1985 TranSouth 500

Race 6 of 28

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 3:58:08
Average speed of winner: 126.295 mph
Margin of victory: 1.86 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 51 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott pole, Labonte 1-2, Elliott 3-40, Earnhardt 41-51, Elliott 52-65, Earnhardt 66-67, Richmond 68, P. Parsons 69, Bodine 70, Earnhardt 71-78, Bonnett 79-93, Bodine 94-96, Earnhardt 97-112, Speed 113-116, Earnhardt 117-180, Waltrip 181-182, Earnhardt 183-209, Waltrip 210-262, Earnhardt 263-264, Waltrip 265-270, Elliott 271-328, Richmond 329-331, Elliott 332-367

Race notes: Debut for Eldon Dotson. Finale for Jeff Hooker.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	157.454	367	4	146	running	42900	185
2	13	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		367	3	61	running	26550	175
3	15	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		367	2	4	running	15860	170
4	3	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		366	1	2	running	17105	165
5	20	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			365	0	0	running	11800	155
6	7	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		365	1	15	running	11775	155
7	11	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		365	2	4	running	12870	151
8	16	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers			364	1	1	running	4325	147
9	5	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		364	1	4	running	8050	143
10	23	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		364	0	0	running	10900	134
11	17	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		363	0	0	running	3225	130
12	22	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		362	0	0	running	6665	127
13	25	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			359	0	0	running	7330	124
14	12	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		351	0	0	running	11200	121
15	32	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			351	0	0	running	6415	118
16	6	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		349	0	0	running	5595	115
17	36	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Ford	Arrington			347	0	0	running	5230	112
18	24	Morgan Shepherd	1	Petty Enterprises	Ford	Petty			345	0	0	running	3415	109
19	35	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			335	0	0	running	4650	106
20	19	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			329	0	0	running	2350	103
21	34	Don Hume	49	Cleaner Hands	Chevrolet	Hylton			323	0	0	accident	4195	100
22	38	Dick May	35	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Beahr			297	0	0	engine	1840	0
23	26	Mike Alexander	84	Sims Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	Sims Brothers			295	0	0	rear end	1760	94
24	8	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		293	7	130	engine	9180	96
25	9	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore			249	0	0	accident	8200	88
26	33	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			207	0	0	engine	3810	85
27	10	Buddy Baker	88	Liquid Wrench	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			185	0	0	accident	3745	82
28	2	David Pearson	21	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		184	0	0	accident	1585	79
29	27	Trevor Boys	98	McCaig Racing	Chevrolet	Benfield			181	0	0	accident	1380	76
30	21	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		164	0	0	engine	1975	73
31	14	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Oldsmobile	Marcis			148	0	0	valve	3555	70
32	4	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers	Champion		123	0	0	steering	1290	67
33	18	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		121	0	0	engine	7760	64
34	37	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Wawak			116	0	0	accident	1230	61
35	31	Connie Saylor	99	Ball Racing	Chevrolet	Ball			112	0	0	engine	1200	58
36	28	Slick Johnson	05	Newsom Racing	Ford	Spohn			102	0	0	engine	1170	55
37	29	Ken Ragan	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			99	0	0	engine	2645	52
38	40	Eldon Dotson	96	Stoner Racing	Chevrolet	Stoner			94	0	0	handling	1130	49
39	30	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			19	0	0	engine	2615	46
40	39	Jeff Hooker	53	Smith's Auto	Oldsmobile	Hooker-Morris			11	0	0	engine	1100	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	903	6	1	0	3	5
2	Geoff Bodine	883	6	0	0	2	4
3	Bill Elliott	858	6	2	3	3	3
4	Neil Bonnett	849	6	1	1	2	4
5	Darrell Waltrip	838	6	1	0	3	3
6	Dale Earnhardt	805	6	0	2	2	4
7	Lake Speed	801	6	0	0	2	5
8	Kyle Petty	765	6	0	0	1	3
9	Rusty Wallace	759	6	0	0	2	4
10	Harry Gant	750	6	1	0	2	2
11	Ricky Rudd	738	6	0	0	3	3
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	732	6	0	0	0	2
13	Bobby Allison	687	6	0	0	1	2
14	Ken Schrader	664	6	0	0	0	1
15	Tim Richmond	652	6	0	0	1	2
16	Ron Bouchard	651	6	0	0	1	2
17	Richard Petty	623	6	0	0	0	2
18	Jimmy Means	618	6	0	0	0	0
19	Buddy Baker	617	6	0	0	2	2
20	Clark Dwyer	579	6	0	0	0	0
21	Phil Parsons	566	6	0	0	0	1
22	Joe Ruttman	553	5	0	0	0	1
23	Dave Marcis	531	6	0	0	0	1
24	Eddie Bierschwale	436	4	0	0	0	0
25	Buddy Arrington	424	4	0	0	0	0