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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Carolina 500

North Carolina Speedway

March 3rd, 1985

Race #3 of the 1985 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 114.953 mph
  • Cautions: 10
  • Caution Laps: 76
  • Lead Changes: 30
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 4 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 180 175 5 492 96 Running
2 7 33 Harry Gant Chevrolet 175 170 5 492 172 Running
3 1 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 175 165 10 492 208 Running
4 8 75 Lake Speed Pontiac 160 160 0 492 0 Running
5 10 7 Kyle Petty Ford 155 155 0 491 0 Running
6 18 4 Joe Ruttman Chevrolet 150 150 0 491 0 Running
7 15 28 Cale Yarborough Ford 146 146 0 491 0 Running
8 13 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 142 142 0 491 0 Running
9 6 2 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 138 138 0 491 0 Running
10 11 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 139 134 5 491 13 Running
11 20 27 Tim Richmond Pontiac 130 130 0 490 0 Running
12 5 5 Geoff Bodine Chevrolet 127 127 0 485 0 Running
13 24 51 Greg Sacks Chevrolet 124 124 0 482 0 Running
14 19 48 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 121 121 0 475 0 Running
15 34 05 Slick Johnson Ford 118 118 0 472 0 Running
16 33 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 115 115 0 468 0 Running
17 35 68 Mike Potter Ford 112 112 0 457 0 Running
18 2 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 114 109 5 454 2 Rear end
19 25 17 Phil Parsons Chevrolet 106 106 0 448 0 Running
20 17 1 Dick Brooks Ford 103 103 0 445 0 Engine
21 38 32 Jonathan Lee Edwards Buick 100 100 0 439 0 Running
22 37 50 Jim Southard Buick 97 97 0 431 0 Running
23 30 6 Eddie Bierschwale Chevrolet 94 94 0 412 0 Crash
24 22 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Chevrolet 91 91 0 394 0 Engine
25 26 88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 88 88 0 385 0 Valve
26 23 71 Dave Marcis Oldsmobile 85 85 0 372 0 Running
27 32 74 Bobby Wawak Buick 82 82 0 287 0 Crash
28 28 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 79 79 0 283 0 Oil pump
29 14 9 Bill Elliott Ford 76 76 0 281 0 Crash
30 31 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 73 73 0 263 0 Engine
31 9 22 Bobby Allison Buick 75 70 5 262 1 Clutch
32 3 15 Ricky Rudd Ford 67 67 0 162 0 Engine
33 12 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 64 64 0 162 0 Crash
34 36 41 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 61 61 0 128 0 Rear end
35 40 93 Maurice Randall Chrysler 58 58 0 102 0 Engine
36 39 20 Rick Newsom Buick 55 55 0 96 0 Crash
37 29 64 Clark Dwyer Ford 52 52 0 68 0 Engine
38 27 23 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 49 49 0 61 0 Engine
39 21 98 Trevor Boys Chevrolet 46 46 0 60 0 Engine
40 16 90 Ken Schrader Ford 43 43 0 55 0 Engine