1985 Southern 500

Race 20 of 28

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:08:02
Average speed of winner: 121.254 mph
Margin of victory: 0.6 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 70 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-14, Earnhardt 15-23, Baker 24, Marcis 25-26, Bodine 27-31, Earnhardt 32-61, Hillin 62, Elliott 63-100, Gant 101-115, Earnhardt 116-148, Bouchard 149, Earnhardt 150-155, Gant 156-169, Baker 170, Gant 171-190, Earnhardt 191-259, Gant 260-294, Yarborough 295-318, Elliott 319-322, Yarborough 323, Elliott 324-367

Race notes: Debut for Pancho Carter. Finale for Tommy Houston.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Finish), Part 5 (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	156.641	367	4	100	running	1053725	180
2	22	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		367	2	25	running	22050	175
3	17	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		367	1	5	running	21975	170
4	21	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		366	0	0	running	17425	160
5	19	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		366	1	1	running	13330	160
6	11	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		366	0	0	running	13450	150
7	9	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		365	0	0	running	15500	146
8	3	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers	Champion		365	0	0	running	5800	142
9	4	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		364	0	0	running	5350	0
10	25	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		364	0	0	running	9995	134
11	8	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		364	0	0	running	8505	130
12	24	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		364	0	0	running	10860	127
13	20	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			362	1	1	running	6255	129
14	32	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			362	0	0	running	8475	121
15	16	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			358	2	2	engine	8085	123
16	18	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		358	0	0	running	6865	115
17	7	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		355	0	0	running	12205	112
18	33	Buddy Arrington	67	Vinton Motors	Ford	Arrington			353	0	0	running	6260	109
19	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		349	5	147	engine	12835	116
20	39	Ken Ragan	17	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Hamby			349	0	0	running	6080	0
21	6	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		336	4	84	engine	12340	105
22	29	Pancho Carter	1	Lancaster Tobacco	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		336	0	0	running	2755	0
23	27	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Chevrolet	Marcis			271	1	2	vibration	5240	99
24	35	Michael Waltrip	23	Jim Testa Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Bahre			266	0	0	engine	2535	91
25	26	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			248	0	0	brakes	2675	88
26	37	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			237	0	0	accident	4595	85
27	36	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			236	0	0	camshaft	4480	82
28	40	Mike Potter	68	Eagle Snacks	Ford	Jimmy Walker			186	0	0	engine	2110	79
29	38	Slick Johnson	51	Johnson Racing	Ford	Spohn			184	0	0	oil pressure	2005	76
30	23	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Ford	Allison			162	0	0	engine	1950	73
31	30	Trevor Boys	49	Hylton Racing	Chevrolet	Hylton			134	0	0	accident	4100	70
32	34	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			108	0	0	engine	4025	67
33	12	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			101	0	0	transmission	1735	64
34	31	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			94	0	0	accident	1680	61
35	10	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		60	0	0	accident	8400	58
36	28	Tommy Houston	32	Houston Racing	Chevrolet	Ingle			47	0	0	engine	1645	55
37	15	Morgan Shepherd	16	Carolina Tool & Equipment	Chevrolet	Hawkins			22	0	0	engine	1490	52
38	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			21	0	0	accident	3880	49
39	13	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers			21	0	0	accident	1435	46
40	2	David Pearson	21	Chattanooga Chew	Ford	Pearson	Leonard Wood		17	0	0	engine	2625	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	3176	20	9	10	13	15
2	Darrell Waltrip	2970	20	4	1	12	14
3	Neil Bonnett	2880	20	1	2	9	13
4	Harry Gant	2760	20	1	1	9	12
5	Geoff Bodine	2742	20	0	0	7	9
6	Kyle Petty	2699	20	0	0	6	10
7	Ricky Rudd	2698	20	0	0	8	13
8	Terry Labonte	2634	20	2	1	5	13
9	Bobby Allison	2497	20	0	0	6	9
10	Lake Speed	2494	20	0	0	2	11
11	Tim Richmond	2366	20	0	0	3	8
12	Dale Earnhardt	2335	20	1	3	5	9
13	Buddy Baker	2213	20	0	0	2	6
14	Ron Bouchard	2202	20	0	0	4	7
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2187	20	0	0	0	3
16	Ken Schrader	2182	20	0	0	0	3
17	Rusty Wallace	2131	20	0	0	2	7
18	Richard Petty	2109	20	0	0	0	7
19	Dave Marcis	2046	20	0	0	0	4
20	Clark Dwyer	1934	20	0	0	0	0
21	Buddy Arrington	1932	18	0	0	0	1
22	Phil Parsons	1913	20	0	0	0	4
23	Jimmy Means	1805	20	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	1653	18	0	0	0	0
25	Cale Yarborough	1417	13	0	1	4	5