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1985 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/17/1985
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 205.114 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 18
Average Race Speed - 172.26 mph
Lead Changes - 22
Total Race Purse - $1,097,925
Race Number - 1
 More Races from 1985
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Bill Elliott 9 Coors (Harry Melling) 200 Ford 136 $185,500
2 14 Lake Speed 75 Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises) 200 Pontiac 2 $85,705
3 3 Darrell Waltrip 11 Budweiser (Junior Johnson) 199 Chevrolet 0 $79,350
4 7 Buddy Baker 88 Liquid Wrench (Buddy Baker Danny Schiff) 199 Oldsmobile 0 $53,075
5 9 Ricky Rudd 15 Motorcraft (Bud Moore) 199 Ford 0 $52,900
6 13 Greg Sacks 51 Sacks Sons (Arnie Sacks) 199 Chevrolet 2 $44,695
7 17 Geoffrey Bodine 5 Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick) 198 Chevrolet 0 $42,025
8 22 Rusty Wallace 2 Alugard (Cliff Stewart) 197 Pontiac 0 $34,275
9 38 Bobby Hillin Jr 8 Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers) 197 Chevrolet 0 $24,950
10 19 Neil Bonnett 12 Budweiser (Junior Johnson) 195 Chevrolet 22 $33,415
11 24 Ken Schrader 90 Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey) 195 Ford 0 $25,980
12 29 Mike Alexander 84 Sims Brothers Racing (Sims Brothers) 194 Chevrolet 0 $19,800
13 26 Bobby Wawak 74 Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak) 192 Chevrolet 0 $18,305
14 25 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 192 Chevrolet 0 $20,435
15 36 Morgan Shepherd 67 Jim Peacock Dodge (Buddy Arrington) 190 Chrysler 0 $15,300
16 20 Sterling Marlin 95 Native Tan (Sadler Brothers) 188 Chevrolet 0 $16,180
17 32 Joe Ruttman 4 Folgers Coffee (Larry McClure) 185 Chevrolet 0 $16,735
18 39 Clark Dwyer 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 182 Ford 0 $14,805
19 27 Lennie Pond 48 Burger King (James Hylton) 178 Chevrolet 0 $14,975
20 40 Slick Johnson 31 Gray Racing (Henley Gray) 175 Chevrolet 0 $11,210
21 37 Ken Ragan 17 Hesco Exhaust McCord (Roger Hamby) 172 Chevrolet 0 $13,000
22 11 Dick Brooks 1 Pearah Bernstein (Petty Enterprises) 171 Ford 0 $14,725
23 28 Jim Sauter 89 Evinrude (Mueller Brothers) 161 Pontiac 0 $10,845
24 21 Dave Marcis 71 AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis) 156 Chevrolet 0 $13,205
25 31 Terry Labonte 44 Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan) 154 Chevrolet 2 $18,735
26 10 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 124 Chevrolet 1 $18,130
27 35 Trevor Boys 98 McCaig Racing (Ron Benfield) 103 Chevrolet 0 $10,630
28 4 David Pearson 21 Chattanooga Chew (Hoss Ellington) 98 Chevrolet 0 $19,270
29 12 Phil Parsons 66 Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson Richard Jackson) 91 Chevrolet 0 $10,565
30 16 AJ Foyt 14 GilmoreFoyt (AJ Foyt) 90 Oldsmobile 0 $10,010
31 5 Benny Parsons 55 Copenhagen (Leo Jackson Richard Jackson) 84 Chevrolet 0 $14,755
32 18 Dale Earnhardt 3 Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress) 84 Chevrolet 0 $17,150
33 34 Bobby Allison 22 Miller (DiGard) 82 Buick 1 $14,845
34 8 Richard Petty 43 STP (Mike Curb) 80 Pontiac 2 $18,040
35 33 Tim Richmond 27 Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) 66 Pontiac 0 $9,220
36 2 Cale Yarborough 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 62 Ford 32 $33,530
37 6 Kyle Petty 7 7Eleven (Wood Brothers) 58 Ford 0 $15,625
38 15 Ron Bouchard 47 Valvoline (Jack Beebe) 45 Buick 0 $9,670
39 23 Doug Heveron 10 Syracuse Classic (Tom Heveron) 44 Chevrolet 0 $8,460
40 30 Delma Cowart 0 Heyward Grooms Construction (HL Waters) 38 Chevrolet 0 $7,900