1985 Nationwise 500

Race 26 of 28

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:13:40
Average speed of winner: 118.344 mph
Margin of victory: 1.2 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 64 laps
Lap leaders: Labonte 1-34, Earnhardt 35-57, Waltrip 58, Earnhardt 59-66, Labonte 67-106, Yarborough 107-156, Waltrip 157-160, Bodine 161, Earnhardt 162, R. Petty 163-176, Yarborough 177-205, Elliott 206, Bouchard 207-216, Labonte 217-264, Bouchard 265-275, Richmond 276, Labonte 277-288, Yarborough 289-356, Richmond 357-358, Yarborough 359-360, Waltrip 361-387, Bodine 388-393, Richmond 394, Waltrip 395-402, Bodine 403-412, Waltrip 413-414, Bouchard 415-481, Waltrip 482-492

Race notes: Finale for Jeff McDuffie. Only start for Craig Spetman.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	20	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		492	6	53	running	40900	180
2	16	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		492	3	88	running	21055	175
3	11	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		492	0	0	running	20900	165
4	12	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		492	1	1	running	15675	165
5	13	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		492	3	17	running	14400	160
6	10	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		492	3	4	running	9915	155
7	9	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		492	0	0	running	11150	146
8	15	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		489	3	32	running	11800	147
9	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			489	0	0	running	8775	138
10	4	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		488	0	0	running	11350	134
11	24	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			487	0	0	running	7265	130
12	1	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman	141.841	484	4	134	running	25125	132
13	21	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Hamby			484	0	0	running	7305	124
14	18	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Chevrolet	Marcis			482	0	0	running	6410	121
15	8	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		481	0	0	running	9825	118
16	30	Buddy Arrington	67	Vinton Motors	Ford	Arrington			481	0	0	running	5900	115
17	31	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			480	0	0	running	5990	112
18	38	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			473	0	0	running	5105	109
19	22	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			469	0	0	running	4845	106
20	27	Trevor Boys	49	Fleet Service	Chevrolet	Hylton			464	0	0	running	4725	0
21	34	Randy Baker	87	Baker Driving School	Buick	Buck Baker			453	0	0	running	2025	0
22	37	Mike Potter	68	Eagle Snacks	Ford	Jimmy Walker			451	0	0	running	1950	97
23	33	Jeff McDuffie	0	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			445	0	0	running	1875	0
24	28	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			441	0	0	running	4065	91
25	19	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			433	0	0	running	2580	88
26	36	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Chevrolet	McDuffie			408	0	0	running	3910	85
27	25	Alan Kulwicki	38	Hardee's	Ford	Bill Terry			398	0	0	transmission	1625	82
28	5	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		391	4	149	accident	2075	89
29	2	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		390	0	0	accident	3275	76
30	3	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			384	0	0	accident	1575	73
31	6	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		367	0	0	running	2900	70
32	40	D.K. Ulrich	65	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			286	0	0	rear end	1350	0
33	23	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		282	1	14	engine	7800	69
34	35	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			268	0	0	engine	1250	61
35	29	Jerry Bowman	96	Milford Fertilizer	Ford	Bowman			267	0	0	engine	1200	58
36	39	Jonathan Lee Edwards	40	Edwards Racing	Buick	Jonathan Lee Edwards			194	0	0	engine	1175	55
37	32	Craig Spetman	08	Carl Anderson's	Chevrolet	Carl Anderson			188	0	0	accident	1150	52
38	17	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			143	0	0	rear end	1100	49
39	26	Morgan Shepherd	35	Hanover Printing	Ford	Beahr			123	0	0	engine	1075	46
40	7	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		9	0	0	accident	1055	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	3971	26	4	3	17	19
2	Bill Elliott	3936	26	10	10	15	17
3	Harry Gant	3716	26	2	3	13	17
4	Ricky Rudd	3607	26	0	0	12	18
5	Neil Bonnett	3600	26	1	2	10	17
6	Geoff Bodine	3577	26	3	0	10	13
7	Kyle Petty	3365	26	0	0	7	12
8	Terry Labonte	3353	26	3	1	7	15
9	Tim Richmond	3249	26	0	0	3	13
10	Dale Earnhardt	3241	26	1	4	8	14
11	Lake Speed	3218	26	0	0	2	12
12	Bobby Allison	3115	26	0	0	7	11
13	Ron Bouchard	3018	26	0	0	5	11
14	Richard Petty	2864	26	0	0	1	11
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2861	26	0	0	0	5
16	Ken Schrader	2812	26	0	0	0	3
17	Buddy Baker	2804	26	0	0	2	7
18	Rusty Wallace	2712	26	0	0	2	8
19	Dave Marcis	2683	26	0	0	0	5
20	Buddy Arrington	2580	24	0	0	0	1
21	Phil Parsons	2555	26	0	0	0	4
22	Clark Dwyer	2519	26	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Means	2405	26	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	2238	24	0	0	0	0
25	Greg Sacks	1706	18	0	1	1	4