1985 Valleydale 500

Race 5 of 28

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:15:42
Average speed of winner: 81.790 mph
Margin of victory: 1.14 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 90 laps
Lap leaders: Gant 1-22, Allison 23-76, K. Petty 77-90, Earnhardt 91-131, Bodine 132, Hillin 133, Earnhardt 134-137, Wallace 138-147, Earnhardt 148-180, Baker 181, Marlin 182, Earnhardt 183-203, Baker 204, Wallace 205-222, Earnhardt 223-296, Rudd 297-338, Earnhardt 339-361, Rudd 362-482, Earnhardt 483-500

Race notes: Terry Labonte took the points lead from Geoff Bodine.

Video links: Most of race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	12	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		500	7	214	running	31525	185
2	6	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore			500	2	163	running	18050	175
3	4	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan	Inman		498	0	0	running	16625	165
4	18	Buddy Baker	88	Liquid Wrench	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			498	2	2	running	4470	165
5	17	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			497	2	28	running	8230	160
6	11	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		495	1	14	running	6030	155
7	5	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		495	0	0	running	5310	146
8	15	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Curb	Beam		495	0	0	running	7450	142
9	21	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Trap Rock Industries	Chevrolet	Stavola Brothers			495	1	1	running	2050	143
10	16	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra-Seal	Ford	Donlavey			489	0	0	running	5750	134
11	8	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		485	0	0	running	8750	130
12	25	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			483	0	0	running	4680	127
13	2	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	DiGard	Pemberton		477	1	54	running	7700	129
14	23	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			477	0	0	running	3870	121
15	22	Eddie Bierschwale	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			465	0	0	running	4010	118
16	30	Don Hume	49	Cleaner Hands	Chevrolet	Hylton			457	0	0	running	3510	115
17	7	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		440	0	0	running	3360	112
18	10	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		408	1	1	running	7980	114
19	3	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		364	0	0	running	6640	106
20	1	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter	112.778	362	1	22	running	9950	108
21	28	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			314	0	0	engine	1060	100
22	24	Sterling Marlin	95	Auto Shack	Chevrolet	Sadler Brothers			220	1	1	accident	1020	102
23	9	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		178	0	0	engine	8380	94
24	20	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals	Oldsmobile	Marcis			174	0	0	engine	3420	91
25	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	Arrington			157	0	0	oil pressure	2690	88
26	27	Mike Potter	68	Walker Enterprises	Ford	Jimmy Walker			61	0	0	engine	870	85
27	29	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			58	0	0	accident	2520	82
28	19	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Hamby			40	0	0	engine	2480	79
29	14	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		38	0	0	accident	1780	76
30	13	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		36	0	0	accident	2410	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	738	5	1	0	2	4
2	Geoff Bodine	732	5	0	0	2	3
3	Dale Earnhardt	709	5	0	2	2	4
4	Neil Bonnett	694	5	1	1	2	3
5	Bill Elliott	673	5	1	2	2	2
6	Darrell Waltrip	663	5	1	0	2	2
7	Lake Speed	658	5	0	0	2	4
8	Ricky Rudd	650	5	0	0	3	3
9	Kyle Petty	638	5	0	0	1	3
10	Harry Gant	629	5	1	0	2	2
11	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	629	5	0	0	0	2
12	Rusty Wallace	604	5	0	0	1	3
13	Richard Petty	559	5	0	0	0	2
14	Bobby Allison	553	5	0	0	1	1
15	Ken Schrader	540	5	0	0	0	1
16	Ron Bouchard	536	5	0	0	1	2
17	Buddy Baker	535	5	0	0	2	2
18	Jimmy Means	500	5	0	0	0	0
19	Clark Dwyer	494	5	0	0	0	0
20	Tim Richmond	482	5	0	0	0	1
21	Dave Marcis	461	5	0	0	0	1
22	Joe Ruttman	423	4	0	0	0	1
23	Lennie Pond	421	4	0	0	0	0
24	Phil Parsons	419	5	0	0	0	0
25	Greg Sacks	413	3	0	0	0	2