Nationwise 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1985

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1985 Nationwise 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1985, leading 73 of 492 laps. Ron Bouchard finished second; Harry Gant rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1985

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	20	+19	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	492	—	Running	73	180
2	16	+14	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	492	—	Running	68	175
3	11	+8	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	492	—	Running	—	165
4	12	+8	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	492	—	Running	1	165
5	13	+8	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	492	—	Running	17	160
6	10	+4	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	492	—	Running	4	155
7	9	+2	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	492	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	489	—	Running	32	147
9	14	+5	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	489	—	Running	—	138
10	4	-6	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	488	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	487	—	Running	—	130
12	1	-11	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	484	—	Running	134	132
13	21	+8	Phil Parsons	Hamby Racing	484	—	Running	—	124
14	18	+4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	482	—	Running	—	121
15	8	-7	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	481	—	Running	—	118
16	30	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	481	—	Running	—	115
17	31	+14	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	480	—	Running	—	112
18	38	+20	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	473	—	Running	—	109
19	22	+3	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	469	—	Running	—	106
20	27	+7	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering	464	—	Running	—	0
21	34	+13	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	453	—	Running	—	0
22	37	+15	Mike Potter	Potter Racing	451	—	Running	—	97
23	33	+10	Jeff McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	408	—	Running	—	0
24	28	+4	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing	441	—	Running	—	91
25	19	-6	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	433	—	Running	—	88
26	36	+10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	445	—	Running	—	85
27	25	-2	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Terry (Owner)	398	—	DNF	—	82
28	5	-23	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	391	—	DNF - Crash	149	89
29	2	-27	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	390	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	3	-27	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	384	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	6	-25	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	367	—	Running	—	70
32	40	+8	D.K. Ulrich	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	286	—	DNF	—	0
33	23	-10	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	282	—	DNF - Engine	14	69
34	35	+1	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	268	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	29	-6	Jerry Bowman	J.B. Racing	267	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	39	+3	Jonathan Edwards	Edwards Racing	194	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	32	-5	Craig Spetman		188	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	17	-21	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	143	—	DNF	—	49
39	26	-13	Morgan Shepherd	Beahr Racing Enterprises	123	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	7	-33	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	9	—	DNF - Crash	—	43