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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

November 3rd, 1985

Race #27 of the 1985 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 139.597 mph
  • Cautions: 6
  • Caution Laps: 39
  • Lead Changes: 12
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 9 Bill Elliott Ford 185 175 10 328 175 Running
2 9 28 Cale Yarborough Ford 175 170 5 328 137 Running
3 6 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 328 2 Running
4 13 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 160 160 0 328 0 Running
5 14 16 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 155 155 0 327 0 Running
6 4 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 150 150 0 327 0 Running
7 20 75 Lake Speed Pontiac 146 146 0 327 0 Running
8 1 33 Harry Gant Chevrolet 147 142 5 327 14 Running
9 15 77 Greg Sacks Buick 138 138 0 327 0 Running
10 5 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 134 134 0 326 0 Running
11 2 5 Geoff Bodine Chevrolet 130 130 0 326 0 Running
12 27 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 127 127 0 326 0 Running
13 17 88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 124 124 0 326 0 Running
14 29 66 Phil Parsons Chevrolet 121 121 0 325 0 Running
15 26 90 Ken Schrader Ford 118 118 0 325 0 Running
16 11 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 115 115 0 325 0 Running
17 21 27 Tim Richmond Pontiac 112 112 0 324 0 Running
18 31 21 Rick Wilson Chevrolet 109 109 0 321 0 Running
19 10 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Chevrolet 106 106 0 320 0 Running
20 16 67 Buddy Arrington Ford 103 103 0 319 0 Running
21 34 2 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 100 100 0 317 0 Engine
22 25 38 Alan Kulwicki Ford 97 97 0 317 0 Running
23 28 45 Rick Baldwin Pontiac 94 94 0 316 0 Running
24 39 6 Eddie Bierschwale Chevrolet 91 91 0 314 0 Running
25 36 31 Chet Fillip Ford 88 88 0 308 0 Running
26 24 22 Bobby Allison Buick 85 85 0 305 0 Running
27 40 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 82 82 0 305 0 Running
28 38 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 79 79 0 272 0 Running
29 23 7 Kyle Petty Ford 76 76 0 267 0 Crash
30 30 72 Sammy Swindell Pontiac 73 73 0 242 0 Crash
31 7 15 Ricky Rudd Ford 70 70 0 208 0 Piston
32 12 4 Joe Ruttman Chevrolet 67 67 0 198 0 Valve
33 8 55 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 64 64 0 190 0 Axle
34 37 17 Ken Ragan Chevrolet 61 61 0 181 0 Engine
35 18 99 Connie Saylor Chevrolet 58 58 0 172 0 Oil pump
36 35 18 Tommy Ellis Chevrolet 55 55 0 164 0 Engine
37 42 49 Trevor Boys Chevrolet 52 52 0 135 0 Engine
38 22 14 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile 49 49 0 117 0 Crash
39 19 23 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 46 46 0 92 0 Crash
40 41 64 Clark Dwyer Ford 43 43 0 90 0 Crash
41 33 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 40 40 0 64 0 Engine
42 32 1 Davey Allison Chevrolet 37 37 0 52 0 Engine