1985 Carolina 500

Race 3 of 28

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:21:10
Average speed of winner: 114.953 mph
Margin of victory: 8 inches
Lead changes: 30 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 76 laps
Lap leaders: Labonte 1-57, Allison 58, Gant 59-70, Bonnett 71-88, Gant 89-130, Waltrip 131, Gant 132-135, Labonte 136, Earnhardt 137-149, Gant 150-164, Bonnett 165-184, Labonte 185-245, Gant 246-267, Waltrip 268, Gant 269-300, Bonnett 301-317, Gant 318-337, Labonte 338-390, Gant 391-401, Labonte 402-435, Bonnett 436-449, Labonte 450, Bonnett 451, Gant 452-460, Bonnett 461, Gant 462-463, Bonnett 464-476, Labonte 477, Bonnett 478-489, Gant 490-491, Bonnett 492

Race notes: Debut for Jonathan Lee Edwards. Finale for Jim Southard. Lake Speed took the points lead from Darrell Waltrip.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		492	9	97	running	35505	180
2	7	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		492	11	171	running	26330	175
3	1	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman	145.067	492	7	208	running	23310	175
4	8	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		492	0	0	running	11360	160
5	10	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		491	0	0	running	10520	155
6	18	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		491	0	0	running	6710	150
7	15	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		491	0	0	running	4660	146
8	13	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		491	0	0	running	10810	142
9	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			491	0	0	running	8675	138
10	11	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		491	1	13	running	16300	139
11	20	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		490	0	0	running	9065	130
12	5	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		485	0	0	running	11610	127
13	24	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			482	0	0	running	6645	124
14	19	Lennie Pond	48	Hylton Racing	Chevrolet	Hylton			475	0	0	running	6285	121
15	34	Slick Johnson	05	Spohn's Racing	Ford	Spohn			472	0	0	running	3460	0
16	33	Buddy Arrington	67	West Penn Auto Sales	Dodge	Arrington			468	0	0	running	5675	115
17	35	Mike Potter	68	Jimmy Walker Enterprises	Ford	Jimmy Walker			457	0	0	running	2610	112
18	2	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		454	2	2	rear end	13910	114
19	25	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Hamby			448	0	0	running	5015	106
20	17	Dick Brooks	1	Petty Enterprises	Ford	Petty			445	0	0	engine	3555	103
21	38	Jonathan Lee Edwards	32	Edwards Racing	Buick	Jonathan Lee Edwards			439	0	0	running	2045	100
22	37	Jim Southard	50	U.S. Racing	Buick	Ulrich			431	0	0	running	1970	0
23	30	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			412	0	0	accident	1895	94
24	22	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			394	0	0	engine	1870	91
25	26	Buddy Baker	88	Liquid Wrench	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			385	0	0	valve	1895	88
26	23	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Oldsmobile	Marcis			372	0	0	running	3995	85
27	32	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			287	0	0	accident	1645	82
28	28	J.D. McDuffie	70	Restore Auto Products	Pontiac	McDuffie			283	0	0	oil pump	3860	79
29	14	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		281	0	0	accident	9845	76
30	31	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			263	0	0	engine	3750	73
31	9	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		262	1	1	clutch	7925	75
32	3	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore			162	0	0	engine	7975	67
33	12	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		162	0	0	accident	3560	64
34	36	Ronnie Thomas	41	Kingrey Brothers Excavation	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			128	0	0	rear end	1275	61
35	40	Maurice Randall	93	Sparks Tune-Up	Chrysler	Randall			102	0	0	engine	1225	58
36	39	Rick Newsom	20	T.R. Tucker Construction	Buick	Newsom			96	0	0	accident	1200	55
37	29	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			68	0	0	engine	2675	52
38	27	Morgan Shepherd	23	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	Bahre			61	0	0	engine	1150	49
39	21	Trevor Boys	98	McCaig Racing	Chevrolet	Benfield			60	0	0	engine	3200	46
40	16	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			55	0	0	engine	2605	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Lake Speed	469	3	0	0	2	3
2	Darrell Waltrip	454	3	1	0	2	2
3	Geoff Bodine	443	3	0	0	1	2
4	Harry Gant	425	3	0	0	2	2
5	Neil Bonnett	418	3	0	1	1	2
6	Terry Labonte	418	3	1	0	1	2
7	Dale Earnhardt	386	3	0	1	1	2
8	Rusty Wallace	362	3	0	0	0	2
9	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	359	3	0	0	0	1
10	Bill Elliott	358	3	1	1	1	1
11	Kyle Petty	353	3	0	0	1	2
12	Lennie Pond	351	3	0	0	0	0
13	Tim Richmond	331	3	0	0	0	1
14	Buddy Baker	324	3	0	0	1	1
15	Dave Marcis	318	3	0	0	0	1
16	Ricky Rudd	310	3	0	0	1	1
17	Phil Parsons	300	3	0	0	0	0
18	Ken Schrader	294	3	0	0	0	0
19	Jimmy Means	294	3	0	0	0	0
20	Richard Petty	293	3	0	0	0	1
21	Greg Sacks	279	2	0	0	0	1
22	Ron Bouchard	273	3	0	0	1	1
23	Clark Dwyer	270	3	0	0	0	0
24	Bobby Allison	264	3	0	0	0	0
25	Joe Ruttman	262	2	0	0	0	1