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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Nationwise 500

North Carolina Speedway

October 20th, 1985

Race #26 of the 1985 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 118.344 mph
  • Cautions: 10
  • Caution Laps: 64
  • Lead Changes: 27
#41 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: A detail view of the #41 NASCAR Next Gen car driven by Cole Custer is seen in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 20 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 180 175 5 492 73 Running
2 16 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 175 170 5 492 68 Running
3 11 33 Harry Gant Chevrolet 165 165 0 492 0 Running
4 12 9 Bill Elliott Ford 165 160 5 492 1 Running
5 13 5 Geoff Bodine Chevrolet 160 155 5 492 17 Running
6 10 27 Tim Richmond Pontiac 155 150 5 492 4 Running
7 9 15 Ricky Rudd Ford 146 146 0 492 0 Running
8 15 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 147 142 5 489 32 Running
9 14 2 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 138 138 0 489 0 Running
10 4 77 Greg Sacks Buick 134 134 0 488 0 Running
11 24 88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 130 130 0 487 0 Running
12 1 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 132 127 5 484 134 Running
13 21 17 Phil Parsons Chevrolet 124 124 0 484 0 Running
14 18 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 121 121 0 482 0 Running
15 8 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 118 118 0 481 0 Running
16 30 67 Buddy Arrington Ford 115 115 0 481 0 Running
17 31 6 Eddie Bierschwale Chevrolet 112 112 0 480 0 Running
18 38 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 109 109 0 473 0 Running
19 22 90 Ken Schrader Ford 106 106 0 469 0 Running
20 27 49 Trevor Boys Chevrolet 103 103 0 464 0 Running
21 34 87 Randy Baker Buick 100 100 0 453 0 Running
22 37 68 Mike Potter Ford 97 97 0 451 0 Running
23 33 0 Jeff McDuffie Pontiac 94 94 0 445 0 Running
24 28 64 Clark Dwyer Ford 91 91 0 441 0 Running
25 19 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Chevrolet 88 88 0 433 0 Running
26 36 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 85 85 0 408 0 Running
27 25 38 Alan Kulwicki Ford 82 82 0 398 0 Transmission
28 5 28 Cale Yarborough Ford 89 79 10 391 149 Crash
29 2 75 Lake Speed Pontiac 76 76 0 390 0 Crash
30 3 18 Tommy Ellis Chevrolet 73 73 0 384 0 Crash
31 6 7 Kyle Petty Ford 70 70 0 367 0 Running
32 40 65 DK Ulrich Buick 67 67 0 286 0 Rear end
33 23 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 69 64 5 282 14 Engine
34 35 74 Bobby Wawak Buick 61 61 0 268 0 Engine
35 29 96 Jerry Bowman Ford 58 58 0 267 0 Engine
36 39 40 Jonathan Lee Edwards Buick 55 55 0 194 0 Engine
37 32 08 Craig Spetman Chevrolet 52 52 0 188 0 Crash
38 17 22 Bobby Allison Buick 49 49 0 143 0 Rear end
39 26 35 Morgan Shepherd Ford 46 46 0 123 0 Engine
40 7 4 Joe Ruttman Chevrolet 43 43 0 9 0 Crash