1985 Northwestern Bank 400

Race 7 of 28

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:39:53
Average speed of winner: 93.818 mph
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 10 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 36 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-54, Schrader 55-58, Allison 59-160, Bonnett 161-189, Earnhardt 190, Bonnett 191-338, Bodine 339-341, Allison 342-355, Bonnett 356, Allison 357-364, Bonnett 365-400

Race notes: Finale for Dick May. Only start for Ed Sanger.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		400	4	214	running	30025	185
2	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond	111.899	400	1	54	running	27500	175
3	3	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		400	3	124	running	12965	170
4	13	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore			400	0	0	running	9870	160
5	9	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		400	1	3	running	11955	160
6	10	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		399	0	0	running	9935	150
7	2	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		399	0	0	running	10735	146
8	8	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		398	1	1	running	8340	147
9	14	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		398	0	0	running	5165	138
10	15	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		397	0	0	running	9535	134
11	18	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		397	0	0	running	4635	130
12	4	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		396	0	0	running	4340	127
13	6	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		395	0	0	running	4030	124
14	21	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			394	1	4	running	4380	126
15	16	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Hamby			394	0	0	running	4050	118
16	17	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited	Oldsmobile	Marcis			394	0	0	running	3540	115
17	23	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			393	0	0	running	3405	112
18	20	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			392	0	0	running	3270	109
19	19	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			390	0	0	running	1105	106
20	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Vinton Motors	Ford	Arrington			390	0	0	running	3210	103
21	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		389	0	0	running	6235	100
22	7	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			386	0	0	running	3725	97
23	26	Don Hume	49	Cleaner Hands	Chevrolet	Hylton			386	0	0	running	2665	94
24	22	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			382	0	0	running	2605	91
25	30	Dick May	23	Bahre Racing	Buick	Bahre			368	0	0	running	985	0
26	29	Ed Sanger	00	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Helen Rae Smith			358	0	0	running	910	85
27	27	Bobby Gerhart	25	Frederick	Chevrolet	Gerhart			338	0	0	engine	860	82
28	28	Brent Elliott	72	Elliott Auto Parts	Buick	Brent Elliott			294	0	0	handling	860	79
29	25	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			59	0	0	brakes	2470	76
30	12	Buddy Baker	88	Liquid Wrench	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			54	0	0	brakes	1810	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	1049	7	1	0	3	6
2	Geoff Bodine	1043	7	0	0	3	5
3	Neil Bonnett	1034	7	1	2	3	5
4	Darrell Waltrip	1013	7	2	0	4	4
5	Bill Elliott	1008	7	2	3	3	4
6	Dale Earnhardt	952	7	0	2	2	5
7	Lake Speed	939	7	0	0	2	6
8	Ricky Rudd	898	7	0	0	4	4
9	Kyle Petty	892	7	0	0	1	3
10	Harry Gant	884	7	1	0	2	3
11	Bobby Allison	857	7	0	0	2	3
12	Rusty Wallace	856	7	0	0	2	4
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	838	7	0	0	0	2
14	Ken Schrader	790	7	0	0	0	1
15	Tim Richmond	782	7	0	0	1	2
16	Ron Bouchard	775	7	0	0	1	2
17	Jimmy Means	730	7	0	0	0	0
18	Richard Petty	723	7	0	0	0	2
19	Buddy Baker	690	7	0	0	2	2
20	Clark Dwyer	688	7	0	0	0	0
21	Phil Parsons	684	7	0	0	0	1
22	Dave Marcis	646	7	0	0	0	1
23	Joe Ruttman	553	5	0	0	0	1
24	Buddy Arrington	527	5	0	0	0	0
25	Eddie Bierschwale	512	5	0	0	0	0