Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1985

Neil Bonnett

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Neil Bonnett won the 1985 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1985, leading 97 of 492 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Terry Labonte rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1985

Winner

Neil Bonnett

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		492	—	Running	97	180
2	7	+5	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		492	—	Running	171	175
3	1	-2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		492	—	Running	208	175
4	8	+4	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises		492	—	Running	—	160
5	10	+5	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing		491	—	Running	—	155
6	18	+12	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		491	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		491	—	Running	—	146
8	13	+5	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		491	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		491	—	Running	—	138
10	11	+1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		491	—	Running	13	139
11	20	+9	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		490	—	Running	—	130
12	5	-7	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports		485	—	Running	—	127
13	24	+11	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		482	—	Running	—	124
14	19	+5	Lennie Pond	Hylton Engineering		475	—	Running	—	121
15	34	+19	Slick Johnson	Spohn Racing		472	—	Running	—	0
16	33	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	468	—	Running	—	115
17	35	+18	Mike Potter	Potter Racing		457	—	Running	—	112
18	2	-16	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		454	—	DNF	2	114
19	25	+6	Phil Parsons	Hamby Racing		448	—	Running	—	106
20	17	-3	Dick Brooks	Petty Enterprises		445	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	38	+17	Jonathan Edwards	Edwards Racing		439	—	Running	—	100
22	37	+15	Jim Southard	Jim Southard (Owner)		431	—	Running	—	0
23	30	+7	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.		412	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
24	22	-2	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		394	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	26	+1	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing		385	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	23	-3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		372	—	Running	—	85
27	32	+5	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		287	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	28	—	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		283	—	DNF	—	79
29	14	-15	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		281	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	31	+1	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		263	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	9	-22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		262	—	DNF	1	75
32	3	-29	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		162	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	12	-21	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		162	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	36	+2	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		128	—	DNF	—	61
35	40	+5	Maurice Randall	Randall Racing	Chrysler	102	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	39	+3	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		96	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	29	-8	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing		68	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	27	-11	Morgan Shepherd	Bahre Racing		61	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	21	-18	Trevor Boys	Benfield Racing		60	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	16	-24	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	43