1985 Coca-Cola 500

Race 4 of 28

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:33:32
Average speed of winner: 140.273 mph
Margin of victory: 2.64 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 31 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett 1-47, Elliott 48-60, Bodine 61, Yarborough 62-63, Gant 64, Allison 65-66, Bouchard 67-68, Labonte 69-70, Rudd 71-100, Elliott 101-120, Yarborough 121-125, Elliott 126-163, Bodine 164, Elliott 165-167, Yarborough 168-169, Richmond 170-171, Yarborough 172-273, Elliott 274-328

Race notes: Last pole for Neil Bonnett. Debut for Randy LaJoie. Geoff Bodine took the points lead from Lake Speed.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		328	5	129	running	59800	185
2	12	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		328	2	2	running	29800	175
3	1	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert	170.278	328	1	47	running	23700	170
4	5	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore			327	1	30	running	15825	165
5	14	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		327	1	2	running	15000	160
6	23	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		327	1	2	running	16225	155
7	11	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		327	1	2	running	9930	151
8	17	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers	Champion		327	0	0	running	5225	142
9	8	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		326	0	0	running	12125	138
10	19	Greg Sacks	51	Sacks & Sons Racing	Chevrolet	Sacks and Sons			325	0	0	running	9070	134
11	15	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		322	0	0	running	7300	130
12	22	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			319	0	0	running	3325	127
13	24	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		319	0	0	running	9625	124
14	16	Randy LaJoie	07	Snellman Construction	Chevrolet				319	0	0	running	2925	0
15	37	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			318	0	0	running	3780	118
16	21	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		317	0	0	running	6215	115
17	36	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			316	0	0	engine	13225	112
18	32	Buddy Arrington	67	West Penn Auto Sales	Chrysler	Arrington			315	0	0	running	5855	109
19	26	Don Hume	49	Cleaner Hands	Chevrolet	Hylton			314	0	0	running	2275	106
20	39	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			306	0	0	running	5835	103
21	40	Slick Johnson	05	Newsom Motors	Ford	Spohn			292	0	0	engine	2050	100
22	4	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		273	4	111	engine	1950	102
23	38	J.D. McDuffie	70	Restore Auto Products	Chevrolet	McDuffie			262	0	0	rear end	5025	94
24	6	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		258	1	1	engine	10250	96
25	28	Sterling Marlin	95	Auto Shack	Chevrolet	Sadler Brothers			227	0	0	running	1760	88
26	30	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		204	0	0	engine	1625	85
27	10	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			196	0	0	engine	5510	82
28	27	Jimmy Means	52	Ashley Motor Company	Chevrolet	Means			185	0	0	engine	4270	79
29	7	David Pearson	21	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		183	0	0	clutch	1535	76
30	2	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		177	1	2	engine	4050	78
31	34	Lennie Pond	48	Hylton Racing	Chevrolet	Hylton			144	0	0	accident	3755	70
32	29	Tom Sneva	42	Curb Racing	Pontiac	Curb			138	0	0	engine	1455	0
33	31	Ken Ragan	17	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Hamby			138	0	0	engine	3695	64
34	13	Mike Alexander	84	Sims Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	Sims Brothers			115	0	0	rear shock	1405	61
35	35	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			112	0	0	lug stud	1385	58
36	33	A.J. Foyt	14	Gilmore-Foyt Enterprises	Oldsmobile	Foyt			93	0	0	handling	1365	55
37	20	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Chevrolet	Marcis			72	0	0	engine	3600	52
38	41	Dick Brooks	1	Petty Enterprises	Ford	Petty			67	0	0	rear end	2060	49
39	25	Buddy Baker	88	Liquid Wrench	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			57	0	0	transmission	1310	46
40	9	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		47	0	0	engine	2795	43
41	18	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers			39	0	0	engine	1295	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Geoff Bodine	618	4	0	0	2	3
2	Neil Bonnett	588	4	1	1	2	3
3	Terry Labonte	573	4	1	0	1	3
4	Darrell Waltrip	569	4	1	0	2	2
5	Bill Elliott	543	4	1	2	2	2
6	Dale Earnhardt	524	4	0	1	1	3
7	Harry Gant	521	4	0	0	2	2
8	Lake Speed	512	4	0	0	2	3
9	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	486	4	0	0	0	1
10	Kyle Petty	483	4	0	0	1	2
11	Ricky Rudd	475	4	0	0	2	2
12	Rusty Wallace	444	4	0	0	0	2
13	Ron Bouchard	424	4	0	0	1	2
14	Bobby Allison	424	4	0	0	1	1
15	Lennie Pond	421	4	0	0	0	0
16	Richard Petty	417	4	0	0	0	1
17	Greg Sacks	413	3	0	0	0	2
18	Tim Richmond	409	4	0	0	0	1
19	Ken Schrader	406	4	0	0	0	0
20	Jimmy Means	373	4	0	0	0	0
21	Clark Dwyer	373	4	0	0	0	0
22	Buddy Baker	370	4	0	0	1	1
23	Dave Marcis	370	4	0	0	0	1
24	Joe Ruttman	347	3	0	0	0	1
25	Phil Parsons	340	4	0	0	0	0