1985 Sovran Bank 500

Race 8 of 28

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:16:06
Average speed of winner: 73.022 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 12 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 57 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-39, Bodine 40-104, Allison 105-140, Earnhardt 141, Labonte 142, Allison 143-231, Bodine 232, Gant 233-356, Waltrip 357-394, Bodine 395, Rudd 396, Allison 397-431, Gant 432-500

Race notes: Geoff Bodine took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		500	2	193	running	38525	185
2	7	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore			500	1	1	running	22450	175
3	2	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		500	3	67	running	19825	170
4	16	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		500	3	160	running	12050	165
5	5	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		500	0	0	running	10550	155
6	15	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		498	1	1	running	11900	155
7	20	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		498	0	0	running	8400	146
8	10	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		497	0	0	running	5630	142
9	21	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Hamby			496	0	0	running	5480	138
10	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			496	0	0	running	6680	134
11	6	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		495	0	0	running	4720	130
12	17	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog/Liquid Wrench	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			495	0	0	running	4500	127
13	8	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		493	0	0	running	8820	124
14	19	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			492	0	0	running	4190	121
15	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy's Used Cars	Ford	Arrington			492	0	0	running	4380	118
16	22	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			492	0	0	running	4845	115
17	26	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			487	0	0	running	3720	112
18	25	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			486	0	0	running	1555	109
19	30	Don Hume	49	Cleaner Hands	Chevrolet	Hylton			479	0	0	running	3505	106
20	27	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			475	0	0	running	3340	103
21	12	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		455	0	0	running	3495	100
22	29	Brent Elliott	72	Elliott Racing	Buick	Brent Elliott			448	0	0	running	1205	97
23	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond	90.279	423	2	77	engine	11595	99
24	28	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			393	0	0	rear end	2855	91
25	4	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		345	1	1	engine	8975	93
26	24	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Oldsmobile	Marcis			320	0	0	engine	2825	85
27	3	Morgan Shepherd	16	Carolina Tool & Equipment	Chevrolet	Hawkins			139	0	0	accident	2155	82
28	9	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		108	0	0	accident	2145	79
29	11	Mike Alexander	84	Sims Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	Sims Brothers			69	0	0	rear end	1635	76
30	18	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			1	0	0	engine	1125	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Geoff Bodine	1213	8	0	0	4	6
2	Terry Labonte	1204	8	1	0	3	7
3	Neil Bonnett	1189	8	1	2	4	6
4	Bill Elliott	1132	8	2	3	3	4
5	Darrell Waltrip	1112	8	3	0	4	4
6	Lake Speed	1081	8	0	0	2	7
7	Ricky Rudd	1073	8	0	0	5	5
8	Harry Gant	1069	8	1	1	3	4
9	Dale Earnhardt	1045	8	0	2	2	5
10	Bobby Allison	1022	8	0	0	3	4
11	Kyle Petty	1022	8	0	0	1	3
12	Rusty Wallace	990	8	0	0	2	5
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	947	8	0	0	0	2
14	Ken Schrader	905	8	0	0	0	1
15	Tim Richmond	882	8	0	0	1	2
16	Richard Petty	869	8	0	0	0	3
17	Ron Bouchard	854	8	0	0	1	2
18	Jimmy Means	851	8	0	0	0	0
19	Phil Parsons	822	8	0	0	0	2
20	Buddy Baker	817	8	0	0	2	2
21	Clark Dwyer	800	8	0	0	0	0
22	Dave Marcis	731	8	0	0	0	1
23	Buddy Arrington	645	6	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	615	6	0	0	0	0
25	J.D. McDuffie	586	7	0	0	0	0