| 1985 Miller High Life 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 25 of 28 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $434,965 | Race Date: | Oct 6, 1985 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 39Min 48Sec. | Concord, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 14 | Average Speed: | 136.761 MPH | 1.5 Mile Paved Quad Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 42 | No. of Cautions: | 6 For 41 Laps | charlottemotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Driver: | Harry Gant H. Gant | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #28 Ford | Car No.: | #33 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Ranier Racing with MDM | Team: | Mach 1 Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Waddell Wilson | Crew Chief: | Oldsmobile: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 49 of 334 | Pole Speed: | 166.139 MPH | |||||
| Official 1985 Miller High Life 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 7 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's | Running |  | 180 | 334 | 49 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors | Running | | 175 | 334 | 107 |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Levi Garrett | Running |  | 165 | 334 | 0 |
| 4 | 12 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser | Running | | 165 | 333 | 1 |
| 5 | 14 | 4 | Joe Ruttman | Folgers | Running | | 155 | 333 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee | Running |  | 155 | 333 | 34 |
| 7 | 16 | 16 | Morgan Shepherd | Carolina Tool & Equipment | Running | | 146 | 332 | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Bull Frog Knits | Running |  | 142 | 332 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | All Pro Auto Parts | Running | | 138 | 331 | 0 |
| 10 | 23 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 134 | 330 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | 77 | Greg Sacks | Miller American | Running |  | 130 | 330 | 0 |
| 12 | 19 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts | Running | | 127 | 329 | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | 38 | Alan Kulwicki | Hardee's | Running | | 124 | 324 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American | Running | | 121 | 323 | 0 |
| 15 | 8 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft | Running | | 118 | 320 | 0 |
| 16 | 42 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Ford& Honda | Running | | 115 | 319 | 0 |
| 17 | 28 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Motorsports Design | Running | | 112 | 318 | 0 |
| 18 | 32 | 95 | Mike Alexander | Action Vans | Running | | 109 | 310 | 0 |
| 19 | 17 | 1 | Davey Allison | Lancaster Tobacco | Engine | | 106 | 301 | 0 |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Running | | 103 | 301 | 0 |
| 21 | 31 | 6 | Eddie Bierschwale (R) | U.S. Racing | Running | | 100 | 285 | 0 |
| 22 | 20 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven | Running | | 97 | 265 | 0 |
| 23 | 34 | 49 | Trevor Boys | Hylton Engineering | Clutch | | 94 | 262 | 0 |
| 24 | 1 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Engine | | 101 | 254 | 142 |
| 25 | 10 | 90 | Ken Schrader (R) | Ultra-Seal | Ignition | | 88 | 240 | 0 |
| 26 | 37 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline | Accident | | 85 | 238 | 0 |
| 27 | 26 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit | Accident | | 82 | 237 | 0 |
| 28 | 39 | 10 | Ken Ragan | DiGard Racing | Handling | | 79 | 224 | 0 |
| 29 | 33 | 00 | Sterling Marlin | Helen Rae Special | Flywheel | | 0 | 219 | 0 |
| 30 | 25 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard | Engine | | 73 | 210 | 0 |
| 31 | 36 | 23 | Michael Waltrip | Hawaiian Punch | Engine | | 70 | 183 | 0 |
| 32 | 30 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore / Copenhagen | Steering | | 67 | 177 | 0 |
| 33 | 15 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines | Crankshaft | | 69 | 163 | 1 |
| 34 | 38 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited | Accident | | 61 | 161 | 0 |
| 35 | 29 | 53 | Donny Paul | Paul Racing | Engine | | 58 | 156 | 0 |
| 36 | 35 | 9 | Dick Trickle | Matthews Racing | Engine | | 55 | 138 | 0 |
| 37 | 9 | 21 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew | Rear Gear | | 52 | 118 | 0 |
| 38 | 40 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Piston | | 49 | 114 | 0 |
| 39 | 41 | 17 | Lennie Pond | McCord Gaskets | Engine | | 46 | 87 | 0 |
| 40 | 22 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Freedlander Financial | Handling | | 43 | 84 | 0 |
| 41 | 3 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen | Fuel Pump | | 40 | 51 | 0 |
| 42 | 27 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser | Engine | | 37 | 11 | 0 |
