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1985 Nationwise 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 26 of 28 Sunday, October 20, 1985 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:13:40 Average speed: 118.344 mph Pole speed: 141.841 mph Cautions: 10 for 64 laps Margin of victory: 1.2 sec Attendance: 43000 Lead changes: 27 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 20 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 492 40900 running 73 180 2 16 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 492 21055 running 68 175 3 11 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 492 20900 running 0 165 4 12 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 492 15675 running 1 165 5 13 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 492 14400 running 17 160 6 10 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 492 9915 running 4 155 7 9 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 492 11150 running 0 146 8 15 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 489 11800 running 32 147 9 14 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 489 8775 running 0 138 10 4 77   Greg Sacks Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 488 11350 running 0 134 11 24 88   Buddy Baker Bull Frog Knits   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 487 7265 running 0 130 12 1 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 484 25125 running 134 132 13 21 17   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 484 7305 running 0 124 14 18 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 482 6410 running 0 121 15 8 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 481 9825 running 0 118 16 30 67   Buddy Arrington Vinton Motors   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 481 5900 running 0 115 17 31 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 480 5990 running 0 112 18 38 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 473 5105 running 0 109 19 22 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 469 4845 running 0 106 20 27 49   Trevor Boys Fleet Service   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 464 4725 running 0   21 34 87   Randy Baker Baker Driving School   (Buck Baker) Buick 453 2025 running 0   22 37 68   Mike Potter Eagle Snacks   (Jimmy Walker) Ford 451 1950 running 0 97 23 33 0   Jeff McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 445 1875 running 0   24 28 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 441 4065 running 0 91 25 19 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 433 2580 running 0 88 26 36 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 408 3910 running 0 85 27 25 38   Alan Kulwicki Hardee's   (Bill Terry) Ford 398 1625 transmission 0 82 28 5 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 391 2075 crash 149 89 29 2 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 390 3275 crash 0 76 30 3 18   Tommy Ellis Eric Freedlander Chevrolet 384 1575 crash 0 73 31 6 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 367 2900 running 0 70 32 40 65   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 286 1350 rear end 0   33 23 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 282 7800 engine 14 69 34 35 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 268 1250 engine 0 61 35 29 96   Jerry Bowman Milford Fertilizer   (Jerry Bowman) Ford 267 1200 engine 0 58 36 39 40   Jonathan Lee Edwards Edwards Racing   (Jonathan Lee Edwards) Buick 194 1175 engine 0 55 37 32 08   Craig Spetman Carl Anderson's   (Carl Anderson) Chevrolet 188 1150 crash 0 52 38 17 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Bobby Allison) Buick 143 1100 rear end 0 49 39 26 35   Morgan Shepherd Hanover Printing   (Wayne Beahr) Ford 123 1075 engine 0 46 40 7 4   Joe Ruttman Folger's Coffee   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 9 1055 crash 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Buddie Boys Jon Fontana Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Johnny Coy, Jr. 13 Coy Racing Jeff Halverson Chevrolet Jerry Holden 48 Lucky J Coal Jerry Holden Chevrolet Gary Fedewa 80 Lyke Racing Russell Lyke Buick Tommie Crozier 85 Universal Steel Bill Leonard Pontiac Gary Sowell 87 Sowell Racing Buck Baker Buick Maurice Randall 93 Randall Racing Brenda Randall Chrysler Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 10 10     11 22 12   #4,7,12 accident turn 3   23 56 34     57 65 9   #0 spun turn 1   66 77 12     78 84 7   oil on track   85 204 120     205 211 7   #08 accident frontstretch   212 274 63     275 278 4   #7 accident turn 4   279 355 77     356 359 4   debris   360 391 32     392 402 11   #18,28,75 accident backstretch   403 403 1     404 407 4   #52,68,87 accident turn 1   408 408 1     409 411 3   #5 jumped restart   412 417 6     418 420 3   #44 spun turn 4   421 492 72       Percent of race run under caution: 13.0%             Average green flag run: 38.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 34 34   Dale Earnhardt 35 57 23   Darrell Waltrip 58 58 1   Dale Earnhardt 59 66 8   Terry Labonte 67 106 40   Cale Yarborough 107 156 50   Darrell Waltrip 157 160 4   Geoffrey Bodine 161 161 1   Dale Earnhardt 162 162 1   Richard Petty 163 176 14   Cale Yarborough 177 205 29   Bill Elliott 206 206 1   Ron Bouchard 207 216 10   Terry Labonte 217 264 48   Ron Bouchard 265 275 11   Tim Richmond 276 276 1   Terry Labonte 277 288 12   Cale Yarborough 289 356 68   Tim Richmond 357 358 2   Cale Yarborough 359 360 2   Darrell Waltrip 361 387 27   Geoffrey Bodine 388 393 6   Tim Richmond 394 394 1   Darrell Waltrip 395 402 8   Geoffrey Bodine 403 412 10   Darrell Waltrip 413 414 2   Ron Bouchard 415 461 47   Darrell Waltrip 462 492 31 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 3971     2   Bill Elliott 3936   -35   3   Harry Gant 3716   -255   4   Ricky Rudd 3607   -364   5   Neil Bonnett 3600   -371   6   Geoffrey Bodine 3577   -394   7   Kyle Petty 3365   -606   8   Terry Labonte 3353   -618   9   Tim Richmond 3249   -722   10   Dale Earnhardt 3241   -730   11   Lake Speed 3218   -753   12   Bobby Allison 3115   -856   13   Ron Bouchard 3018   -953   14   Richard Petty 2864   -1107   15   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2861   -1110   16   Ken Schrader 2812   -1159   17   Buddy Baker 2804   -1167   18   Rusty Wallace 2712   -1259   19   Dave Marcis 2683   -1288   20   Buddy Arrington 2580   -1391   21   Phil Parsons 2555   -1416