| 1985 Delaware 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 22 of 28 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $298,440 | Race Date: | Sep 15, 1985 | Dover International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap | Race Duration: | 4h 8m 52s | Dover, Delaware | |
| Lead Changes: | 16 | Average Speed: | 120.538 MPH | 1 Mile Concrete Banked Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 39 | No. of Cautions: | 6 For 45 Laps | doverspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Harry Gant H. Gant | Driver: | Bill Elliott B. Elliott | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #33 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #9 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Mach 1 Racing | Team: | Melling Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Travis Carter | Crew Chief: | Ernie Elliott | Buick: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 216 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 141.543 MPH | |||||
| Official 1985 Delaware 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 4 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Running |  | 185 | 500 | 216 |
| 2 | 10 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser | Running | | 175 | 500 | 10 |
| 3 | 7 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft | Running |  | 170 | 499 | 55 |
| 4 | 19 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American | Running | | 165 | 496 | 45 |
| 5 | 5 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser | Running | | 155 | 496 | 0 |
| 6 | 22 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Running |  | 150 | 496 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Running | | 146 | 496 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline | Running |  | 142 | 494 | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 143 | 492 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts | Running | | 134 | 491 | 0 |
| 11 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Grocery | Running | | 130 | 484 | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | 17 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 127 | 483 | 0 |
| 13 | 28 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Running | | 124 | 481 | 0 |
| 14 | 31 | 96 | Jerry Bowman | Milford Fertilizer | Running | | 121 | 465 | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Transmission | | 118 | 463 | 0 |
| 16 | 25 | 90 | Ken Schrader (R) | Ultra-Seal | Running | | 115 | 462 | 0 |
| 17 | 37 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping | Running | | 112 | 458 | 0 |
| 18 | 34 | 76 | Phil Good | Good Racing | Running | Chrysler | 109 | 438 | 0 |
| 19 | 15 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Ael Rentals | Running | | 106 | 435 | 0 |
| 20 | 1 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors | Running | | 108 | 430 | 173 |
| 21 | 30 | 32 | Alan Kulwicki | Hardee's | Ignition | | 100 | 412 | 0 |
| 22 | 12 | 0 | Morgan Shepherd | Helen Rae Motorsports | Transmission | | 97 | 381 | 0 |
| 23 | 18 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Trap Rock Industries | Ignition | | 94 | 347 | 0 |
| 24 | 2 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines | Push Rod | | 91 | 313 | 0 |
| 25 | 3 | 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Levi Garrett | Engine | | 88 | 309 | 0 |
| 26 | 9 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Freedlander Financial | Engine | | 85 | 268 | 0 |
| 27 | 24 | 6 | Eddie Bierschwale (R) | US Racing | Engine | | 82 | 260 | 0 |
| 28 | 32 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Hanover Printing | Engine | | 79 | 203 | 0 |
| 29 | 11 | 77 | Greg Sacks | Miller American | Accident | | 76 | 159 | 0 |
| 30 | 29 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Ford& Honda | Engine | | 73 | 141 | 0 |
| 31 | 21 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard | Engine | | 70 | 137 | 0 |
| 32 | 35 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Selcam Enterprises | Brakes | | 67 | 137 | 0 |
| 33 | 20 | 4 | Joe Ruttman | Folgers | Engine | | 64 | 104 | 0 |
| 34 | 26 | 49 | Trevor Boys | Hylton Engineering | Engine | | 61 | 85 | 0 |
| 35 | 14 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Bull Frog Knits | Accident |  | 58 | 83 | 0 |
| 36 | 36 | 1 | Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Brakes | | 55 | 53 | 0 |
| 37 | 33 | 85 | Tommie Crozier | Universal Steel | Overheating | | 52 | 30 | 0 |
| 38 | 38 | 63 | Chuck Walton | Williams Racing | Handling | | 49 | 5 | 0 |
| 39 | 39 | 93 | Maurice Randall | Mre Racing | Overheating | Chrysler | 46 | 1 | 0 |
