Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1985

Bill Elliott

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1985 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1985, leading 175 of 328 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1985

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

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