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Busch 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
August 24, 1985
500 laps on 0.533 mile paved oval; 266.5 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 1
| Dale Earnhardt
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Chevrolet
| 500
| 34,675
| running
| 343 |
| 2
| 2
| Tim Richmond
| 27
| Raymond Beadle
| Pontiac
| 500
| 19,230
| running
| 36 |
| 3
| 4
| Neil Bonnett
| 12
| Junior Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 500
| 13,900
| running
| 12 |
| 4
| 10
| Darrell Waltrip
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 500
| 12,500
| running
| 87 |
| 5
| 9
| Bill Elliott
| 9
| Harry Melling
| Ford
| 499
| 11,350
| running
| 16 |
| 6
| 15
| Harry Gant
| 33
| Hal Needham
| Chevrolet
| 498
| 10,500
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 12
| Ron Bouchard
| 47
| Jack Beebe
| Buick
| 497
| 5,880
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 24
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Mike Curb
| Pontiac
| 496
| 7,650
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 6
| Ricky Rudd
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 495
| 7,450
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 18
| Lake Speed
| 75
| RahMoc Enterprises
| Pontiac
| 490
| 5,610
| running
| 1 |
| 11
| 13
| Buddy Baker
| 88
| Buddy Baker
| Oldsmobile
| 488
| 4,550
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 21
| Rusty Wallace
| 2
| Cliff Stewart
| Pontiac
| 487
| 5,380
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 14
| Joe Ruttman
| 4
| Larry McClure
| Chevrolet
| 484
| 1,700
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 23
| Ronnie Thomas
| 41
| Ronnie Thomas
| Chevrolet
| 483
| 1,600
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 30
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Ford
| 481
| 4,320
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 17
| Kyle Petty
| 7
| Wood Brothers
| Ford
| 479
| 3,960
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 28
| Trevor Boys
| 49
| James Hylton
| Chevrolet
| 478
| 3,600
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 29
| Clark Dwyer
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 462
| 3,440
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 22
| Ken Schrader
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 446
| 3,730
| suspension
| 0 |
| 20
| 26
| Eddie Bierschwale
| 6
| D.K. Ulrich
| Chevrolet
| 443
| 3,040
| running
| 0 |
| 21
| 8
| Phil Parsons
| 17
| Roger Hamby
| Chevrolet
| 434
| 2,840
| running
| 0 |
| 22
| 16
| Bobby Allison
| 22
| Bobby Allison
| Buick
| 430
| 1,130
| accident
| 4 |
| 23
| 19
| Dave Marcis
| 71
| Dave Marcis
| Oldsmobile
| 408
| 2,780
| running
| 0 |
| 24
| 25
| Bobby Hillin
| 8
| Stavola Brothers
| Chevrolet
| 378
| 1,750
| accident
| 0 |
| 25
| 3
| Geoff Bodine
| 5
| Rick Hendrick
| Chevrolet
| 362
| 7,950
| accident
| 0 |
| 26
| 20
| Mike Alexander
| 95
| Sadler Brothers
| Chevrolet
| 236
| 1,050
| oil leak
| 0 |
| 27
| 31
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Chevrolet
| 224
| 2,030
| steering
| 0 |
| 28
| 5
| Greg Sacks
| 77
| DiGard
| Buick
| 204
| 6,210
| accident
| 0 |
| 29
| 7
| Terry Labonte
| 44
| Billy Hagan
| Chevrolet
| 165
| 9,090
| engine
| 1 |
| 30
| 11
| Tommy Ellis
| 18
| Eric Freedlander
| Chevrolet
| 115
| 970
| engine
| 0 |
| 31
| 27
| Mike Potter
| 68
| Jimmy Walker
| Ford
| 91
| 970
| engine
| 0 |
|
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| Bobby Wawak
|
|
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| J.D. McDuffie
|
|
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Tommie Crozier
|
|
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
|
|
| Benny Parsons
|
| ESPN
|
|
| 0
| color commentary
| |
|
|
| Jack Arute
|
| ESPN
|
|
| 0
| pit reporter
| |
Time of race: 03:27:44
Average Speed: 81.388 MPH
Pole Speed: 16.893 seconds
11 cautions for 82 laps
Attendance: 35,000