Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1985

Bill Elliott

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1985 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1985, leading 60 of 188 laps. Kyle Petty finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1985

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	188	—	Running	60	180
2	4	+2	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	188	—	Running	9	175
3	2	-1	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	188	—	Running	97	175
4	17	+13	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	187	—	Running	3	165
5	15	+10	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	187	—	Running	—	155
6	32	+26	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	185	—	Running	—	150
7	3	-4	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	185	—	Running	2	151
8	18	+10	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	185	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	184	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	183	—	Running	—	134
11	14	+3	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	182	—	Running	—	130
12	24	+12	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	181	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Morgan Shepherd	Shepherd Racing	180	—	Running	—	124
14	28	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	175	—	Running	—	121
15	38	+23	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	174	—	Running	—	118
16	27	+11	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	171	—	Running	—	115
17	37	+20	Bosco Lowe	Hamby Racing	171	—	Running	—	0
18	39	+21	Dick Skillen	Goffco	167	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	161	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	21	+1	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	159	—	Running	—	103
21	13	-8	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	155	—	DNF - Engine	12	105
22	26	+4	Connie Saylor	Ball Racing	155	—	DNF	—	97
23	29	+6	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing	150	—	DNF	—	94
24	5	-19	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	137	—	DNF	1	96
25	10	-15	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing	113	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	12	-14	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	106	—	DNF	1	90
27	9	-18	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	94	—	DNF - Engine	1	87
28	19	-9	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	85	—	DNF	—	79
29	16	-13	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	74	—	DNF	2	81
30	6	-24	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	70	—	DNF	—	73
31	23	-8	Mike Alexander	Sims Brothers Racing	70	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	34	+2	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	61	—	DNF	—	67
33	36	+3	Don Hume	Hylton Engineering	35	—	DNF	—	64
34	11	-23	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	33	—	DNF	—	61
35	33	-2	Phil Barkdoll	Helen Rae Motorsports	33	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	8	-28	David Pearson	Ellington Racing	26	—	DNF	—	55
37	35	-2	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing	7	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	25	-13	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	7	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	30	-9	Trevor Boys	Benfield Racing	6	—	DNF - Engine	—	46