Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1985

Bill Elliott

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1985 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1985, leading 100 of 367 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Geoffrey Bodine 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	100	180
2	22	+20	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	367	—	Running	25	175
3	17	+14	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	367	—	Running	5	170
4	21	+17	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	366	—	Running	—	160
5	19	+14	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	366	—	Running	1	160
6	11	+5	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	366	—	Running	—	150
7	9	+2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	365	—	Running	—	146
8	3	-5	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	365	—	Running	—	142
9	4	-5	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	364	—	Running	—	0
10	25	+15	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	364	—	Running	—	134
11	8	-3	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	364	—	Running	—	130
12	24	+12	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	364	—	Running	—	127
13	20	+7	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	362	—	Running	1	129
14	32	+18	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	362	—	Running	—	121
15	16	+1	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	359	—	DNF - Engine	2	123
16	18	+2	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	358	—	Running	—	115
17	7	-10	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	355	—	Running	—	112
18	33	+15	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	353	—	Running	—	109
19	5	-14	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	349	—	DNF - Engine	147	116
20	39	+19	Ken Ragan	Hamby Racing	349	—	Running	—	0
21	6	-15	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	336	—	DNF - Engine	84	105
22	29	+7	Pancho Carter	Ellington Racing	336	—	Running	—	0
23	27	+4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	271	—	DNF	2	99
24	35	+11	Michael Waltrip	Bahre Racing	266	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	26	+1	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	248	—	DNF	—	88
26	37	+11	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing	237	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	36	+9	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	236	—	DNF	—	82
28	40	+12	Mike Potter	Potter Racing	186	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	38	+9	Slick Johnson	Spohn Racing	184	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	23	-7	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	162	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	30	-1	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering	134	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	34	+2	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	108	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	12	-21	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	101	—	DNF	—	64
34	31	-3	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	94	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	10	-25	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	60	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	28	-8	Tommy Houston	Paul Ingle (Owner)	47	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	15	-22	Morgan Shepherd	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)	22	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	14	-24	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	21	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	13	-26	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	21	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	2	-38	David Pearson	Pearson Racing	17	—	DNF - Engine	—	43