1985 - Winston Cup Series - Nationwise 500 Race Results

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1985 - Nationwise 500 Race Results

Race Name - Nationwise 500
Date - 10/20/1985
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 141.841 mph
Number of Cautions - 10
Caution Laps - 64
Average Race Speed - 118.34 mph
Lead Changes - 27
Total Race Purse - $293,425
Race Number - 26

More Races from 1985

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	20	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	492	Chevrolet	73	$40,900
2	16	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline (Jack Beebe)	492	Buick	68	$21,055
3	11	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	492	Chevrolet	0	$20,900
4	12	Bill Elliott	9	Coors (Harry Melling)	492	Ford	1	$15,675
5	13	Geoffrey Bodine	5	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	492	Chevrolet	17	$14,400
6	10	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	492	Pontiac	4	$9,915
7	9	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	492	Ford	0	$11,150
8	15	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	489	Chevrolet	32	$11,800
9	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard (Cliff Stewart)	489	Pontiac	0	$8,775
10	4	Greg Sacks	77	Miller American (DiGard)	488	Buick	0	$11,350
11	24	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits (Buddy Baker Danny Schiff)	487	Oldsmobile	0	$7,265
12	1	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	484	Chevrolet	134	$25,125
13	21	Phil Parsons	17	Skoal Bandit (Roger Hamby)	484	Chevrolet	0	$7,305
14	18	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis)	482	Chevrolet	0	$6,410
15	8	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	481	Chevrolet	0	$9,825
16	30	Buddy Arrington	67	Vinton Motors (Buddy Arrington)	481	Ford	0	$5,900
17	31	Eddie Bierschwale	6	US Racing (DK Ulrich)	480	Chevrolet	0	$5,990
18	38	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	473	Pontiac	0	$5,105
19	22	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey)	469	Ford	0	$4,845
20	27	Trevor Boys	49	Fleet Service (James Hylton)	464	Chevrolet	0	$4,725
21	34	Randy Baker	87	Baker Driving School (Buck Baker)	453	Buick	0	$2,025
22	37	Mike Potter	68	Eagle Snacks (Jimmy Walker)	451	Ford	0	$1,950
23	33	Jeff McDuffie	0	Rumple Furniture (JD McDuffie)	445	Pontiac	0	$1,875
24	28	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	441	Ford	0	$4,065
25	19	Bobby Hillin Jr	8	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	433	Chevrolet	0	$2,580
26	36	JD McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture (JD McDuffie)	408	Chevrolet	0	$3,910
27	25	Alan Kulwicki	38	Hardees (Bill Terry)	398	Ford	0	$1,625
28	5	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardees (Harry Ranier)	391	Ford	149	$2,075
29	2	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises)	390	Pontiac	0	$3,275
30	3	Tommy Ellis	18	Eric Freedlander	384	Chevrolet	0	$1,575
31	6	Kyle Petty	7	7Eleven (Wood Brothers)	367	Ford	0	$2,900
32	40	DK Ulrich	65	Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich)	286	Buick	0	$1,350
33	23	Richard Petty	43	STP (Mike Curb)	282	Pontiac	14	$7,800
34	35	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak)	268	Buick	0	$1,250
35	29	Jerry Bowman	96	Milford Fertilizer (Jerry Bowman)	267	Ford	0	$1,200
36	39	Jonathan Lee Edwards	40	Edwards Racing (Jonathan Lee Edwards)	194	Buick	0	$1,175
37	32	Craig Spetman	8	Carl Andersons (Carl Anderson)	188	Chevrolet	0	$1,150
38	17	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American (Bobby Allison)	143	Buick	0	$1,100
39	26	Morgan Shepherd	35	Hanover Printing (Wayne Beahr)	123	Ford	0	$1,075
40	7	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers Coffee (Larry McClure)	9	Chevrolet	0	$1,055