 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 399 5140 running 103 143 10 11 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 398 5570 running 0 134 11 20 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 395 1890 running 0 130 12 18 41   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Chevrolet 389 1820 running 0 127 13 15 48   Lennie Pond Dominion   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 387 4220 running 0 124 14 23 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 387 4590 running 0 121 15 25 17   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 380 4260 running 0 118 16 5 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 379 6790 running 7 120 17 29 67   Phil Good Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 362 1470 running 0 112 18 24 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 355 3590 crash 0 109 19 17 16   Butch Lindley Carolina Tool   (Bobby Hawkins) Chevrolet 352 1365 lug bolt 0   20 27 70   J.D. McDuffie Restore   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 349 1480 oil pressure 0 103 21 22 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 346 3400 oil leak 0 100 22 13 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 332 8260 crash 0 97 23 3 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 239 3715 crash 84 99 24 26 98   Trevor Boys McCaig Racing   (Ron Benfield) Chevrolet 182 2870 rear end 0 91 25 21 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 108 7155 engine 0 88 26 12 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 107 6340 crash 0 85 27 6 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 89 3655 crash 0 82 28 28 20   Rick Newsom Newsom Racing   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 70 1050 oil leak 0 79 29 19 88   Buddy Baker Liquid Wrench   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 36 1015 electrical 0 76 30 30 51   Cecil Gordon Sacks & Sons   (Arnie Sacks) Chevrolet 7 2640 steering 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 9 8   #20 accident turn 3   10 15 6     16 18 3   #41 spun backstretch   19 91 73     92 102 11   #2 accident turn 2   103 109 7     110 117 8   #15,43,44 accident turn 1   118 155 38     156 161 6   #20 spun turn 3   162 240 79     241 250 10   #12 accident turn 2   251 334 84     335 349 15   #9 accident turn 4   350 368 19     369 371 3   #64 accident turn 3   372 372 1     373 376 4   #47 spun turn 4   377 380 4     381 386 6   #17 accident turn 4   387 400 14       Percent of race run under caution: 18.5%             Average green flag run: 29.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 110 110   Bobby Allison 111 117 7   Tim Richmond 118 155 38   Neil Bonnett 156 239 84   Tim Richmond 240 240 1   Harry Gant 241 241 1   Tim Richmond 242 287 46   Dale Earnhardt 288 368 81   Tim Richmond 369 386 18   Dale Earnhardt 387 400 14 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 340     2   Geoffrey Bodine 316   -24   3   Lake Speed 309   -31   4   Bill Elliott 282   -58   5   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 268   -72   6   Ken Schrader 251   -89   7   Harry Gant 250   -90   8   Dale Earnhardt 247   -93   9   Ricky Rudd 243   -97   9   Terry Labonte 243   -97   11   Neil Bonnett 238   -102   12   Buddy Baker 236   -104   13   Dave Marcis 233   -107   14   Lennie Pond 230   -110   15   Rusty Wallace 224   -116   16   Jimmy Means 221   -119   17   Clark Dwyer 218   -122   18   Ron Bouchard 209   -131   19   Tim Richmond 201   -139   20   Kyle Petty 198   -142   21   Phil Parsons 194   -146