Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1985

Ricky Rudd

Winner

119

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ricky Rudd won the 1985 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1985, leading 27 of 119 laps. Terry Labonte finished second; Neil Bonnett rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1985

Winner

Ricky Rudd

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	119	—	Running	27	180
2	1	-1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	119	—	Running	78	180
3	13	+10	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	119	—	Running	3	170
4	8	+4	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	119	—	Running	1	165
5	7	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	119	—	Running	6	160
6	11	+5	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	119	—	Running	2	155
7	3	-4	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	119	—	Running	1	151
8	21	+13	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	119	—	Running	—	142
9	12	+3	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	118	—	Running	1	143
10	10	—	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	118	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Glen Steurer	Glenn Steurer (Owner)	118	—	Running	—	130
12	16	+4	Jim Robinson	Lois Williams (Owner)	117	—	Running	—	127
13	20	+7	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	117	—	Running	—	124
14	18	+4	Ruben Garcia	Stoke Racing	117	—	Running	—	121
15	31	+16	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing	117	—	Running	—	118
16	14	-2	Jim Bown	John Kieper (Owner)	117	—	Running	—	115
17	6	-11	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	117	—	Running	—	112
18	19	+1	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	116	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Derrike Cope	Jefferson Racing	116	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	116	—	Running	—	103
21	24	+3	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	116	—	DNF	—	100
22	33	+11	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	115	—	Running	—	97
23	28	+5	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	115	—	Running	—	94
24	36	+12	Bill Osborne	Bill Osborne (Owner)	115	—	Running	—	91
25	23	-2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	114	—	Running	—	88
26	17	-9	Hershel McGriff	Gary Smith (Owner)	114	—	Running	—	85
27	9	-18	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	113	—	Running	—	82
28	37	+9	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing	112	—	Running	—	79
29	34	+5	Blair Aiken	Stoke Racing	111	—	Running	—	76
30	38	+8	John Soares Jr.	John Soares Jr. (Owner)	105	—	Running	—	73
31	5	-26	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	96	—	Running	—	70
32	39	+7	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	88	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	30	-3	Phil Parsons	Hamby Racing	86	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	29	-5	Scott Autrey		79	—	DNF	—	61
35	22	-13	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	78	—	DNF	—	58
36	25	-11	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	70	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	2	-35	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	46	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	40	+2	Bud Hickey		40	—	DNF	—	49
39	41	+2	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports	37	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	32	-8	Trevor Boys	Boys Racing	14	—	DNF	—	43
41	27	-14	Ron Esau	Hylton Engineering	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	40