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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 28
Sunday, March 17, 1985 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles)

Time of race: 3:33:32
Average speed: 140.273 mph
Pole speed: 170.278 mph

Cautions: 6 for 31 laps
Margin of victory: 2.64 sec
Attendance: 67800
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1985 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	328	59800	running	129	185
2	12	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	328	29800	running	2	175
3	1	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	328	23700	running	47	170
4	5	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	327	15825	running	30	165
5	14	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (DiGard Racing)	Buick	327	15000	running	2	160
6	23	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	327	16225	running	2	155
7	11	47	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Jack Beebe)	Buick	327	9930	running	2	151
8	17	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Chevrolet	327	5225	running	0	142
9	8	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	326	12125	running	0	138
10	19	51	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons (Arnie Sacks)	Chevrolet	325	9070	running	0	134
11	15	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	322	7300	running	0	130
12	22	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	319	3325	running	0	127
13	23	43	Richard Petty	STP (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	319	9625	running	0	124
14	16	07	Randy LaJoie	Snellman Construction (Kaj Snellman)	Chevrolet	319	2925	running	0	121
15	37	6	Eddie Bierschwale	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	318	3780	running	0	118
16	21	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	317	13350	engine	0	115
17	36	90	Ken Schrader	Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	317	6090	running	0	112
18	32	67	Buddy Arrington	West Penn Auto Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	315	5855	running	0	109
19	26	49	Don Hume	Cleaner Hands Formula (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	314	2275	running	0	106
20	39	64	Clark Dwyer	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	306	5835	running	0	103
21	40	05	Slick Johnson	Newsom Motors (Ron Spohn)	Ford	292	2050	engine	0	100
22	4	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	273	1950	engine	111	102
23	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Restore (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	262	5025	rear end	0	94
24	6	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	258	10250	engine	1	96
25	28	95	Sterling Marlin	Auto Shack (Sadler Brothers)	Chevrolet	227	1760	running	0	88
26	30	4	Joe Ruttman	Folger's Coffee (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	204	1625	engine	0	85
27	10	2	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	196	5510	engine	0	82
28	27	52	Jimmy Means	Ashley Motor Company (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	185	4270	engine	0	79
29	7	21	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	183	1535	clutch	0	76
30	2	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	177	4050	engine	2	78
31	34	48	Lennie Pond	Days Inn (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	144	3755	crash	0	70
32	29	42	Tom Sneva	Curb Racing (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	138	1455	engine	0	67
33	31	17	Ken Ragan	McCord Gaskets (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	138	3695	engine	0	64
34	13	84	Mike Alexander	Sims Brothers Racing (Sims Brothers)	Chevrolet	115	1405	suspension	0	61
35	35	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey)	Pontiac	112	1385	lug stud	0	58
36	33	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore-Foyt (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	93	1365	handling	0	55
37	20	71	Dave Marcis	AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	72	3600	engine	0	52
38	41	1	Dick Brooks	Petty Enterprises	Ford	67	2060	rear end	0	49
39	25	88	Buddy Baker	Liquid Wrench (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	57	1310	transmission	0	46
40	9	75	Lake Speed	Nationwise Auto Parts (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	47	2795	engine	0	43
41	18	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Chevrolet	39	1295	engine	0	40

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jim Hall
	Delma Cowart	0	Heyward Grooms Construction	H.L. Waters	Chevrolet
	Bob Park	19	Park Racing	Bob Park	Pontiac
	Rick Newsom	20	Tucker Construction	Rick Newsom	Buick
	Jim Southard	50	U.S. Racing	Jim Southard	Buick
	Bill Scott	53		Wayne Smith
	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet
	Davey Allison	77	McCord Gaskets	Marvin Ragan	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	12	12
	13	15	3	#36 spun turn 2
	16	162	147
	163	167	5	#7 spun turn 2
	168	168	1
	169	172	4	#17 engine
	173	178	6
	179	185	7	#27 engine
	186	210	25
	211	218	8	#4,43 accident
	219	306	88
	307	310	4	#05 stalled turn 4
	311	328	18
Percent of race run under caution: 9.5% Average green flag run: 42.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Neil Bonnett	1	47	47
Bill Elliott	48	60	13
Geoffrey Bodine	61	61	1
Cale Yarborough	62	63	2
Harry Gant	64	64	1
Bobby Allison	65	66	2
Ron Bouchard	67	68	2
Terry Labonte	69	70	2
Ricky Rudd	71	100	30
Bill Elliott	101	120	20
Cale Yarborough	121	125	5
Bill Elliott	126	163	38
Geoffrey Bodine	164	164	1
Bill Elliott	165	167	3
Cale Yarborough	168	169	2
Tim Richmond	170	171	2
Cale Yarborough	172	273	102
Bill Elliott	274	328	55

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Geoffrey Bodine	618
2	Neil Bonnett	588	-30
3	Terry Labonte	573	-45
4	Darrell Waltrip	569	-49
5	Bill Elliott	543	-75
6	Dale Earnhardt	524	-94
7	Harry Gant	521	-97
8	Lake Speed	512	-106
9	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	486	-132
10	Kyle Petty	483	-135
11	Ricky Rudd	475	-143
12	Rusty Wallace	444	-174
13	Ron Bouchard	424	-194
13	Bobby Allison	424	-194
15	Lennie Pond	421	-197
16	Richard Petty	417	-201
17	Greg Sacks	413	-205
18	Tim Richmond	409	-209
19	Ken Schrader	406	-212
20	Jimmy Means	373	-245
20	Clark Dwyer	373	-245