Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1985

Harry Gant

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Harry Gant won the 1985 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1985, leading 216 of 500 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Ricky Rudd rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1985

Winner

Harry Gant

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		500	—	Running	216	185
2	10	+8	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		500	—	Running	10	175
3	7	+4	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		499	—	Running	55	170
4	19	+15	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		496	—	Running	45	165
5	5	—	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		496	—	Running	—	155
6	22	+16	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		496	—	Running	—	150
7	8	+1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		496	—	Running	—	146
8	6	-2	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		494	—	Running	—	142
9	13	+4	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		492	—	Running	1	143
10	17	+7	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises		491	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing		484	—	Running	—	130
12	23	+11	Phil Parsons	Hamby Racing		483	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		481	—	Running	—	124
14	31	+17	Jerry Bowman	J.B. Racing		465	—	Running	—	121
15	16	+1	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing		463	—	DNF	—	118
16	25	+9	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing		462	—	Running	—	115
17	37	+20	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		458	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Phil Good	Good Racing	Chrysler	438	—	Running	—	109
19	15	-4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		435	—	Running	—	106
20	1	-19	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		430	—	Running	173	108
21	30	+9	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Terry (Owner)		412	—	DNF	—	100
22	12	-10	Morgan Shepherd	Helen Rae Motorsports		381	—	DNF	—	97
23	18	-5	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		347	—	DNF	—	94
24	2	-22	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		313	—	DNF	—	91
25	3	-22	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports		309	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	9	-17	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports		268	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	24	-3	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.		260	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	32	+4	J.D. McDuffie	Beahr Racing Enterprises		203	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	11	-18	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports		159	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	29	-1	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing		141	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	21	-10	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		137	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	35	+3	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		137	—	DNF	—	67
33	20	-13	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		104	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	26	-8	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		85	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	14	-21	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing		83	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	36	—	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing		53	—	DNF	—	55
37	33	-4	Tommie Crozier	Leonard Racing		30	—	DNF	—	52
38	38	—	Chuck Walton			5	—	DNF	—	49
39	39	—	Maurice Randall	Randall Racing	Chrysler	1	—	DNF	—	46