1985 Atlanta Journal 500

Race 27 of 28

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:34:34
Average speed of winner: 139.597 mph
Margin of victory: 4.25 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 39 laps
Lap leaders: Gant 1-10, Elliott 11-45, Gant 46-49, Elliott 50-96, D. Waltrip 97, Elliott 98-133, Yarborough 134-253, Elliott 254-259, D. Waltrip 260, Yarborough 261-266, Elliott 267-270, Yarborough 271-281, Elliott 282-328

Race notes: Debut for Chet Fillip and Sammy Swindell.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		328	6	175	running	57650	185
2	9	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		328	3	137	running	29600	175
3	6	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		328	2	2	running	21125	170
4	13	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		328	0	0	running	15300	160
5	14	Morgan Shepherd	16	Carolina Tool & Equipment	Chevrolet	Hawkins			327	0	0	running	7150	155
6	4	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		327	0	0	running	15025	150
7	20	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		327	0	0	running	8805	146
8	1	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter	167.940	327	2	14	running	15675	147
9	15	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		327	0	0	running	10150	138
10	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		326	0	0	running	10675	134
11	2	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		326	0	0	running	10915	130
12	27	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		326	0	0	running	9005	127
13	17	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			326	0	0	running	6490	124
14	29	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers			325	0	0	running	2385	121
15	26	Ken Schrader	90	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Donlavey			325	0	0	running	6560	118
16	11	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		325	0	0	running	5730	115
17	21	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		324	0	0	running	7510	112
18	31	Rick Wilson	21	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		321	0	0	running	1945	109
19	10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			320	0	0	running	3670	106
20	16	Buddy Arrington	67	Motorsports Design	Ford	Arrington			319	0	0	running	5250	103
21	34	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			317	0	0	engine	5560	100
22	25	Alan Kulwicki	38	Hardee's	Ford	Bill Terry			317	0	0	running	1565	97
23	28	Rick Baldwin	45	Morris Racing	Pontiac	Morris			316	0	0	running	1485	94
24	39	Eddie Bierschwale	6	V-R Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			314	0	0	running	4110	91
25	36	Chet Fillip	31	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	Tom Mitchell			308	0	0	running	1425	88
26	24	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			305	0	0	running	1295	85
27	40	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			305	0	0	running	3810	82
28	38	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Chevrolet	Marcis			272	0	0	running	4010	79
29	23	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		267	0	0	accident	3970	76
30	30	Sammy Swindell	72	Sizzler	Pontiac	Beadle			242	0	0	accident	1175	73
31	7	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		208	0	0	piston	7650	70
32	12	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers Decaffeinated	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		198	0	0	valve	1125	67
33	8	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Chevrolet	Jackson Brothers	Champion		190	0	0	axle	1200	64
34	37	Ken Ragan	17	McCord Gaskets	Chevrolet	Hamby			181	0	0	engine	3335	61
35	18	Connie Saylor	99	Ball Racing	Chevrolet	Ball			172	0	0	oil pump	1065	58
36	35	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			164	0	0	engine	1050	55
37	42	Trevor Boys	49	McCaig Racing	Chevrolet	Hylton			135	0	0	engine	3270	52
38	22	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			117	0	0	accident	1020	49
39	19	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Chevrolet	Bahre			92	0	0	accident	1005	46
40	41	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			90	0	0	accident	2490	43
41	33	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			64	0	0	engine	2490	40
42	32	Davey Allison	1	Lancaster Premium	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		52	0	0	engine	990	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	4141	27	4	3	18	20
2	Bill Elliott	4121	27	10	11	16	18
3	Harry Gant	3863	27	3	3	13	18
4	Neil Bonnett	3727	27	1	2	10	17
5	Geoff Bodine	3707	27	3	0	10	13
6	Ricky Rudd	3677	27	0	0	12	18
7	Terry Labonte	3503	27	3	1	7	16
8	Kyle Petty	3441	27	0	0	7	12
9	Dale Earnhardt	3401	27	1	4	9	15
10	Lake Speed	3364	27	0	0	2	13
11	Tim Richmond	3361	27	0	0	3	13
12	Bobby Allison	3200	27	0	0	7	11
13	Ron Bouchard	3133	27	0	0	5	11
14	Richard Petty	2998	27	0	0	1	12
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2967	27	0	0	0	5
16	Ken Schrader	2930	27	0	0	0	3
17	Buddy Baker	2928	27	0	0	2	7
18	Rusty Wallace	2812	27	0	0	2	8
19	Dave Marcis	2762	27	0	0	0	5
20	Buddy Arrington	2683	25	0	0	0	1
21	Phil Parsons	2676	27	0	0	0	4
22	Clark Dwyer	2562	27	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Means	2445	27	0	0	0	0
24	Eddie Bierschwale	2329	25	0	0	0	0
25	Cale Yarborough	1861	16	0	2	6	7