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1985 - Atlanta Journal 500 Race Results


Race Name - Atlanta Journal 500
Date - 11/3/1985
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 167.94 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 39
Average Race Speed - 139.59 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $305,710
Race Number - 27
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Bill Elliott 9 Coors (Harry Melling) 328 Ford 175 $57,650
2 9 Cale Yarborough 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 328 Ford 137 $29,600
3 6 Darrell Waltrip 11 Budweiser (Junior Johnson) 328 Chevrolet 2 $21,125
4 13 Dale Earnhardt 3 Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress) 328 Chevrolet 0 $15,300
5 14 Morgan Shepherd 16 Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins) 327 Chevrolet 0 $7,150
6 4 Terry Labonte 44 Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan) 327 Chevrolet 0 $15,025
7 20 Lake Speed 75 Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises) 327 Pontiac 0 $8,805
8 1 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 327 Chevrolet 14 $15,675
9 15 Greg Sacks 77 Miller American (DiGard) 327 Buick 0 $10,150
10 5 Richard Petty 43 STP (Mike Curb) 326 Pontiac 0 $10,675
11 2 Geoffrey Bodine 5 Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick) 326 Chevrolet 0 $10,915
12 27 Neil Bonnett 12 Budweiser (Junior Johnson) 326 Chevrolet 0 $9,005
13 17 Buddy Baker 88 Bull Frog Knits (Buddy Baker Danny Schiff) 326 Oldsmobile 0 $6,490
14 29 Phil Parsons 66 Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson Richard Jackson) 325 Chevrolet 0 $2,385
15 26 Ken Schrader 90 Sunny King Ford Honda (Junie Donlavey) 325 Ford 0 $6,560
16 11 Ron Bouchard 47 Valvoline (Jack Beebe) 325 Buick 0 $5,730
17 21 Tim Richmond 27 Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) 324 Pontiac 0 $7,510
18 31 Rick Wilson 21 Hoss Ellington 321 Chevrolet 0 $1,945
19 10 Bobby Hillin Jr 8 Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers) 320 Chevrolet 0 $3,670
20 16 Buddy Arrington 67 Motorsports Design (Buddy Arrington) 319 Ford 0 $5,250
21 34 Rusty Wallace 2 Alugard (Cliff Stewart) 317 Pontiac 0 $5,560
22 25 Alan Kulwicki 38 Hardees (Bill Terry) 317 Ford 0 $1,565
23 28 Rick Baldwin 45 Morris Racing (Bob Morris) 316 Pontiac 0 $1,485
24 39 Eddie Bierschwale 6 VR Racing (DK Ulrich) 314 Chevrolet 0 $4,110
25 36 Chet Fillip 31 Circle Bar Truck Corral (Tom Mitchell) 308 Ford 0 $1,425
26 24 Bobby Allison 22 Miller American (Bobby Allison) 305 Buick 0 $1,295
27 40 JD McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture (JD McDuffie) 305 Pontiac 0 $3,810
28 38 Dave Marcis 71 AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis) 272 Chevrolet 0 $4,010
29 23 Kyle Petty 7 7Eleven (Wood Brothers) 267 Ford 0 $3,970
30 30 Sammy Swindell 72 Sizzler (Raymond Beadle) 242 Pontiac 0 $1,175
31 7 Ricky Rudd 15 Motorcraft (Bud Moore) 208 Ford 0 $7,650
32 12 Joe Ruttman 4 Folgers Decaffeinated (Larry McClure) 198 Chevrolet 0 $1,125
33 8 Benny Parsons 55 Copenhagen (Leo Jackson Richard Jackson) 190 Chevrolet 0 $1,200
34 37 Ken Ragan 17 McCord Gaskets (Roger Hamby) 181 Chevrolet 0 $3,335
35 18 Connie Saylor 99 Ball Racing (Ralph Ball) 172 Chevrolet 0 $1,065
36 35 Tommy Ellis 18 Eric Freedlander 164 Chevrolet 0 $1,050
37 42 Trevor Boys 49 McCaig Racing (James Hylton) 135 Chevrolet 0 $3,270
38 22 AJ Foyt 14 Copenhagen (AJ Foyt) 117 Oldsmobile 0 $1,020
39 19 Michael Waltrip 23 Hawaiian Punch (Dick Bahre) 92 Chevrolet 0 $1,005
40 41 Clark Dwyer 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 90 Ford 0 $2,490
41 33 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 64 Pontiac 0 $2,490
42 32 Davey Allison 1 Lancaster Premium (Hoss Ellington) 52 Chevrolet 0 $990