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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 17th, 1985

Race #1 of the 1985 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 172.265 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 18
  • Lead Changes: 22
#12 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the 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 9 Bill Elliott Ford 185 175 10 200 136 Running
2 14 75 Lake Speed Pontiac 175 170 5 200 2 Running
3 3 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 165 165 0 199 0 Running
4 7 88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 160 160 0 199 0 Running
5 9 15 Ricky Rudd Ford 155 155 0 199 0 Running
6 13 51 Greg Sacks Chevrolet 155 150 5 199 2 Running
7 17 5 Geoff Bodine Chevrolet 146 146 0 198 0 Running
8 22 2 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 142 142 0 197 0 Running
9 38 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Chevrolet 138 138 0 197 0 Running
10 19 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 139 134 5 195 22 Engine
11 24 90 Ken Schrader Ford 130 130 0 195 0 Running
12 29 84 Mike Alexander Chevrolet 127 127 0 194 0 Running
13 26 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 124 124 0 192 0 Running
14 25 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 121 121 0 192 0 Running
15 36 67 Morgan Shepherd Chrysler 118 118 0 190 0 Running
16 20 95 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 115 115 0 188 0 Oil pump
17 32 4 Joe Ruttman Chevrolet 112 112 0 185 0 Transmission
18 39 64 Clark Dwyer Ford 109 109 0 182 0 Running
19 27 48 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 106 106 0 178 0 Crash
20 40 31 Slick Johnson Chevrolet 103 103 0 175 0 Running
21 37 17 Ken Ragan Chevrolet 100 100 0 172 0 Running
22 11 1 Dick Brooks Ford 97 97 0 171 0 Wheel
23 28 89 Jim Sauter Pontiac 94 94 0 161 0 Running
24 21 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 91 91 0 156 0 Clutch
25 31 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 93 88 5 154 2 Engine
26 10 33 Harry Gant Chevrolet 90 85 5 124 1 Engine
27 35 98 Trevor Boys Chevrolet 82 82 0 103 0 Rear end
28 4 21 David Pearson Chevrolet 79 79 0 98 0 Engine
29 12 66 Phil Parsons Chevrolet 76 76 0 91 0 Engine
30 16 14 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile 73 73 0 90 0 Engine
31 5 55 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 70 70 0 84 0 Engine
32 18 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 67 67 0 84 0 Engine
33 34 22 Bobby Allison Buick 69 64 5 82 1 Engine
34 8 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 66 61 5 80 2 Clutch
35 33 27 Tim Richmond Pontiac 58 58 0 66 0 Crash
36 2 28 Cale Yarborough Ford 60 55 5 62 32 Engine
37 6 7 Kyle Petty Ford 52 52 0 58 0 Engine
38 15 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 49 49 0 45 0 Camshaft
39 23 10 Doug Heveron Chevrolet 46 46 0 44 0 Engine
40 30 0 Delma Cowart Chevrolet 43 43 0 38 0 Oil leak