Pepsi Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1985

Greg Sacks

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Greg Sacks won the 1985 Pepsi Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1985, leading 33 of 160 laps. Bill Elliott finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1985

Winner

Greg Sacks

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	160	—	Running	33	180
2	1	-1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	160	—	Running	103	180
3	19	+16	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	160	—	Running	—	165
4	13	+9	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	160	—	Running	—	160
5	10	+5	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	160	—	Running	2	160
6	32	+26	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	160	—	Running	—	150
7	3	-4	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	160	—	Running	—	146
8	4	-4	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	159	—	Running	2	147
9	18	+9	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	159	—	Running	—	138
10	12	+2	David Pearson	Ellington Racing	159	—	Running	—	134
11	20	+9	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	159	—	Running	5	135
12	11	-1	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	159	—	Running	7	132
13	34	+21	Mike Alexander	Sims Brothers Racing	159	—	Running	—	124
14	5	-9	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	159	—	Running	—	121
15	25	+10	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	159	—	Running	—	118
16	16	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	158	—	Running	—	115
17	17	—	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	157	—	Running	—	112
18	27	+9	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	156	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Lennie Pond	Hamby Racing	155	—	Running	2	111
20	41	+21	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	150	—	Running	—	103
21	21	—	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	148	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	37	+15	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	148	—	Running	—	97
23	30	+7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	132	—	Running	—	94
24	15	-9	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	112	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	31	+6	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing	86	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	39	+13	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering	84	—	DNF	—	85
27	14	-13	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	65	—	DNF	—	82
28	29	+1	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	64	—	DNF - Crash	1	84
29	8	-21	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	64	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	6	-24	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	54	—	DNF	1	78
31	35	+4	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	50	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	26	-6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	43	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	23	-10	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing	39	—	DNF	—	64
34	28	-6	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	34	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	7	-28	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	28	—	DNF	—	58
36	2	-34	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	24	—	DNF	4	60
37	40	+3	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	13	—	DNF	—	52
38	38	—	Eldon Dotson	Bahre Racing	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	33	-6	Morgan Shepherd	Helen Rae Motorsports	6	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	22	-18	Connie Saylor	Ball Racing	6	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	24	-17	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	2	—	DNF - Engine	—	40