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1985 TranSouth 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 28 Sunday, April 14, 1985 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 3:58:08 Average speed: 126.295 mph Pole speed: 157.454 mph Cautions: 7 for 51 laps Margin of victory: 1.86 sec Attendance: 42000 Lead changes: 21 Glossary    1985 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1985 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 367 42900 running 146 185 2 13 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 367 26550 running 61 175 3 15 27   Tim Richmond Old Milwaukee   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 367 15860 running 4 170 4 3 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 366 17105 running 2 165 5 20 2   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 365 11800 running 0 155 6 7 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 365 11775 running 15 155 7 11 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 365 12870 running 4 151 8 16 66   Phil Parsons Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 364 4325 running 1 147 9 5 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 364 8050 running 4 143 10 23 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (DiGard Racing) Buick 364 10900 running 0 134 11 17 4   Joe Ruttman Folger's Coffee   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 363 3225 running 0 130 12 22 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 362 6665 running 0 127 13 25 90   Ken Schrader Ultra Seal   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 359 7330 running 0 124 14 12 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 351 11200 running 0 121 15 32 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 351 6415 running 0 118 16 6 47   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Jack Beebe) Buick 349 5595 running 0 115 17 36 67   Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 347 5230 running 0 112 18 24 1   Morgan Shepherd Petty Enterprises Ford 345 3415 engine 0 109 19 35 6   Eddie Bierschwale U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 335 4650 running 0 106 20 19 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Trap Rock Industries   (Stavola Brothers) Chevrolet 329 2350 running 0 103 21 34 49   Don Hume Cleaner Hands Formula   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 323 4195 crash 0 100 22 38 35   Dick May Ultra Seal   (Wayne Beahr) Ford 297 1840 engine 0   23 26 84   Mike Alexander Sims Brothers Racing   (Sims Brothers) Chevrolet 295 1760 rear end 0 94 24 8 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 293 9180 engine 130 96 25 9 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 249 8200 crash 0 88 26 33 64   Clark Dwyer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 207 3810 engine 0 85 27 10 88   Buddy Baker Liquid Wrench   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 185 3745 crash 0 82 28 2 21   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 184 1585 crash 0 79 29 27 98   Trevor Boys McCaig Racing   (Ron Benfield) Chevrolet 181 1380 crash 0 76 30 21 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 164 1975 engine 0 73 31 14 71   Dave Marcis AEL Rentals   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 148 3555 valve 0 70 32 4 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Chevrolet 123 1290 steering 0 67 33 18 43   Richard Petty STP   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 121 7760 engine 0 64 34 37 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 116 1230 crash 0 61 35 31 99   Connie Saylor Ball Racing   (Ralph Ball) Chevrolet 112 1200 engine 0 58 36 28 05   Slick Johnson Newsom Racing   (Ron Spohn) Ford 102 1170 engine 0 55 37 29 17   Ken Ragan Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 99 2645 engine 0 52 38 40 96   Eldon Dotson Stoner Racing   (James Stoner) Chevrolet 94 1130 flagged 0 49 39 30 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 19 2615 engine 0 46 40 39 53   Jeff Hooker Smith's Auto Service   (Jeff Hooker) Oldsmobile 11 1100 engine 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 77 77     78 96 19   rain   97 111 15     112 115 4   #55 accident   116 187 72     188 196 9   #21,74,88,98 accident turns 1/3   197 232 36     233 236 4   oil on track   237 250 14     251 258 8   #15 accident turn 2   259 261 3     262 264 3   debris backstretch   265 344 80     345 348 4   #49 accident turn 2   349 367 19       Percent of race run under caution: 13.9%             Average green flag run: 39.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 2 2   Bill Elliott 3 40 38   Dale Earnhardt 41 51 11   Bill Elliott 52 65 14   Dale Earnhardt 66 67 2   Tim Richmond 68 68 1   Phil Parsons 69 69 1   Geoffrey Bodine 70 70 1   Dale Earnhardt 71 78 8   Neil Bonnett 79 93 15   Geoffrey Bodine 94 96 3   Dale Earnhardt 97 112 16   Lake Speed 113 116 4   Dale Earnhardt 117 180 64   Darrell Waltrip 181 182 2   Dale Earnhardt 183 209 27   Darrell Waltrip 210 262 53   Dale Earnhardt 263 264 2   Darrell Waltrip 265 270 6   Bill Elliott 271 328 58   Tim Richmond 329 331 3   Bill Elliott 332 367 36 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Terry Labonte 903     2   Geoffrey Bodine 883   -20   3   Bill Elliott 858   -45   4   Neil Bonnett 849   -54   5   Darrell Waltrip 838   -65   6   Dale Earnhardt 805   -98   7   Lake Speed 801   -102   8   Kyle Petty 765   -138   9   Rusty Wallace 759   -144   10   Harry Gant 750   -153   11   Ricky Rudd 738   -165   12   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 732   -171   13   Bobby Allison 687   -216   14   Ken Schrader 664   -239   15   Tim Richmond 652   -251   16   Ron Bouchard 651   -252   17   Richard Petty 623   -280   18   Jimmy Means 618   -285   19   Buddy Baker 617   -286   20   Clark Dwyer 579   -324   21   Phil Parsons 566   -337