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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 1st, 1985

Race #20 of the 1985 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 367
  • Miles: 501.3
  • Average Speed: 121.254 mph
  • Cautions: 14
  • Caution Laps: 70
  • Lead Changes: 20
2022 NASCAR Next Gen Ford Mustang
Concord, North Carolina - April 22nd, 2021: The 2022 NASCAR Next Gen Ford Mustang is previewed at NASCAR R&D Center on April 22, 2021 in Concord, North Carolina. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 9 Bill Elliott Ford 180 175 5 367 100 Running
2 22 28 Cale Yarborough Ford 175 170 5 367 25 Running
3 17 5 Geoff Bodine Chevrolet 170 165 5 367 5 Running
4 21 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 160 160 0 366 0 Running
5 19 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 160 155 5 366 1 Running
6 11 15 Ricky Rudd Ford 150 150 0 366 0 Running
7 9 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 146 146 0 365 0 Running
8 3 55 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 142 142 0 365 0 Running
9 4 4 Joe Ruttman Chevrolet 138 138 0 364 0 Running
10 25 7 Kyle Petty Ford 134 134 0 364 0 Running
11 8 27 Tim Richmond Pontiac 130 130 0 364 0 Running
12 24 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 127 127 0 364 0 Running
13 20 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Chevrolet 129 124 5 362 1 Running
14 32 90 Ken Schrader Ford 121 121 0 362 0 Running
15 16 88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 123 118 5 358 2 Engine
16 18 75 Lake Speed Pontiac 115 115 0 358 0 Running
17 7 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 112 112 0 355 0 Running
18 33 67 Buddy Arrington Ford 109 109 0 353 0 Running
19 5 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 116 106 10 349 147 Engine
20 39 17 Ken Ragan Chevrolet 103 103 0 349 0 Running
21 6 33 Harry Gant Chevrolet 105 100 5 336 84 Engine
22 29 1 Pancho Carter Chevrolet 97 97 0 336 0 Running
23 27 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 99 94 5 271 2 Vibration
24 35 23 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 91 91 0 266 0 Engine
25 26 14 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile 88 88 0 248 0 Brakes
26 37 64 Clark Dwyer Ford 85 85 0 237 0 Crash
27 36 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 82 82 0 236 0 Camshaft
28 40 68 Mike Potter Ford 79 79 0 186 0 Engine
29 38 51 Slick Johnson Ford 76 76 0 184 0 Oil pressure
30 23 22 Bobby Allison Ford 73 73 0 162 0 Engine
31 30 49 Trevor Boys Chevrolet 70 70 0 134 0 Crash
32 34 6 Eddie Bierschwale Chevrolet 67 67 0 108 0 Engine
33 12 18 Tommy Ellis Chevrolet 64 64 0 101 0 Transmission
34 31 36 HB Bailey Pontiac 61 61 0 94 0 Crash
35 10 77 Greg Sacks Buick 58 58 0 60 0 Crash
36 28 32 Tommy Houston Chevrolet 55 55 0 47 0 Engine
37 15 16 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 52 52 0 22 0 Engine
38 14 2 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 49 49 0 21 0 Crash
39 13 66 Phil Parsons Chevrolet 46 46 0 21 0 Crash
40 2 21 David Pearson Ford 43 43 0 17 0 Engine