1985 Miller High Life 500

Race 25 of 28

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:39:48
Average speed of winner: 136.761 mph
Margin of victory: 1 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 41 laps
Lap leaders: Gant pole, Richmond 1, Gant 2-28, Elliott 29-64, Gant 65-67, D. Waltrip 68, Richmond 69-94, Labonte 95, Richmond 96-102, Elliott 103-108, Yarborough 109-111, Gant 112-172, Elliott 173-202, Gant 203-253, Elliott 254-288, Yarborough 289-334

Race notes: Last win for Cale Yarborough.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		334	2	49	running	51600	180
2	4	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		334	4	107	running	65400	175
3	6	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		334	0	0	running	33625	165
4	12	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		333	1	1	running	23450	165
5	14	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		333	0	0	running	12400	155
6	2	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		333	3	34	running	22155	155
7	16	Morgan Shepherd	16	Carolina Tool & Equipment	Chevrolet	Hawkins			332	0	0	running	7780	146
8	18	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			332	0	0	running	10095	142
9	11	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	All Pro Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			331	0	0	running	7925	138
10	23	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		330	0	0	running	12450	134
11	13	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		330	0	0	running	11250	130
12	19	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		329	0	0	running	7865	127
13	24	Alan Kulwicki	38	Hardee's	Ford	Bill Terry			324	0	0	running	4200	124
14	21	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Ford	Allison			323	0	0	running	4100	121
15	8	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		320	0	0	running	11350	118
16	42	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			319	0	0	running	7155	115
17	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Motorsports Design	Ford	Arrington			318	0	0	running	6935	112
18	32	Mike Alexander	95	Action Vans	Chevrolet	Earl Sadler			310	0	0	running	3500	109
19	17	Davey Allison	1	Lancaster Tobacco	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		301	0	0	engine	3600	106
20	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		301	0	0	running	12050	103
21	31	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			285	0	0	running	6575	100
22	20	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		265	0	0	running	5515	97
23	34	Trevor Boys	49	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	Hylton			262	0	0	clutch	5005	94
24	1	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter	166.139	254	4	142	engine	42100	101
25	10	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			240	0	0	ignition	4815	88
26	37	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		238	0	0	accident	4075	85
27	26	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers			237	0	0	accident	1600	82
28	39	Ken Ragan	10	DiGard R&D	Ford	DiGard	Nelson		224	0	0	handling	1475	79
29	33	Sterling Marlin	00	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Helen Rae Smith			219	0	0	flywheel	1350	0
30	25	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			210	0	0	engine	4540	73
31	36	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Chevrolet	Bahre			183	0	0	engine	1300	70
32	30	A.J. Foyt	14	Gilmore/Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			177	0	0	tie rod	1180	67
33	15	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		163	1	1	crankshaft	11060	69
34	38	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Marcis			161	0	0	accident	3395	61
35	29	Donny Paul	53	Paul Racing	Chevrolet	Donny Paul			156	0	0	engine	1120	58
36	35	Dick Trickle	09	Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	Billy Matthews			138	0	0	engine	1250	55
37	9	David Pearson	21	Chattanooga Chew	Ford	Pearson	Leonard Wood		118	0	0	rear end	1330	52
38	40	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			114	0	0	piston	3295	49
39	41	Lennie Pond	17	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Hamby			87	0	0	engine	2540	46
40	22	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			84	0	0	handling	1020	43
41	3	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers	Champion		51	0	0	fuel pump	4020	40
42	27	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		11	0	0	engine	7520	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	3791	25	4	2	16	18
2	Bill Elliott	3771	25	10	10	14	16
3	Harry Gant	3551	25	2	3	12	16
4	Neil Bonnett	3482	25	1	2	10	17
5	Ricky Rudd	3461	25	0	0	12	17
6	Geoff Bodine	3417	25	3	0	9	12
7	Kyle Petty	3295	25	0	0	7	12
8	Terry Labonte	3221	25	2	1	7	15
9	Lake Speed	3142	25	0	0	2	12
10	Dale Earnhardt	3094	25	1	4	8	13
11	Tim Richmond	3094	25	0	0	3	12
12	Bobby Allison	3066	25	0	0	7	11
13	Ron Bouchard	2843	25	0	0	4	10
14	Richard Petty	2795	25	0	0	1	11
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2773	25	0	0	0	5
16	Ken Schrader	2706	25	0	0	0	3
17	Buddy Baker	2674	25	0	0	2	7
18	Rusty Wallace	2574	25	0	0	2	7
19	Dave Marcis	2562	25	0	0	0	5
20	Buddy Arrington	2465	23	0	0	0	1
21	Phil Parsons	2431	25	0	0	0	4
22	Clark Dwyer	2428	25	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Means	2296	25	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	2126	23	0	0	0	0
25	J.D. McDuffie	1598	20	0	0	0	0