Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1985

Bill Elliott

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1985, leading 90 of 200 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Harry Gant rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1985

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		200	—	Running	90	180
2	5	+3	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	92	180
3	11	+8	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		200	—	Running	3	170
4	14	+10	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing		200	—	Running	10	165
5	8	+3	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports		199	—	Running	—	155
6	22	+16	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports		199	—	Running	—	150
7	26	+19	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		199	—	Running	—	146
8	19	+11	Dick Trickle	DiGard Motorsports		199	—	Running	—	142
9	20	+11	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		199	—	Running	—	138
10	15	+5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing		199	—	Running	—	134
11	6	-5	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		198	—	Running	3	135
12	27	+15	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		198	—	Running	—	127
13	13	—	Mike Alexander	Sadler Racing		198	—	Running	—	124
14	28	+14	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing		198	—	Running	—	121
15	30	+15	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		197	—	Running	—	118
16	25	+9	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises		196	—	Running	—	115
17	38	+21	Ken Ragan	Hamby Racing		196	—	Running	—	0
18	31	+13	Michael Waltrip	Bahre Racing		194	—	Running	—	0
19	32	+13	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		194	—	Running	—	106
20	24	+4	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing		194	—	Running	—	103
21	34	+13	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.		193	—	Running	—	100
22	12	-10	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		191	—	Running	—	97
23	2	-21	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports		190	—	DNF	1	99
24	35	+11	Joe Booher	Joe Booher		188	—	Running	—	91
25	36	+11	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing		187	—	Running	—	88
26	16	-10	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		186	—	Running	—	85
27	39	+12	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		174	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	40	+12	Rick Baldwin	Rick Baldwin Racing	Chrysler	142	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	33	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		137	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	21	-9	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering		135	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	4	-27	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		128	—	DNF	—	70
32	9	-23	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		118	—	DNF - Engine	1	72
33	7	-26	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports		111	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	37	+3	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing		102	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	23	-12	Morgan Shepherd	Helen Rae Motorsports		100	—	DNF	—	58
36	17	-19	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		85	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	18	-19	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	29	-9	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	10	-29	David Pearson	Pearson Racing		14	—	DNF	—	46
40	3	-37	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	43