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1985 Running of the Southern 500

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1985 Southern 500
Held on September 1, 1985 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC
367 L, 501.322 M, 806.666 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors	Ford	367	100	running	180
2	22	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's	Ford	367	25	running	175
3	17	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett	Chevy	367	5	running	170
4	21	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser	Chevy	366	0	running	160
5	19	47	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline	Buick	366	1	running	160
6	11	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft	Ford	366	0	running	150
7	9	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines	Chevy	365	0	running	146
8	3	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen	Chevy	365	0	running	142
9	4	4	Joe Ruttman	Folgers Coffee	Chevy	364	0	running	138
10	25	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven	Ford	364	0	running	134
11	8	27	Tim Richmond	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	364	0	running	130
12	24	43	Richard Petty	STP	Pontiac	364	0	running	127
13	20	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Trap Rock Industries	Chevy	362	1	running	129
14	32	90	Ken Schrader	Ultra Seal	Ford	362	0	running	121
15	16	88	Buddy Baker	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	358	2	engine	123
16	18	75	Lake Speed	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	358	0	running	115
17	7	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser	Chevy	355	0	running	112
18	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Vinton Motors	Ford	353	0	running	109
19	5	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans, 1-800-FARMAID	Chevy	349	147	engine	116
20	39	17	Ken Ragan	McCord Gasket	Chevy	349	0	running	103
21	6	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit	Chevy	336	84	engine	105
22	29	1	Pancho Carter	Lancaster Tobacco	Chevy	336	0	running	97
23	27	71	Dave Marcis	AEL Rentals	Chevy	271	2	vibration	99
24	35	23	Michael Waltrip	Testa Racing	Chevy	266	0	engine	91
25	26	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	248	0	brakes	88
26	37	64	Clark Dwyer	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	237	0	accident	85
27	36	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Chevy	236	0	camshaft	82
28	40	68	Mike Potter	Eagle Snacks	Ford	186	0	engine	79
29	38	51	Slick Johnson	Rozier War Eagle	Ford	184	0	oil pressure	76
30	23	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American	Ford	162	0	engine	73
31	30	49	Trevor Boys	Fleet Service, R.L. Monroe	Chevy	134	0	accident	70
32	34	6	Eddie Bierschwale	US Racing	Chevy	108	0	engine	67
33	12	18	Tommy Ellis	Freedlander Financial	Chevy	101	0	transmission	64
34	31	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts, National Motors	Pontiac	94	0	accident	61
35	10	77	Greg Sacks	Miller American	Buick	60	0	accident	58
36	28	32	Tommy Houston	Houston Racing	Chevy	47	0	engine	55
37	15	16	Morgan Shepherd	Carolina Tool	Chevy	22	0	engine	52
38	14	2	Rusty Wallace	Alugard	Pontiac	21	0	accident	49
39	13	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal Bandit	Chevy	21	0	accident	46
40	2	21	David Pearson	Chattanooga Chew	Ford	17	0	engine	43
DID NOT QUALIFY
			Jonathan Lee Edwards					DNQ
			Ferrel Harris					DNQ
			Rick Newsom					DNQ
			Connie Saylor					DNQ
			Bobby Wawak					DNQ
		70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered