1985 - Winston Cup Series - Winston 500 Race Results

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1985 - Winston 500 Race Results

Race Name - Winston 500
Date - 5/5/1985
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 209.398 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 8
Average Race Speed - 186.28 mph
Lead Changes - 28
Total Race Purse - $424,850
Race Number - 9

More Races from 1985

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors (Harry Melling)	188	Ford	60	$60,500
2	4	Kyle Petty	7	7Eleven (Wood Brothers)	188	Ford	9	$34,905
3	2	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardees (Harry Ranier)	188	Ford	97	$37,750
4	17	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American (DiGard)	187	Buick	3	$23,075
5	15	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	187	Ford	0	$21,025
6	32	Buddy Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits (Buddy Baker Danny Schiff)	185	Oldsmobile	0	$20,245
7	3	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	185	Chevrolet	2	$20,100
8	18	Dave Marcis	71	AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis)	185	Chevrolet	0	$12,575
9	7	Bobby Hillin Jr	8	Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers)	184	Chevrolet	0	$7,800
10	20	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises)	183	Pontiac	0	$11,215
11	14	Geoffrey Bodine	5	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	182	Chevrolet	0	$14,290
12	24	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Auto Parts (Jimmy Means)	181	Chevrolet	0	$9,195
13	22	Morgan Shepherd	38	Shepherd Racing (Morgan Shepherd)	180	Chevrolet	0	$5,340
14	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Vinton Motors (Buddy Arrington)	175	Ford	0	$8,275
15	38	JD McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture (JD McDuffie)	174	Pontiac	0	$8,265
16	27	Tim Richmond	27	Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle)	171	Pontiac	0	$7,255
17	37	Bosco Lowe	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	171	Chevrolet	0	$6,825
18	39	Dick Skillen	79	Truss Builders (Tom Goff)	167	Chevrolet	0	$3,920
19	31	Eddie Bierschwale	6	US Racing (DK Ulrich)	161	Chevrolet	0	$6,765
20	21	Ken Schrader	90	Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey)	159	Ford	0	$6,645
21	13	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	155	Chevrolet	12	$11,410
22	26	Connie Saylor	99	Ball Racing (Ralph Ball)	155	Chevrolet	0	$3,210
23	29	Clark Dwyer	64	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	150	Ford	0	$5,335
24	5	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	137	Chevrolet	1	$11,745
25	10	Sterling Marlin	95	Sadler Racing (Sadler Brothers)	113	Chevrolet	0	$2,970
26	12	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	106	Chevrolet	1	$9,420
27	9	Richard Petty	43	STP (Mike Curb)	94	Pontiac	1	$9,370
28	19	Ron Bouchard	47	Valvoline (Jack Beebe)	85	Buick	0	$4,975
29	16	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson Richard Jackson)	74	Chevrolet	2	$2,770
30	6	Joe Ruttman	4	Folgers Coffee (Larry McClure)	70	Chevrolet	0	$2,620
31	23	Mike Alexander	84	Sims Brothers Racing (Sims Brothers)	70	Chevrolet	0	$2,525
32	34	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak)	61	Chevrolet	0	$2,500
33	36	Don Hume	49	Cleaner Hands Formula (James Hylton)	35	Chevrolet	0	$4,710
34	11	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal (Leo Jackson Richard Jackson)	33	Chevrolet	0	$2,450
35	33	Phil Barkdoll	0	Helen Rae Special (Helen Rae Smith)	33	Chevrolet	0	$2,425
36	8	David Pearson	21	Chattanooga Chew (Hoss Ellington)	26	Chevrolet	0	$2,400
37	35	Rusty Wallace	2	Alugard (Cliff Stewart)	7	Pontiac	0	$4,875
38	25	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	7	Chevrolet	0	$10,850
39	30	Trevor Boys	98	McCaig Racing (Ron Benfield)	6	Chevrolet	0	$2,325