1985 Winston Western 500

Race 28 of 28

Riverside
119 laps
Time of race: 2:58:03
Average speed of winner: 105.065 mph
Margin of victory: 0.45 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 10 laps
Lap leaders: Labonte 1-9, Waltrip 10, Labonte 11-20, Rudd 21, Earnhardt 22-25, Labonte 26-41, Speed 42, Labonte 43-70, Gant 71, Bonnett 72-74, Rudd 75-76, Bodine 77-78, Earnhardt 79-80, Labonte 81-95, Rudd 96-119

Race notes: Finale for Blair Aiken, Clark Dwyer, and John Soares, Jr. Only start for Scott Autrey and Bud Hickey.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		119	3	27	running	37875	180
2	1	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman	116.938	119	5	78	running	38375	180
3	13	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		119	1	3	running	18550	170
4	8	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		119	1	1	running	16225	165
5	7	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		119	2	6	running	13175	160
6	11	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		119	1	2	running	12150	155
7	3	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		119	1	1	running	12350	151
8	21	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		119	0	0	running	9900	142
9	12	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		118	1	1	running	7255	143
10	10	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		118	0	0	running	7845	134
11	15	Glen Steurer	18	Hooters	Chevrolet	Steurer			118	0	0	running	4875	130
12	16	Jim Robinson	78	Hammer Security Systems	Oldsmobile	Lois Williams			117	0	0	running	5615	127
13	20	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			117	0	0	running	4305	124
14	18	Ruben Garcia	32	Suncrest Motorhomes	Chevrolet	Stoke			117	0	0	running	4085	121
15	31	Bill Schmitt	73	California Coolers	Chevrolet	Schmitt			117	0	0	running	4375	118
16	14	Jim Bown	98	Valvoline	Chevrolet	Kieper			117	0	0	running	3420	115
17	6	Bobby Allison	22	Miller	Buick	Stavola Brothers			117	0	0	running	1955	112
18	19	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Chevrolet	Marcis			116	0	0	running	4610	109
19	35	Derrike Cope	07	7-Eleven	Ford	George Jefferson			116	0	0	running	2900	106
20	26	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			116	0	0	running	4430	103
21	24	Greg Sacks	77	Miller	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		116	0	0	transmission	8255	100
22	33	Buddy Arrington	67	Vinton Motors	Ford	Arrington			115	0	0	running	3970	97
23	28	Ken Schrader	90	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Donlavey			115	0	0	running	4410	94
24	36	Bill Osborne	16	Hackmankars	Buick	Osborne			115	0	0	running	2340	91
25	23	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			114	0	0	running	3155	88
26	17	Hershel McGriff	04	Wal Auct	Pontiac	Gary Smith			114	0	0	running	1425	85
27	9	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		113	0	0	running	2875	82
28	37	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			112	0	0	running	2825	79
29	34	Blair Aiken	99	Stoke Racing	Chevrolet	Stoke			111	0	0	running	1275	76
30	38	John Soares, Jr.	94	R.P.M.	Pontiac	Soares Jr.			105	0	0	running	1225	0
31	5	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		96	0	0	running	10000	70
32	39	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			88	0	0	engine	2675	67
33	30	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal	Chevrolet	Hamby			86	0	0	transmission	2650	64
34	29	Scott Autrey	29	McIntosh	Oldsmobile				79	0	0	tie rod	1125	61
35	22	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			78	0	0	engine	2600	58
36	25	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			70	0	0	accident	3500	55
37	2	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		46	0	0	shock mounts	2475	52
38	40	Bud Hickey	35	Vee-Lee/Stick Only	Chevrolet				40	0	0	engine	950	49
39	41	Rick McCray	45	Erlich Motors	Chevrolet	McCray			37	0	0	power steering	925	46
40	32	Trevor Boys	24	Jim Testa Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Buddie Boys			14	0	0	engine	925	43
41	27	Ron Esau	49	McDonald's	Chevrolet	Hylton			10	0	0	accident	2925	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	4292	28	4	3	18	21
2	Bill Elliott	4191	28	10	11	16	18
3	Harry Gant	4028	28	3	3	14	19
4	Neil Bonnett	3897	28	1	2	11	18
5	Geoff Bodine	3862	28	3	0	10	14
6	Ricky Rudd	3857	28	0	1	13	19
7	Terry Labonte	3683	28	4	1	8	17
8	Dale Earnhardt	3561	28	1	4	10	16
9	Kyle Petty	3523	28	0	0	7	12
10	Lake Speed	3507	28	0	0	2	14
11	Tim Richmond	3413	28	0	0	3	13
12	Bobby Allison	3312	28	0	0	7	11
13	Ron Bouchard	3267	28	0	0	5	12
14	Richard Petty	3140	28	0	0	1	13
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	3091	28	0	0	0	5
16	Ken Schrader	3024	28	0	0	0	3
17	Buddy Baker	2986	28	0	0	2	7
18	Dave Marcis	2871	28	0	0	0	5
19	Rusty Wallace	2867	28	0	0	2	8
20	Buddy Arrington	2780	26	0	0	0	1
21	Phil Parsons	2740	28	0	0	0	4
22	Clark Dwyer	2641	28	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Means	2548	28	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	2396	26	0	0	0	0
25	Greg Sacks	1944	20	0	1	1	5