Budweiser 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1985

Bill Elliott

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1985 Budweiser 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1985, leading 336 of 500 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Kyle Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1985

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		500	—	Running	336	185
2	2	—	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		499	—	Running	—	170
3	12	+9	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing		499	—	Running	—	165
4	5	+1	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		498	—	Running	—	160
5	16	+11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		497	—	Running	—	155
6	8	+2	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		497	—	Running	—	150
7	7	—	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		494	—	Running	—	146
8	3	-5	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		494	—	Running	20	147
9	19	+10	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		488	—	Running	—	138
10	18	+8	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing		487	—	Running	—	134
11	6	-5	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports		485	—	Running	142	135
12	31	+19	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		477	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		476	—	Running	—	124
14	29	+15	Bob Riley	Riley Racing		449	—	Running	—	0
15	28	+13	Tommie Crozier	Leonard Racing		442	—	Running	—	118
16	1	-15	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		437	—	DNF - Engine	2	120
17	27	+10	Phil Good	Good Racing	Chrysler	434	—	Running	—	112
18	10	-8	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		431	—	Running	—	109
19	23	+4	Jerry Bowman	J.B. Racing		393	—	Running	—	106
20	13	-7	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		346	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	25	+4	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		330	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	14	-8	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing		282	—	DNF	—	97
23	21	-2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing		231	—	DNF	—	94
24	15	-9	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises		227	—	DNF	—	91
25	9	-16	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		219	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	22	-4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		201	—	DNF	—	0
27	30	+3	Jimmy Walker	Potter Racing		180	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	17	-11	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing		158	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	32	+3	Phil Parsons	Hamby Racing		150	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	20	-10	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		115	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	26	-5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		115	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	24	-8	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	67