| 1985 Valleydale 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 5 of 28 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $192,570 | Race Date: | Apr 6, 1985 | Bristol Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.140 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 15Min 42Sec. | Bristol, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 18 | Average Speed: | 81.789 MPH | .533 Mile Concrete Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | 14 For 90 Laps | bristolmotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dale Earnhardt D. Earnhardt | Driver: | Harry Gant H. Gant | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #3 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #33 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Richard Childress Racing | Team: | Mach 1 Racing | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Kirk Shelmerdine | Crew Chief: | Pontiac: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 214 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 112.778 MPH | |||||
| Official 1985 Valleydale 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 12 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Running |  | 185 | 500 | 214 |
| 2 | 6 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft | Running |  | 175 | 500 | 163 |
| 3 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines | Running | | 165 | 498 | 0 |
| 4 | 18 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Liquid Wrench | Running |  | 165 | 498 | 2 |
| 5 | 17 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard | Running |  | 160 | 497 | 28 |
| 6 | 11 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Running | | 155 | 495 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts | Running | | 146 | 495 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 142 | 495 | 0 |
| 9 | 21 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Trap Rock Industries | Running | | 143 | 495 | 1 |
| 10 | 16 | 90 | Ken Schrader (R) | Ultra-Seal | Running | | 134 | 489 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors | Running | | 130 | 485 | 0 |
| 12 | 25 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Running | | 127 | 483 | 0 |
| 13 | 2 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American | Running |  | 129 | 477 | 54 |
| 14 | 23 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Ford& Honda | Running | | 121 | 477 | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | 6 | Eddie Bierschwale (R) | US Racing | Running | | 118 | 465 | 0 |
| 16 | 30 | 49 | Don Hume (R) | Cleaner Hands | Running | | 115 | 457 | 0 |
| 17 | 7 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline | Running | | 112 | 440 | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Levi Garrett | Running | | 114 | 408 | 1 |
| 19 | 3 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser | Running | | 106 | 364 | 0 |
| 20 | 1 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 108 | 362 | 22 |
| 21 | 28 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing | Engine | | 100 | 314 | 0 |
| 22 | 24 | 95 | Sterling Marlin | Auto Shack | Accident | | 102 | 220 | 1 |
| 23 | 9 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser | Engine | | 94 | 178 | 0 |
| 24 | 20 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Ael Rentals | Engine | | 91 | 174 | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Grocery | Oil Pressure | Chrysler | 88 | 157 | 0 |
| 26 | 27 | 68 | Mike Potter | Walker Enterprises | Engine | | 85 | 61 | 0 |
| 27 | 29 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Rumple Furniture Company | Accident | | 82 | 58 | 0 |
| 28 | 19 | 17 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit | Engine | | 79 | 40 | 0 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Joe Ruttman | Folgers | Accident | | 76 | 38 | 0 |
| 30 | 13 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Accident | | 73 | 36 | 0 |
