1985 Talladega 500

Race 17 of 28

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:21:41
Average speed of winner: 148.772 mph
Margin of victory: 0.66 sec.
Lead changes: 30 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 44 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-17, Bodine 18, Gant 19, Allison 20, Boys 21-23, Foyt 24, Yarborough 25-35, Ruttman 36-40, Earnhardt 41, Elliott 42-52, Earnhardt 53, Arrington 54, Bonnett 55-59, Elliott 60-62, Earnhardt 63, Bodine 64, Earnhardt 65-66, Elliott 67-77, Earnhardt 78-79, Yarborough 80-81, Elliott 82-83, Earnhardt 84, Yarborough 85-90, Bonnett 91, Bouchard 92-94, Bonnett 95-105, Elliott 106-131, Bouchard 132-133, Bonnett 134-136, Elliott 137-166, Yarborough 167-188

Race notes: Debut for Davey Allison.

Video links: Highlights (Part 1), Highlights (Part 2)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		188	4	41	running	48655	180
2	16	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		188	4	20	running	34250	175
3	24	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		188	2	5	running	23205	170
4	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	207.578	188	7	100	running	29475	170
5	4	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			187	1	1	running	11625	0
6	29	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		187	0	0	running	15600	150
7	21	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		187	1	1	running	16300	151
8	40	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		187	0	0	running	10245	142
9	25	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		186	0	0	running	14100	138
10	22	Davey Allison	1	Lancaster Tobacco	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		186	0	0	running	6025	0
11	18	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			186	0	0	running	9945	130
12	10	Sterling Marlin	95	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	Earl Sadler			186	0	0	running	4500	127
13	17	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		186	0	0	running	7845	124
14	19	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			184	0	0	running	7565	121
15	30	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		184	0	0	running	10980	118
16	8	Buddy Arrington	67	Vinton Motors	Ford	Arrington			184	1	1	running	7155	120
17	23	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			183	0	0	running	7860	112
18	12	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		180	0	0	running	11050	109
19	35	Lennie Pond	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			178	0	0	running	6355	106
20	31	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			177	0	0	running	6375	103
21	39	Bobby Wawak	54	Henley Gray Racing	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			175	0	0	running	3210	100
22	27	Phil Barkdoll	00	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Helen Rae Smith			167	0	0	running	3100	97
23	6	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		160	2	2	accident	11090	99
24	14	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		156	6	8	running	11080	96
25	5	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		151	0	0	running	5465	88
26	33	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Chevrolet	Marcis			145	0	0	piston	4980	85
27	38	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Chevrolet	Allison			142	1	1	running	2635	87
28	42	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Chevrolet	McDuffie			140	0	0	piston	4840	79
29	32	Rick Wilson	74	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Wawak			111	0	0	oil pump	2515	0
30	15	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			102	0	0	oil leak	2455	0
31	20	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers			92	0	0	accident	3195	70
32	41	Trevor Boys	49	Cleaner Hands	Chevrolet	Hylton			91	1	3	drive shaft	4790	72
33	7	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		84	1	5	clutch	2275	69
34	36	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			73	0	0	engine	4450	61
35	3	David Pearson	21	Chattanooga Chew	Ford	Pearson	Leonard Wood		54	0	0	transmission	2355	58
36	13	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers	Champion		53	0	0	drive shaft	2090	55
37	34	Delma Cowart	0	Heyward Grooms	Chevrolet	H.L. Waters			33	0	0	crankshaft	2030	52
38	11	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			33	0	0	engine	1965	49
39	9	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		24	0	0	accident	11555	46
40	37	Grant Adcox	29	Herb Adcox Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Adcox			21	0	0	oil pressure	1840	43
41	26	Connie Saylor	99	Ralph Ball Racing	Chevrolet	Ball			11	0	0	engine	1840	40
42	28	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			10	0	0	engine	3340	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	2656	17	7	8	10	12
2	Darrell Waltrip	2513	17	4	1	10	12
3	Neil Bonnett	2415	17	1	2	7	11
4	Geoff Bodine	2385	17	0	0	6	8
5	Ricky Rudd	2340	17	0	0	8	11
6	Harry Gant	2335	17	1	1	8	10
7	Kyle Petty	2285	17	0	0	5	8
8	Terry Labonte	2269	17	2	1	5	11
9	Bobby Allison	2267	17	0	0	6	9
10	Lake Speed	2125	17	0	0	2	10
11	Tim Richmond	2018	17	0	0	2	7
12	Dale Earnhardt	1937	17	0	2	4	8
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1882	17	0	0	0	3
14	Ken Schrader	1852	17	0	0	0	3
15	Ron Bouchard	1847	17	0	0	3	5
16	Buddy Baker	1839	17	0	0	2	6
17	Rusty Wallace	1809	17	0	0	2	6
18	Richard Petty	1788	17	0	0	0	6
19	Dave Marcis	1726	17	0	0	0	4
20	Clark Dwyer	1679	17	0	0	0	0
21	Phil Parsons	1617	17	0	0	0	3
22	Buddy Arrington	1571	15	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Means	1523	17	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	1383	15	0	0	0	0
25	J.D. McDuffie	1240	16	0	0	0	0