1985 Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1985 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bill Elliott	3	42	27	4	4	175	328	499.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	328	175	running	185
2	9	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	328	137	running	175
3	6	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	328	2	running	170
4	13	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	328		running	160
5	14	16	Morgan Shepherd	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)	Chevrolet	327		running	155
6	4	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	327		running	150
7	20	75	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	327		running	146
8	1	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	327	14	running	147
9	15	77	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	327		running	138
10	5	43	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	Pontiac	326		running	134
11	2	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	326		running	130
12	27	12	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	326		running	127
13	17	88	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	326		running	124
14	29	66	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Chevrolet	325		running	121
15	26	90	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	Ford	325		running	118
16	11	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	325		running	115
17	21	27	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	324		running	112
18	31	21	Rick Wilson	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	321		running	109
19	10	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	320		running	106
20	16	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Ford	319		running	103
21	34	2	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	317		engine	100
22	25	38	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Terry (Owner)	Ford	317		running	97
23	28	45	Rick Baldwin	Morris-Ragan	Pontiac	316		running	94
24	39	6	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	Chevrolet	314		running	91
25	36	31	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Racing	Ford	308		running	88
26	24	22	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Buick	305		running	85
27	40	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	305		running	82
28	38	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	272		running	79
29	23	7	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	267		accident	76
30	30	72	Sammy Swindell	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	242		accident	73
31	7	15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	208		piston	70
32	12	4	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	198		broken valve	67
33	8	55	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Chevrolet	190		broken axle	64
34	37	17	Ken Ragan	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	181		engine	61
35	18	99	Connie Saylor	Ball Racing	Chevrolet	172		oil pump	58
36	35	18	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	Chevrolet	164		engine	55
37	42	49	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	135		engine	52
38	22	14	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	117		accident	49
39	19	23	Michael Waltrip	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	92		accident	46
40	41	64	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	90		accident	43
41	33	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	64		engine	40
42	32	1	Davey Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	52		engine	37

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bill Elliott	175	53.4%	P1
2	Cale Yarborough	137	41.8%	P2
3	Harry Gant	14	4.3%	P8
4	Darrell Waltrip	2	0.6%	P3

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