Transouth 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1985

Bill Elliott

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1985 Transouth 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1985, leading 146 of 367 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Tim Richmond rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1985

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	367	—	Running	146	185
2	13	+11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	367	—	Running	61	175
3	15	+12	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	367	—	Running	4	170
4	3	-1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	366	—	Running	2	165
5	20	+15	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	365	—	Running	—	155
6	7	+1	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	365	—	Running	15	155
7	11	+4	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	365	—	Running	4	151
8	16	+8	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	364	—	Running	1	147
9	5	-4	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	364	—	Running	4	143
10	23	+13	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	364	—	Running	—	134
11	17	+6	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	363	—	Running	—	130
12	22	+10	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	362	—	Running	—	127
13	25	+12	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	359	—	Running	—	124
14	12	-2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	351	—	Running	—	121
15	32	+17	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	351	—	Running	—	118
16	6	-10	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	349	—	Running	—	115
17	36	+19	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	347	—	Running	—	112
18	24	+6	Morgan Shepherd	Petty Enterprises	345	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	335	—	Running	—	106
20	19	-1	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	329	—	Running	—	103
21	34	+13	Don Hume	Hylton Engineering	323	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
22	38	+16	Dick May	Beahr Racing Enterprises	297	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
23	26	+3	Mike Alexander	Sims Brothers Racing	295	—	DNF	—	94
24	8	-16	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	293	—	DNF - Engine	130	96
25	9	-16	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	249	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	33	+7	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing	207	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	10	-17	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	185	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	2	-26	David Pearson	Ellington Racing	184	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	27	-2	Trevor Boys	Benfield Racing	181	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	21	-9	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	164	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	14	-17	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	148	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	4	-28	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	123	—	DNF	—	67
33	18	-15	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	121	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	37	+3	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	116	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	31	-4	Connie Saylor	Ball Racing	112	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	28	-8	Slick Johnson	Spohn Racing	102	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	29	-8	Ken Ragan	Hamby Racing	99	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	40	+2	Eldon Dotson	Stoner Racing	94	—	DNF	—	49
39	30	-9	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	19	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	39	-1	Jeff Hooker	Jeff Hooker (Owner)	11	—	DNF - Engine	—	0