Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1985

Cale Yarborough

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1985 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1985, leading 41 of 188 laps. Neil Bonnett finished second; Ron Bouchard rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1985

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

12 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	188	—	Running	41	180
2	16	+14	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	188	—	Running	20	175
3	24	+21	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	188	—	Running	5	170
4	1	-3	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	188	—	Running	100	170
5	4	-1	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	187	—	Running	1	0
6	29	+23	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	187	—	Running	—	150
7	21	+14	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	187	—	Running	1	151
8	40	+32	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	187	—	Running	—	142
9	25	+16	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	186	—	Running	—	138
10	22	+12	Davey Allison	Ellington Racing	186	—	Running	—	0
11	18	+7	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	186	—	Running	—	130
12	10	-2	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing	186	—	Running	—	127
13	17	+4	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	186	—	Running	—	124
14	19	+5	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	184	—	Running	—	121
15	30	+15	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	184	—	Running	—	118
16	8	-8	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	184	—	Running	1	120
17	23	+6	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	183	—	Running	—	112
18	12	-6	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	180	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Lennie Pond	Hamby Racing	178	—	Running	—	106
20	31	+11	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing	177	—	Running	—	103
21	39	+18	Bobby Wawak	Gray Racing	175	—	Running	—	100
22	27	+5	Phil Barkdoll	Helen Rae Motorsports	167	—	Running	—	97
23	6	-17	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	160	—	DNF - Crash	2	99
24	14	-10	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	156	—	Running	8	96
25	5	-20	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	151	—	Running	—	88
26	33	+7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	145	—	DNF	—	85
27	38	+11	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	142	—	Running	1	87
28	42	+14	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	140	—	DNF	—	79
29	32	+3	Rick Wilson	Wawak Racing	111	—	DNF	—	0
30	15	-15	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	102	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
31	20	-11	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	92	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	41	+9	Trevor Boys	Hylton Engineering	91	—	DNF	3	72
33	7	-26	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	84	—	DNF	5	69
34	36	+2	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	73	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	3	-32	David Pearson	Pearson Racing	54	—	DNF	—	58
36	13	-23	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	53	—	DNF	—	55
37	34	-3	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)	33	—	DNF	—	52
38	11	-27	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	33	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	9	-30	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	24	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	37	-3	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	21	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	26	-15	Connie Saylor	Ball Racing	11	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	28	-14	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	37