1985 Delaware 500

Race 22 of 28

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:08:52
Average speed of winner: 120.538 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap + 3 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 45 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-96, Gant 97-133, Elliott 134-159, R. Petty 160, Rudd 161-178, Elliott 179-219, Allison 220, Elliott 221-230, Rudd 231-252, Gant 253-257, Rudd 258-272, Allison 273-312, Waltrip 313-319, Gant 320-399, Waltrip 400-402, Allison 403-406, Gant 407-500

Race notes: Finale for Maurice Randall. Only start for Chuck Walton.

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	4	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		500	4	216	running	44950	185
2	10	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		500	2	10	running	29750	175
3	7	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		499	3	55	running	31450	170
4	19	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Ford	Allison			496	3	45	running	8875	165
5	5	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		496	0	0	running	14275	155
6	22	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		496	0	0	running	9980	150
7	8	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		496	0	0	running	12600	146
8	6	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		494	0	0	running	8595	142
9	13	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		492	1	1	running	10600	143
10	17	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		491	0	0	running	8225	134
11	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Ford	Arrington			484	0	0	running	6695	130
12	23	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Hamby			483	0	0	running	6055	127
13	28	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			481	0	0	running	5685	124
14	31	Jerry Bowman	96	Milford Fertilizer	Ford	Bowman			465	0	0	running	2100	121
15	16	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		463	0	0	transmission	7725	118
16	25	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			462	0	0	running	5815	115
17	37	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			458	0	0	running	1850	112
18	34	Phil Good	76	Good Racing	Chrysler	Good			438	0	0	running	1800	109
19	15	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Chevrolet	Marcis			435	0	0	running	4455	106
20	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	156.641	430	4	173	running	13350	108
21	30	Alan Kulwicki	32	Hardee's	Ford	Bill Terry			412	0	0	ignition	1650	100
22	12	Morgan Shepherd	00	Helen Rae Motorsports	Chevrolet	Helen Rae Smith			381	0	0	transmission	1600	97
23	18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			347	0	0	ignition	3095	94
24	2	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		313	0	0	push rod	11550	91
25	3	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		309	0	0	engine	9750	88
26	9	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			268	0	0	engine	1400	85
27	24	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			260	0	0	engine	3625	82
28	32	J.D. McDuffie	70	Hanover Printing	Ford	McDuffie			203	0	0	engine	3565	79
29	11	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		159	0	0	accident	7750	76
30	29	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			141	0	0	engine	3455	73
31	21	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			137	0	0	engine	4385	70
32	35	Rick Newsom	20	Selcam Enterprises	Buick	Newsom			137	0	0	brakes	1100	67
33	20	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		104	0	0	engine	1050	64
34	26	Trevor Boys	49	Hylton Racing	Chevrolet	Hylton			85	0	0	engine	2500	61
35	14	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			83	0	0	accident	2400	58
36	36	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Oldsmobile	Canavan			53	0	0	brakes	875	55
37	33	Tommie Crozier	85	Universal Steel	Pontiac	Bill Leonard			30	0	0	overheating	875	52
38	38	Chuck Walton	63	Williams Racing	Chevrolet				5	0	0	handling	875	49
39	39	Maurice Randall	93	MRE Racing	Chrysler	Randall			1	0	0	overheating	850	46

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	3411	22	10	10	13	15
2	Darrell Waltrip	3325	22	4	2	14	16
3	Neil Bonnett	3173	22	1	2	10	15
4	Harry Gant	3095	22	1	2	10	14
5	Ricky Rudd	3028	22	0	0	10	15
6	Geoff Bodine	2981	22	1	0	7	10
7	Kyle Petty	2964	22	0	0	6	11
8	Terry Labonte	2905	22	2	1	6	14
9	Lake Speed	2758	22	0	0	2	12
10	Bobby Allison	2741	22	0	0	7	10
11	Dale Earnhardt	2646	22	1	3	6	11
12	Tim Richmond	2637	22	0	0	3	9
13	Ron Bouchard	2453	22	0	0	4	8
14	Richard Petty	2422	22	0	0	1	9
15	Ken Schrader	2415	22	0	0	0	3
16	Buddy Baker	2386	22	0	0	2	6
17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2381	22	0	0	0	3
18	Rusty Wallace	2325	22	0	0	2	7
19	Dave Marcis	2264	22	0	0	0	4
20	Buddy Arrington	2159	20	0	0	0	1
21	Phil Parsons	2122	22	0	0	0	4
22	Clark Dwyer	2098	22	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Means	2023	22	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	1811	20	0	0	0	0
25	J.D. McDuffie	1480	19	0	0	0	0