1985 Busch 500

Race 19 of 28

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:27:44
Average speed of winner: 81.388 mph
Margin of victory: 3 car lengths
Lead changes: 18 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 82 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt 1-75, Waltrip 76-84, Speed 85, Earnhardt 86-124, Waltrip 125-126, Earnhardt 127-129, Waltrip 130-156, Labonte 157, Earnhardt 158-178, Waltrip 179, Allison 180-183, Earnhardt 184, Waltrip 185-212, Bonnett 213-224, Elliott 225-240, Waltrip 241-260, Earnhardt 261-446, Richmond 447-482, Earnhardt 483-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine	113.586	500	7	343	running	34675	185
2	2	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		500	1	36	running	19230	175
3	4	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		500	1	12	running	13900	170
4	10	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		500	6	87	running	12500	165
5	9	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		499	1	16	running	11350	160
6	15	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		498	0	0	running	10500	150
7	12	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		497	0	0	running	5880	146
8	24	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		496	0	0	running	7650	142
9	6	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		495	0	0	running	7450	138
10	18	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		490	1	1	running	5610	139
11	13	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			488	0	0	running	4550	130
12	21	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			487	0	0	running	5380	127
13	14	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		484	0	0	running	1700	124
14	23	Ronnie Thomas	41	Wilder's Bolts & Nuts	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			483	0	0	running	1600	121
15	30	Buddy Arrington	67	Vinton Motors	Ford	Arrington			481	0	0	running	4320	118
16	17	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		479	0	0	running	3960	115
17	28	Trevor Boys	49	Cleaner Hands	Chevrolet	Hylton			478	0	0	running	3600	112
18	29	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			462	0	0	running	3440	109
19	22	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			446	0	0	suspension	3730	106
20	26	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			443	0	0	running	3040	103
21	8	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Hamby			434	0	0	running	2840	100
22	16	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Allison			430	1	4	accident	1130	102
23	19	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited	Oldsmobile	Marcis			408	0	0	running	2780	94
24	25	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			378	0	0	accident	1750	91
25	3	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		362	0	0	accident	7950	88
26	20	Mike Alexander	95	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	Earl Sadler			236	0	0	oil leak	1050	85
27	31	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			224	0	0	power steering	2030	82
28	5	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		204	0	0	accident	6210	79
29	7	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		165	1	1	engine	9090	81
30	11	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			115	0	0	engine	970	73
31	27	Mike Potter	68	Eagle Snacks	Ford	Jimmy Walker			91	0	0	engine	970	70

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	2996	19	8	9	12	14
2	Darrell Waltrip	2858	19	4	1	12	14
3	Neil Bonnett	2720	19	1	2	8	12
4	Harry Gant	2655	19	1	1	9	12
5	Geoff Bodine	2572	19	0	0	6	8
6	Kyle Petty	2565	19	0	0	6	9
7	Ricky Rudd	2548	19	0	0	8	12
8	Terry Labonte	2488	19	2	1	5	12
9	Bobby Allison	2424	19	0	0	6	9
10	Lake Speed	2379	19	0	0	2	11
11	Tim Richmond	2236	19	0	0	3	8
12	Dale Earnhardt	2219	19	1	3	5	9
13	Buddy Baker	2090	19	0	0	2	6
14	Rusty Wallace	2082	19	0	0	2	7
15	Ken Schrader	2061	19	0	0	0	3
16	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2058	19	0	0	0	3
17	Ron Bouchard	2042	19	0	0	3	6
18	Richard Petty	1982	19	0	0	0	7
19	Dave Marcis	1947	19	0	0	0	4
20	Phil Parsons	1867	19	0	0	0	4
21	Clark Dwyer	1849	19	0	0	0	0
22	Buddy Arrington	1823	17	0	0	0	1
23	Jimmy Means	1723	19	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	1586	17	0	0	0	0
25	J.D. McDuffie	1316	17	0	0	0	0