1985 Budweiser 500

Race 10 of 28

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:03:43
Average speed of winner: 123.094 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap + 6 sec.
Lead changes: 7 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: Labonte 1-2, Bonnett 3-10, Bodine 11-79, Bonnett 80-88, Bodine 89-161, Elliott 162-316, Bonnett 317-319, Elliott 320-500

Race notes: Finale for Bob Riley and Jimmy Walker. Bill Elliott took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Video links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		500	2	336	running	44500	185
2	2	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		499	0	0	running	29950	170
3	12	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		499	0	0	running	19055	165
4	5	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore			498	0	0	running	15375	160
5	16	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		497	0	0	running	15975	155
6	8	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		497	0	0	running	9820	150
7	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		494	0	0	running	11600	146
8	3	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		494	3	20	running	11200	147
9	19	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Oldsmobile	Marcis			488	0	0	running	7775	138
10	18	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			487	0	0	running	8615	134
11	6	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		485	2	142	running	11700	135
12	31	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			477	0	0	running	3100	127
13	11	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		476	0	0	running	8850	124
14	29	Bob Riley	60	Riley Racing	Pontiac	Bob Riley			449	0	0	running	2100	0
15	28	Tommie Crozier	85	Leonard Racing	Pontiac	Bill Leonard			442	0	0	running	2500	118
16	1	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman	138.106	437	1	2	engine	14050	120
17	27	Phil Good	76	Good Racing	Chrysler	Good			434	0	0	running	1850	112
18	10	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			431	0	0	running	6255	109
19	23	Jerry Bowman	96	Milford Fertilizer	Ford	Bowman			393	0	0	running	1750	106
20	13	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		346	0	0	engine	5285	103
21	25	Rick Newsom	20	Newsom Racing	Chevrolet	Newsom			330	0	0	engine	1650	100
22	14	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			282	0	0	oil pump	4775	97
23	21	Buddy Arrington	67	West Penn	Ford	Arrington			231	0	0	flywheel	4965	94
24	15	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		227	0	0	fan blade	4205	91
25	9	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		219	0	0	engine	9050	88
26	22	James Hylton	49	Cleaner Hands	Chevrolet	Hylton			201	0	0	ignition	3945	0
27	30	Jimmy Walker	68	Walker Enterprises	Ford	Jimmy Walker			180	0	0	valve	1350	82
28	17	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			158	0	0	engine	3575	79
29	32	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Hamby			150	0	0	engine	3515	76
30	20	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			115	0	0	valve	3455	73
31	26	J.D. McDuffie	70	Lockhart Ford-Mercury	Ford	McDuffie			115	0	0	valve	3385	70
32	24	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			73	0	0	engine	2600	67

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	1497	10	3	5	5	6
2	Geoff Bodine	1478	10	0	0	4	6
3	Terry Labonte	1475	10	2	0	3	8
4	Neil Bonnett	1426	10	1	2	4	7
5	Ricky Rudd	1388	10	0	0	7	7
6	Darrell Waltrip	1363	10	3	0	5	5
7	Kyle Petty	1362	10	0	0	3	5
8	Bobby Allison	1311	10	0	0	4	5
9	Lake Speed	1306	10	0	0	2	8
10	Harry Gant	1288	10	1	1	4	5
11	Dale Earnhardt	1238	10	0	2	2	5
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1212	10	0	0	0	3
13	Rusty Wallace	1151	10	0	0	2	5
14	Tim Richmond	1147	10	0	0	1	3
15	Ken Schrader	1142	10	0	0	0	2
16	Richard Petty	1102	10	0	0	0	4
17	Buddy Baker	1064	10	0	0	2	3
18	Jimmy Means	1051	10	0	0	0	0
19	Ron Bouchard	1036	10	0	0	1	2
20	Dave Marcis	1011	10	0	0	0	3
21	Clark Dwyer	973	10	0	0	0	0
22	Phil Parsons	959	10	0	0	0	2
23	Buddy Arrington	860	8	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	788	8	0	0	0	0
25	J.D. McDuffie	774	9	0	0	0	0