1985 - Winston Cup Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1985 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/1/1985
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 156.641 mph
Number of Cautions - 14
Caution Laps - 70
Average Race Speed - 121.25 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $1,336,755
Race Number - 20

More Races from 1985

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors (Harry Melling)	367	Ford	100	$1,053,725
2	22	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardees (Harry Ranier)	367	Ford	25	$22,050
3	17	Geoffrey Bodine	5	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	367	Chevrolet	5	$21,975
4	21	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	366	Chevrolet	0	$17,425
5	19	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline (Jack Beebe)	366	Buick	1	$13,330
6	11	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	366	Ford	0	$13,450
7	9	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	365	Chevrolet	0	$15,500
8	3	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson Richard Jackson)	365	Chevrolet	0	$5,800
9	4	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers Coffee (Larry McClure)	364	Chevrolet	0	$5,350
10	25	Kyle Petty	7	7Eleven (Wood Brothers)	364	Ford	0	$9,995
11	8	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	364	Pontiac	0	$8,505
12	24	Richard Petty	43	STP (Mike Curb)	364	Pontiac	0	$10,860
13	20	Bobby Hillin Jr	8	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	362	Chevrolet	1	$6,255
14	32	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey)	362	Ford	0	$8,475
15	16	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits (Buddy Baker Danny Schiff)	358	Oldsmobile	2	$8,085
16	18	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises)	358	Pontiac	0	$6,865
17	7	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	355	Chevrolet	0	$12,205
18	33	Buddy Arrington	67	Vinton Motors (Buddy Arrington)	353	Ford	0	$6,290
19	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	349	Chevrolet	147	$12,835
20	39	Ken Ragan	17	McCord Gaskets (Roger Hamby)	349	Chevrolet	0	$6,080
21	6	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	336	Chevrolet	84	$12,340
22	29	Pancho Carter	1	Lancaster Tobacco (Hoss Ellington)	336	Chevrolet	0	$2,755
23	27	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis)	271	Chevrolet	2	$5,240
24	35	Michael Waltrip	23	Jim Testa (Dick Bahre)	266	Chevrolet	0	$2,535
25	26	AJ Foyt	14	Copenhagen (AJ Foyt)	248	Oldsmobile	0	$2,675
26	37	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	237	Ford	0	$4,595
27	36	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	236	Chevrolet	0	$4,480
28	40	Mike Potter	68	Eagle Snacks (Jimmy Walker)	186	Ford	0	$2,110
29	38	Slick Johnson	51	Johnson Racing (Doug Spohn)	184	Ford	0	$2,005
30	23	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American (Bobby Allison)	162	Ford	0	$1,950
31	30	Trevor Boys	49	Hylton Racing (James Hylton)	134	Chevrolet	0	$4,100
32	34	Eddie Bierschwale	6	US Racing (DK Ulrich)	108	Chevrolet	0	$4,025
33	12	Tommy Ellis	18	Eric Freedlander	101	Chevrolet	0	$1,735
34	31	HB Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts (HB Bailey)	94	Pontiac	0	$1,680
35	10	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American (DiGard)	60	Buick	0	$8,400
36	28	Tommy Houston	32	Houston Racing (Paul Ingle)	47	Chevrolet	0	$1,645
37	15	Morgan Shepherd	16	Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins)	22	Chevrolet	0	$1,490
38	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard (Cliff Stewart)	21	Pontiac	0	$3,880
39	13	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson Richard Jackson)	21	Chevrolet	0	$1,435
40	2	David Pearson	21	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	17	Ford	0	$2,625