Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1985

Bill Elliott

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1985 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1985, leading 136 of 200 laps. Lake Speed finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1985

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		200	—	Running	136	185
2	14	+12	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises		200	—	Running	2	175
3	3	—	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		199	—	Running	—	165
4	7	+3	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing		199	—	Running	—	160
5	9	+4	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		199	—	Running	—	155
6	13	+7	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		199	—	Running	2	155
7	17	+10	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports		198	—	Running	—	146
8	22	+14	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		197	—	Running	—	142
9	38	+29	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		197	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		195	—	DNF - Engine	22	139
11	24	+13	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing		195	—	Running	—	130
12	29	+17	Mike Alexander	Sims Brothers Racing		194	—	Running	—	127
13	26	+13	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		192	—	Running	—	124
14	25	+11	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		192	—	Running	—	121
15	36	+21	Morgan Shepherd	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	190	—	Running	—	118
16	20	+4	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing		188	—	DNF	—	115
17	32	+15	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		185	—	DNF	—	112
18	39	+21	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing		182	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Lennie Pond	Hylton Engineering		178	—	DNF - Crash	—	106
20	40	+20	Slick Johnson	Gray Racing		175	—	Running	—	103
21	37	+16	Ken Ragan	Hamby Racing		172	—	Running	—	100
22	11	-11	Dick Brooks	Petty Enterprises		171	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	28	+5	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing		161	—	Running	—	94
24	21	-3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		156	—	DNF	—	91
25	31	+6	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		154	—	DNF - Engine	2	93
26	10	-16	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		124	—	DNF - Engine	1	90
27	35	+8	Trevor Boys	Benfield Racing		103	—	DNF	—	82
28	4	-24	David Pearson	Ellington Racing		98	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	12	-17	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports		91	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	16	-14	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		90	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	5	-26	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports		84	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	18	-14	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		84	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	34	+1	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		82	—	DNF - Engine	1	69
34	8	-26	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		80	—	DNF	2	66
35	33	-2	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		66	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	2	-34	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		62	—	DNF - Engine	32	60
37	6	-31	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing		58	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	15	-23	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		45	—	DNF	—	49
39	23	-16	Doug Heveron	Tom Heveron (Owner)		44	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	30	-10	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)		38	—	DNF - Engine	—	43