1985 Daytona 500 | ![]() |
Held on February 17, 1985 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL | |
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance |
RESULTS |
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Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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1 | 1 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors | Ford | 200 | 136 | running | 185 |
2 | 14 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts | Pontiac | 200 | 2 | running | 175 |
3 | 3 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser | Chevy | 199 | 0 | running | 165 |
4 | 7 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Liquid Wrench | Oldsmobile | 199 | 0 | running | 160 |
5 | 9 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 155 |
6 | 13 | 51 | Greg Sacks | Sacks & Sons | Chevy | 199 | 2 | running | 155 |
7 | 17 | 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Levi Garrett | Chevy | 198 | 0 | running | 146 |
8 | 22 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard | Pontiac | 197 | 0 | running | 142 |
9 | 38 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Trap Rock Industries | Chevy | 197 | 0 | running | 138 |
10 | 19 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser | Chevy | 195 | 22 | engine | 139 |
11 | 24 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Ultra Seal | Ford | 195 | 0 | running | 130 |
12 | 29 | 84 | Mike Alexander | Sims Brothers Racing | Chevy | 194 | 0 | running | 127 |
13 | 26 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping | Chevy | 192 | 0 | running | 124 |
14 | 25 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Chevy | 192 | 0 | running | 121 |
15 | 36 | 67 | Morgan Shepherd | Jim Peacock Dodge | Chrysler | 190 | 0 | running | 118 |
16 | 20 | 95 | Sterling Marlin | Native Tan | Chevy | 188 | 0 | oil pump | 115 |
17 | 32 | 4 | Joe Ruttman | Folger's Coffee | Chevy | 185 | 0 | transmission | 112 |
18 | 39 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Ford | 182 | 0 | running | 109 |
19 | 27 | 48 | Lennie Pond | Burger King | Chevy | 178 | 0 | crash | 106 |
20 | 40 | 31 | Slick Johnson | Gray Racing | Chevy | 175 | 0 | running | 103 |
21 | 37 | 17 | Ken Ragan | Hesco Exhaust, McCord | Chevy | 172 | 0 | running | 100 |
22 | 11 | 1 | Dick Brooks | Pearah, Bernstein | Ford | 171 | 0 | wheel | 97 |
23 | 28 | 89 | Jim Sauter | Evinrude | Pontiac | 161 | 0 | running | 94 |
24 | 21 | 71 | Dave Marcis | AEL Rentals | Chevy | 156 | 0 | clutch | 91 |
25 | 31 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines | Chevy | 154 | 2 | engine | 93 |
26 | 10 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Chevy | 124 | 1 | engine | 90 |
27 | 35 | 98 | Trevor Boys | McCaig Racing | Chevy | 103 | 0 | rear end | 82 |
28 | 4 | 21 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew | Chevy | 98 | 0 | engine | 79 |
29 | 12 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit | Chevy | 91 | 0 | engine | 76 |
30 | 16 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore-Foyt | Oldsmobile | 90 | 0 | engine | 73 |
31 | 5 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen | Chevy | 84 | 0 | engine | 70 |
32 | 18 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Chevy | 84 | 0 | engine | 67 |
33 | 34 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller | Buick | 82 | 1 | engine | 69 |
34 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Pontiac | 80 | 2 | clutch | 66 |
35 | 33 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Pontiac | 66 | 0 | crash | 58 |
36 | 2 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's | Ford | 62 | 32 | engine | 60 |
37 | 6 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Ford | 58 | 0 | engine | 52 |
38 | 15 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline | Buick | 45 | 0 | camshaft | 49 |
39 | 23 | 10 | Doug Heveron | Syracuse Classic | Chevy | 44 | 0 | engine | 46 |
40 | 30 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Heyward Grooms Construction | Chevy | 38 | 0 | oil leak | 43 |
RACE DATA | |||||||||
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Failed to Qualify: Satch Worley, Rick Newsom, Jody Ridley, Dean Roper, Joe Thurman, Randy LaJoie, Eddie Bierschwale, Bob Park, Glenn Jarrett, Donny Paul, Joey Sonntag, J.D. McDuffie, Davey Allison, Dick Skillen, Mark Stahl, Connie Saylor, Tom Sneva | |||||||||
Time of Race: ??? | |||||||||
Fast Qualifier: | |||||||||
Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
Average Speed: ??? mph | |||||||||
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |