1985 Daytona 500

Auto race held at Daytona International Speedway in 1985 February 2025 CUST Race 1 of 28 in the 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season http://racing-reference.info/race/1985_Daytona_500/W 1985 Daytona 500 Racing-Reference 17 February 1985 25 February 2011 1985 02 17 1985 1 28 1985_Daytona_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg 1985 Daytona 500 program cover 200 500 804.672 Temperatures of 73 F C;wind speeds of 14 mph km/h onhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/FL/Daytona%20Beach/1985-02-17 Weather of the 1985 Daytona 500 The Old Farmers' Almanac 24 June 2013 https://archive.today/20240526175600/https://www.webcitation.org/6HnsqDPaC?url=http://m.almanac.com/weather/history/FL/Daytona%20Beach/1985-02-17 26 May 2024 live 172.265 mi/h on Bill Elliott43.878 seconds205.114 mph km/h on Melling Racing Bill Elliott Melling Racing Cale Yarborough Ranier-Lundy Bill Elliott Melling Racing 136 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing CBS Host: Chris EconomakiLap-by-lap: Ken SquierDriver analyst: David HobbsDriver analyst: Ned JarrettPit reporter: Chris EconomakiPit reporter: Mike Joy 8.3/23(9.8 million viewers) The 1985 Daytona 500, the 27th running of the event, was held on February 17, 1985, at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Race report Bill Elliott won the pole at a then-record speed of 205.114 mph. After a mediocre run in the Busch Clash, Elliott nearly lapped the field in his 125-mile qualifying race, then thoroughly dominated the Daytona 500, leading 136 of the 200 laps in his #9 Coors/Melling Ford Thunderbird. The race restarted on the last lap after a Neil Bonnett spin out with less than four laps to go; Bonnett got out of his car and was credited for a 10th-place finish. The race saw a number of engine problems, which knocked many of the contenders, including former Daytona 500 winners David Pearson, A. J. Foyt, Benny Parsons, Bobby Allison, and two-time defending race winner Cale Yarborough, who was trying to win his third straight Daytona 500 victory.Mark Aumann, Turner Sports Interactive http://www.nascar.com/2003/kyn/history/daytona/01/29/daytona_1985/ 1985: Absolutely awesome – January 29, 2003 NASCAR.com 29 January 2003 25 February 2011 The only car that could consistently run with Elliott was Cale Yarborough, and when his engine went up in smoke on lap 62 the race was for all intents and purposes over. Hendrick Motorsports landed its first big-time full-season sponsorship for 1985 with Levi Garrett chewing tobacco coming aboard to sponsor the #5 Chevrolet of Geoff Bodine. The car's first points race in its new yellow-and-white paint scheme saw Bodine post a solid top-10 run, kicking off a several-year partnership. There were 12 cars that were knocked out just from engine problems; with a lot of big names affected (Neil Bonnett, who somehow finished 10th even with a blown engine; defending champion Terry Labonte; both Parsons brothers; Kyle Petty; Harry Gant; David Pearson; Bobby Allison and 2-time defending Daytona 500 champion Cale Yarborough among them). Qualifying Qualifying results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Speed mph 19Bill ElliottHarry MellingFord Thunderbird205.114 228Cale YarboroughHarry RanierFord Thunderbird203.814 311Darrell WaltripJunior JohnsonChevrolet Monte Carlo 421David PearsonHoss EllingtonChevrolet Monte Carlo 555Benny ParsonsLeo/Richard JacksonChevrolet Monte Carlo 67Kyle PettyWood BrothersFord Thunderbird 788Buddy BakerBuddy Baker/Danny SchiffOldsmobile Cutlass 843Richard PettyMike CurbPontiac Grand Prix 915Ricky RuddBud MooreFord Thunderbird 1033Harry GantHal NeedhamChevrolet Monte Carlo 111Dick BrooksPetty EnterprisesFord Thunderbird 1266Phil ParsonsLeo/Richard JacksonChevrolet Monte Carlo 1351Greg SacksArnie SacksChevrolet Monte Carlo 1475Lake SpeedRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac Grand Prix 1547Ron BouchardJack BeebeBuick Regal 1614A. J. FoytA. J. FoytOldsmobile Cutlass 175Geoff BodineRick HendrickChevrolet Monte Carlo 183Dale EarnhardtRichard ChildressChevrolet Monte Carlo 1912Neil BonnettJunior JohnsonChevrolet Monte Carlo 2095Sterling MarlinSadler BrothersChevrolet Monte Carlo 2171Dave MarcisDave MarcisChevrolet Monte Carlo 222Rusty WallaceCliff StewartPontiac Grand Prix 2310Doug HeveronTom HeveronChevrolet Monte Carlo 2490Ken SchraderJunie DonlaveyFord Thunderbird 2552Jimmy MeansJimmy MeansChevrolet Monte Carlo 2674Bobby WawakBobby WawakChevrolet Monte Carlo 2748Lennie PondJames HyltonChevrolet Monte Carlo 2889Jim SauterMueller BrothersPontiac Grand Prix 2984Mike AlexanderSims BrothersChevrolet Monte Carlo 300Delma CowartH.L. WatersChevrolet Monte Carlo 3144Terry LabonteBilly HaganChevrolet Monte Carlo 324Joe RuttmanLarry McClureChevrolet Monte Carlo 3327Tim RichmondRaymond BeadlePontiac Grand Prix 3422Bobby AllisonDiGardBuick Regal 3598Trevor BoysRon BenfieldChevrolet Monte Carlo 3667Morgan ShepherdBuddy ArringtonChrysler Imperial 3717Ken RaganRoger HambyChevrolet Monte Carlo 388Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola BrothersChevrolet Monte Carlo 3964Clark DwyerElmo LangleyFord Thunderbird 4031Slick JohnsonHenley GrayChevrolet Monte CarloSource1985 Daytona 500 http://www.racing-reference.info/race?s=2&series=W&id=1985-01 Racing-Reference 3 July 2017 Failed to qualify Car # Driver Car Make 00 Jody Ridley Chevrolet Monte Carlo 05 Dean Roper Ford Thunderbird 6 Eddie Bierschwale Chevrolet Monte Carlo 06 Joe Thurman Chevrolet Monte Carlo 07 Randy LaJoie Chevrolet Monte Carlo 08 Craig Spetman Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19 Bob Park Pontiac Grand Prix 20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet Monte Carlo 37 Satch Worley Chevrolet Monte Carlo 41 Glenn Jarrett Chevrolet Monte Carlo 42 Tom Sneva Pontiac Grand Prix 53 Donny Paul Chevrolet Monte Carlo 65 Joey Sonntag Chevrolet Monte Carlo 70 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet Monte Carlo 77 Davey Allison (R) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 79 Dick Skillen Chevrolet Monte Carlo 82 Mark Stahl Ford Thunderbird 99 Connie Saylor Chevrolet Monte CarloSource Finishing Order Pos Grid No. Car number Driver Car Make Laps Status Lapsled Points 1 1 9 Bill Elliott Ford Thunderbird 200 2:54:09 136 185 (10) 2 14 75 Lake Speed Pontiac Grand Prix 200 +0.94 seconds 2 175 (5) 3 3 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 Flagged 165 4 7 88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile Cutlass 199 Flagged 160 5 9 15 Ricky Rudd Ford Thunderbird 199 Flagged 155 6 13 51 Greg Sacks Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 Flagged 2 155 (5) 7 17 5 Geoffrey Bodine Chevrolet Monte Carlo 198 Flagged 146 8 22 2 Rusty Wallace Pontiac Grand Prix 197 Flagged 142 9 38 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Chevrolet Monte Carlo 197 Flagged 138 10 19 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Monte Carlo 195 Engine 22 139 (5) 11 24 90 Ken Schrader Ford Thunderbird 195 Flagged 130 12 29 84 Mike Alexander Chevrolet Monte Carlo 194 Flagged 127 13 26 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet Monte Carlo 192 Flagged 124 14 25 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Monte Carlo 192 Flagged 121 15 36 67 Morgan Shepherd Chrysler Imperial 190 Flagged 118 16 20 95 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Monte Carlo 188 Oil pump 115 17 32 4 Joe Ruttman Chevrolet Monte Carlo 185 Transmission 112 18 39 64 Clark Dwyer Ford Thunderbird 182 Flagged 109 19 27 48 Lennie Pond Chevrolet Monte Carlo 178 Crash 106 20 40 31 Slick Johnson Chevrolet Monte Carlo 175 Flagged 103 21 37 17 Ken Ragan Chevrolet Monte Carlo 172 Flagged 100 22 11 1 Dick Brooks Ford Thunderbird 171 Wheel 97 23 28 89 Jim Sauter Pontiac Grand Prix 161 Flagged 94 24 21 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet Monte Carlo 156 Clutch 91 25 31 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Monte Carlo 154 Engine 2 93 (5) 26 10 33 Harry Gant Chevrolet Monte Carlo 124 Engine 1 90 (5) 27 35 98 Trevor Boys Chevrolet Monte Carlo 103 Rear end 82 28 4 21 David Pearson Chevrolet Monte Carlo 98 Engine 79 29 12 66 Phil Parsons Chevrolet Monte Carlo 91 Engine 76 30 16 14 A. J. Foyt Oldsmobile Cutlass 90 Engine 73 31 5 55 Benny Parsons Chevrolet Monte Carlo 84 Engine 70 32 18 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Monte Carlo 84 Engine 67 33 34 22 Bobby Allison Buick Regal 82 Engine 1 69 (5) 34 8 43 Richard Petty (W) Pontiac Grand Prix 80 Clutch 2 66 (5) 35 33 27 Tim Richmond Pontiac Grand Prix 66 Crash 58 36 2 28 Cale Yarborough Ford Thunderbird 62 Engine 32 60 (5) 37 6 7 Kyle Petty Ford Thunderbird 58 Engine 52 38 15 47 Ron Bouchard Buick Regal 45 Camshaft 49 39 23 10 Doug Heveron Chevrolet Monte Carlo 44 Engine 46 40 30 0 Delma Cowart Chevrolet Monte Carlo 38 Oil leak 43Source (5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading 1 lap(10) Indicates 10 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading 1 lap & leading the most laps Cautions 5 for 18 laps FromLap ToLap Numberof laps Reason 72 77 6 Car #27 accident, backstretch 162 164 3 Car #71 stalled, turn 4 174 176 3 Car #1 accident, turn 2 192 194 3 Car #48 spin, frontstretch 197 199 3 Car #12 engine Lap Leader Breakdown Lead changes: 22 DriverFromLapToLapNumberof Laps Bill Elliott 1 2 2 Cale Yarborough 3 4 2 Bill Elliott 5 14 10 Cale Yarborough 15 24 10 Bill Elliott 25 35 11 Richard Petty 36 37 2 Greg Sacks 38 38 1 Terry Labonte 39 40 1 Cale Yarborough 41 60 20 Bill Elliott 61 72 12 Bobby Allison 73 73 1 Bill Elliott 74 107 34 Neil Bonnett 108 110 3 Harry Gant 111 111 1 Greg Sacks 112 112 1 Bill Elliott 113 144 32 Lake Speed 145 146 2 Neil Bonnett 147 154 8 Bill Elliott 155 165 11 Neil Bonnett 166 173 8 Bill Elliott 174 191 18 Neil Bonnett 192 194 3 Bill Elliott 195 200 6 Notes This was Chrysler's last entry in the Daytona 500 as Mopar disappeared from the sport (Cup racing) completely until 2001. Morgan Shepherd drove Buddy Arrington's Chrysler's Imperial to a solid 15th place finish. Until 2016, this was the last Daytona 500 with a field of 40 cars. First Daytona 500 Start: Ken Schrader. Last Daytona 500 Starts: Bobby Wawak, Clark Dwyer, Lennie Pond, Slick Johnson, Dick Brooks, and David Pearson. Standings after the race Pos Driver Points Difference 1 Bill Elliott 185 0 2 Lake Speed 175 -10 3 Darrell Waltrip 165 -20 4 Buddy Baker 160 -25 5 Ricky Rudd 155 -30 5 Greg Sacks 155 -30 7 Geoffrey Bodine 146 -39 8 Rusty Wallace 142 -43 9 Neil Bonnett 139 -46 10 Bobby Hillin Jr. 138 -47 References Daytona 500 Daytona 500 Daytona 500 Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway