1985 Champion Spark Plug 400

Race 18 of 28

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:54:36
Average speed of winner: 137.430 mph
Margin of victory: 4 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 28 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1, D. Waltrip 2-51, Elliott 52-56, Bonnett 57, D. Waltrip 58-83, Bodine 84, D. Waltrip 85-99, Elliott 100-105, Gant 106-108, Bonnett 109-110, Yarborough 111, K. Petty 112-121, Elliott 122-149, D. Waltrip 150, Elliott 151-200

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	165.479	200	5	90	running	57600	180
2	5	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		200	4	92	running	29050	180
3	11	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		200	1	3	running	23100	170
4	14	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		200	1	10	running	13780	165
5	8	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers	Champion		199	0	0	running	8575	155
6	22	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers			199	0	0	running	7550	150
7	26	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			199	0	0	running	11395	146
8	19	Dick Trickle	10	DiGard R&D	Pontiac	DiGard	Nelson		199	0	0	running	5850	142
9	20	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		199	0	0	running	14900	138
10	15	Buddy Arrington	67	Tom Prange Leasing	Ford	Arrington			199	0	0	running	9425	134
11	6	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		198	2	3	running	10950	135
12	27	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Marcis			198	0	0	running	7715	127
13	13	Mike Alexander	95	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	Earl Sadler			198	0	0	running	3850	124
14	28	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			198	0	0	running	7005	121
15	30	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			197	0	0	running	7135	118
16	25	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		196	0	0	running	6225	115
17	38	Ken Ragan	17	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Hamby			196	0	0	running	5765	0
18	31	Michael Waltrip	23	Hedman Headers	Chevrolet	Bahre			194	0	0	running	2650	0
19	32	Ronnie Thomas	41	Central Radio	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			194	0	0	running	2450	106
20	24	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			194	0	0	running	5805	103
21	34	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			193	0	0	running	4670	100
22	12	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		191	0	0	running	9525	97
23	2	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		190	1	1	flywheel	10325	99
24	35	Joe Booher	65	Booher Farms	Chevrolet	Booher			188	0	0	running	1825	91
25	36	Bobby Gerhart	25	Frederick	Chevrolet	Gerhart			187	0	0	running	1825	88
26	16	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			186	0	0	running	2425	85
27	39	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			174	0	0	engine	1600	82
28	40	Rick Baldwin	04	Schlitz	Chrysler	Rick Baldwin			142	0	0	engine	1550	79
29	33	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			137	0	0	engine	3765	76
30	21	Trevor Boys	49	Cleaner Hands	Chevrolet	Hylton			135	0	0	engine	3705	73
31	4	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		128	0	0	oil line	8035	70
32	9	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		118	1	1	engine	1370	72
33	7	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		111	0	0	oil leak	7830	64
34	37	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			102	0	0	accident	4000	61
35	23	Morgan Shepherd	00	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Helen Rae Smith			100	0	0	clutch	1240	58
36	17	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Ford	Allison			85	0	0	accident	1225	55
37	18	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		79	0	0	engine	6725	52
38	29	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		79	0	0	engine	3725	49
39	10	David Pearson	21	Chattanooga Chew	Ford	Pearson	Leonard Wood		14	0	0	piston	1225	46
40	3	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		3	0	0	engine	2950	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	2836	18	8	9	11	13
2	Darrell Waltrip	2693	18	4	1	11	13
3	Neil Bonnett	2550	18	1	2	7	11
4	Harry Gant	2505	18	1	1	9	11
5	Geoff Bodine	2484	18	0	0	6	8
6	Kyle Petty	2450	18	0	0	6	9
7	Ricky Rudd	2410	18	0	0	8	11
8	Terry Labonte	2407	18	2	1	5	12
9	Bobby Allison	2322	18	0	0	6	9
10	Lake Speed	2240	18	0	0	2	10
11	Tim Richmond	2061	18	0	0	2	7
12	Dale Earnhardt	2034	18	0	2	4	8
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1967	18	0	0	0	3
14	Buddy Baker	1960	18	0	0	2	6
15	Rusty Wallace	1955	18	0	0	2	7
16	Ken Schrader	1955	18	0	0	0	3
17	Ron Bouchard	1896	18	0	0	3	5
18	Dave Marcis	1853	18	0	0	0	4
19	Richard Petty	1840	18	0	0	0	6
20	Phil Parsons	1767	18	0	0	0	4
21	Clark Dwyer	1740	18	0	0	0	0
22	Buddy Arrington	1705	16	0	0	0	1
23	Jimmy Means	1641	18	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	1483	16	0	0	0	0
25	J.D. McDuffie	1316	17	0	0	0	0