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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Busch 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

August 24th, 1985

Race #19 of the 1985 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 266.5
  • Average Speed: 81.388 mph
  • Cautions: 11
  • Caution Laps: 82
  • Lead Changes: 18
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 185 175 10 500 343 Running
2 2 27 Tim Richmond Pontiac 175 170 5 500 36 Running
3 4 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 170 165 5 500 12 Running
4 10 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 165 160 5 500 87 Running
5 9 9 Bill Elliott Ford 160 155 5 499 16 Running
6 15 33 Harry Gant Chevrolet 150 150 0 498 0 Running
7 12 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 146 146 0 497 0 Running
8 24 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 142 142 0 496 0 Running
9 6 15 Ricky Rudd Ford 138 138 0 495 0 Running
10 18 75 Lake Speed Pontiac 139 134 5 490 1 Running
11 13 88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 130 130 0 488 0 Running
12 21 2 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 127 127 0 487 0 Running
13 14 4 Joe Ruttman Chevrolet 124 124 0 484 0 Running
14 23 41 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 121 121 0 483 0 Running
15 30 67 Buddy Arrington Ford 118 118 0 481 0 Running
16 17 7 Kyle Petty Ford 115 115 0 479 0 Running
17 28 49 Trevor Boys Chevrolet 112 112 0 478 0 Running
18 29 64 Clark Dwyer Ford 109 109 0 462 0 Running
19 22 90 Ken Schrader Ford 106 106 0 446 0 Suspension
20 26 6 Eddie Bierschwale Chevrolet 103 103 0 443 0 Running
21 8 17 Phil Parsons Chevrolet 100 100 0 434 0 Running
22 16 22 Bobby Allison Buick 102 97 5 430 4 Crash
23 19 71 Dave Marcis Oldsmobile 94 94 0 408 0 Running
24 25 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Chevrolet 91 91 0 378 0 Crash
25 3 5 Geoff Bodine Chevrolet 88 88 0 362 0 Crash
26 20 95 Mike Alexander Chevrolet 85 85 0 236 0 Oil leak
27 31 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 82 82 0 224 0 Steering
28 5 77 Greg Sacks Buick 79 79 0 204 0 Crash
29 7 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 81 76 5 165 1 Engine
30 11 18 Tommy Ellis Chevrolet 73 73 0 115 0 Engine
31 27 68 Mike Potter Ford 70 70 0 91 0 Engine