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Valleydale 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
April 6, 1985
500 laps on 0.533 mile paved oval; 266.5 miles
Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
1
| 12
| Dale Earnhardt
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Chevrolet
| 500
| 31,525
| running
| 214 |
2
| 6
| Ricky Rudd
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 500
| 18,050
| running
| 163 |
3
| 4
| Terry Labonte
| 44
| Billy Hagan
| Chevrolet
| 498
| 16,625
| running
| 0 |
4
| 18
| Buddy Baker
| 88
| Buddy Baker
| Oldsmobile
| 498
| 4,470
| running
| 2 |
5
| 17
| Rusty Wallace
| 2
| Cliff Stewart
| Pontiac
| 497
| 8,230
| running
| 28 |
6
| 11
| Kyle Petty
| 7
| Wood Brothers
| Ford
| 495
| 6,030
| running
| 14 |
7
| 5
| Lake Speed
| 75
| RahMoc Enterprises
| Pontiac
| 495
| 5,310
| running
| 0 |
8
| 15
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Mike Curb
| Pontiac
| 495
| 7,450
| running
| 0 |
9
| 21
| Bobby Hillin
| 8
| Stavola Brothers
| Chevrolet
| 495
| 2,050
| running
| 1 |
10
| 16
| Ken Schrader
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 489
| 5,750
| running
| 0 |
11
| 8
| Bill Elliott
| 9
| Harry Melling
| Ford
| 485
| 8,750
| running
| 0 |
12
| 25
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Chevrolet
| 483
| 4,680
| running
| 0 |
13
| 2
| Bobby Allison
| 22
| DiGard
| Buick
| 477
| 7,700
| running
| 54 |
14
| 23
| Clark Dwyer
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 477
| 3,870
| running
| 0 |
15
| 22
| Eddie Bierschwale
| 6
| D.K. Ulrich
| Chevrolet
| 465
| 4,010
| running
| 0 |
16
| 30
| Don Hume
| 49
| James Hylton
| Chevrolet
| 457
| 3,510
| running
| 0 |
17
| 7
| Ron Bouchard
| 47
| Jack Beebe
| Buick
| 440
| 3,360
| running
| 0 |
18
| 10
| Geoff Bodine
| 5
| Rick Hendrick
| Chevrolet
| 408
| 7,980
| running
| 1 |
19
| 3
| Neil Bonnett
| 12
| Junior Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 364
| 6,640
| running
| 0 |
20
| 1
| Harry Gant
| 33
| Hal Needham
| Chevrolet
| 362
| 9,950
| running
| 22 |
21
| 28
| Ronnie Thomas
| 41
| Ronnie Thomas
| Chevrolet
| 314
| 1,060
| engine
| 0 |
22
| 24
| Sterling Marlin
| 95
| Sadler Brothers
| Chevrolet
| 220
| 1,020
| accident
| 1 |
23
| 9
| Darrell Waltrip
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 178
| 8,380
| engine
| 0 |
24
| 20
| Dave Marcis
| 71
| Dave Marcis
| Oldsmobile
| 174
| 3,420
| engine
| 0 |
25
| 26
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Chrysler
| 157
| 2,690
| oil pressure
| 0 |
26
| 27
| Mike Potter
| 68
| Jimmy Walker
| Ford
| 61
| 870
| engine
| 0 |
27
| 29
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Pontiac
| 58
| 2,520
| accident
| 0 |
28
| 19
| Phil Parsons
| 17
| Roger Hamby
| Chevrolet
| 40
| 2,480
| engine
| 0 |
29
| 14
| Joe Ruttman
| 4
| Larry McClure
| Chevrolet
| 38
| 1,780
| accident
| 0 |
30
| 13
| Tim Richmond
| 27
| Raymond Beadle
| Pontiac
| 36
| 2,410
| accident
| 0 |
|
| Benny Parsons
|
| ESPN
|
|
| 0
| color commentary
| |
|
| Jack Arute
|
| ESPN
|
|
| 0
| pit reporter
| |
|
| Bob Jenkins
|
| ESPN
|
|
| 0
| lead announcer
| |
Notes: Scheduled for March 31; postponed because of rain.
Time of race: 03:15:42
Average Speed: 81.79 MPH
Pole Speed: 17.014 seconds
14 cautions for 90 laps
Attendance: 36,500