1985 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1985 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bill Elliott	1	40	18	2	9	136	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	200	136	running	185
2	14	75	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	200	2	running	175
3	3	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	199		running	165
4	7	88	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	199		running	160
5	9	15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	199		running	155
6	13	51	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons	Chevrolet	199	2	running	155
7	17	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	198		running	146
8	22	2	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	197		running	142
9	38	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	197		running	138
10	19	12	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	195	22	engine	139
11	24	90	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	Ford	195		running	130
12	29	84	Mike Alexander	Sims Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	194		running	127
13	26	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	192		running	124
14	25	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	192		running	121
15	36	67	Morgan Shepherd	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	190		running	118
16	20	95	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	188		oil pump	115
17	32	4	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	185		transmission	112
18	39	64	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	182		running	109
19	27	48	Lennie Pond	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	178		accident	106
20	40	31	Slick Johnson	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	175		running	103
21	37	17	Ken Ragan	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	172		running	100
22	11	1	Dick Brooks	Petty Enterprises	Ford	171		accident	97
23	28	89	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	161		running	94
24	21	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	156		clutch	91
25	31	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	154	2	engine	93
26	10	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	124	1	engine	90
27	35	98	Trevor Boys	Benfield Racing	Chevrolet	103		rear end	82
28	4	21	David Pearson	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	98		engine	79
29	12	66	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Chevrolet	91		engine	76
30	16	14	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	90		engine	73
31	5	55	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Chevrolet	84		engine	70
32	18	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	84		engine	67
33	34	22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	82	1	engine	69
34	8	43	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	Pontiac	80	2	clutch	66
35	33	27	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	66		accident	58
36	2	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	62	32	engine	60
37	6	7	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	58		engine	52
38	15	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	45		camshaft	49
39	23	10	Doug Heveron	Tom Heveron (Owner)	Chevrolet	44		engine	46
40	30	0	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)	Chevrolet	38		oil leak	43

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bill Elliott	136	68.0%	P1
2	Cale Yarborough	32	16.0%	P36
3	Neil Bonnett	22	11.0%	P10
4	Lake Speed	2	1.0%	P2
5	Greg Sacks	2	1.0%	P6
6	Terry Labonte	2	1.0%	P25
7	Richard Petty	2	1.0%	P34
8	Harry Gant	1	0.5%	P26
9	Bobby Allison	1	0.5%	P33

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