1985 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 28

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 2:54:09
Average speed of winner: 172.265 mph
Margin of victory: 0.94 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 18 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-2, Yarborough 3-4, Elliott 5-14, Yarborough 15-24, Elliott 25-35, R. Petty 36-37, Sacks 38, Labonte 39-40, Yarborough 41-60, Elliott 61-72, Allison 73, Elliott 74-107, Bonnett 108-110, Gant 111, Sacks 112, Elliott 113-144, Speed 145-146, Bonnett 147-154, Elliott 155-165, Bonnett 166-173, Elliott 174-191, Bonnett 192-194, Elliott 195-200

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	205.114	200	9	136	running	185500	185
2	14	Lake Speed	75	RahMoc Racing	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		200	1	2	running	85705	175
3	3	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		199	0	0	running	79350	165
4	7	Buddy Baker	88	Liquid Wrench	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			199	0	0	running	53075	160
5	9	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore			199	0	0	running	52900	155
6	13	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks			199	2	2	running	44695	155
7	17	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		198	0	0	running	42025	146
8	22	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			197	0	0	running	34275	142
9	38	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			197	0	0	running	24950	138
10	19	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		195	4	22	engine	33415	139
11	24	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			195	0	0	running	25980	130
12	29	Mike Alexander	84	Sims Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	Sims Brothers			194	0	0	running	19800	127
13	26	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Wawak			192	0	0	running	18305	124
14	25	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			192	0	0	running	20435	121
15	36	Morgan Shepherd	67	Jim Peacock Dodge	Chrysler	Arrington			190	0	0	running	15300	118
16	20	Sterling Marlin	95	Native Tan	Chevrolet	Sadler Brothers			188	0	0	oil pump	16180	115
17	32	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		185	0	0	transmission	16735	112
18	39	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			182	0	0	running	14805	109
19	27	Lennie Pond	48	Burger King	Chevrolet	Hylton			178	0	0	accident	14975	106
20	40	Slick Johnson	31	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			175	0	0	running	11210	103
21	37	Ken Ragan	17	Hesco/McCord	Chevrolet	Hamby			172	0	0	running	13000	100
22	11	Dick Brooks	1	Pearah/Bernstein	Ford	Petty			171	0	0	accident	14725	97
23	28	Jim Sauter	89	Evinrude	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			161	0	0	running	10845	94
24	21	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Chevrolet	Marcis			156	0	0	clutch	13205	91
25	31	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		154	1	2	engine	18735	93
26	10	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		124	1	1	engine	18130	90
27	35	Trevor Boys	98	McCaig Racing	Chevrolet	Benfield			103	0	0	rear end	10630	82
28	4	David Pearson	21	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		98	0	0	engine	19270	79
29	12	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers			91	0	0	engine	10565	76
30	16	A.J. Foyt	14	Gilmore-Foyt Enterprises	Oldsmobile	Foyt			90	0	0	engine	10010	73
31	5	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers	Champion		84	0	0	engine	14755	70
32	18	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		84	0	0	engine	17150	67
33	34	Bobby Allison	22	Miller	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		82	1	1	engine	14845	69
34	8	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		80	1	2	clutch	18040	66
35	33	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		66	0	0	accident	9220	58
36	2	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		62	3	32	engine	33530	60
37	6	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		58	0	0	engine	15625	52
38	15	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		45	0	0	camshaft	9670	49
39	23	Doug Heveron	10	Syracuse Classic	Chevrolet	Heveron			44	0	0	engine	8460	46
40	30	Delma Cowart	0	Heyward Grooms	Chevrolet	H.L. Waters			38	0	0	oil leak	7900	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	185	1	1	1	1	1
2	Lake Speed	175	1	0	0	1	1
3	Darrell Waltrip	165	1	0	0	1	1
4	Buddy Baker	160	1	0	0	1	1
5	Ricky Rudd	155	1	0	0	1	1
6	Greg Sacks	155	1	0	0	0	1
7	Geoff Bodine	146	1	0	0	0	1
8	Rusty Wallace	142	1	0	0	0	1
9	Neil Bonnett	139	1	0	0	0	1
10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	138	1	0	0	0	1
11	Ken Schrader	130	1	0	0	0	0
12	Mike Alexander	127	1	0	0	0	0
13	Bobby Wawak	124	1	0	0	0	0
14	Jimmy Means	121	1	0	0	0	0
15	Morgan Shepherd	118	1	0	0	0	0
16	Sterling Marlin	115	1	0	0	0	0
17	Joe Ruttman	112	1	0	0	0	0
18	Clark Dwyer	109	1	0	0	0	0
19	Lennie Pond	106	1	0	0	0	0
20	Slick Johnson	103	1	0	0	0	0
21	Ken Ragan	100	1	0	0	0	0
22	Dick Brooks	97	1	0	0	0	0
23	Jim Sauter	94	1	0	0	0	0
24	Terry Labonte	93	1	0	0	0	0
25	Dave Marcis	91	1	0	0	0	0