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Dover International Speedway
September 15, 1985 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1-Mile Superspeedway 500 Laps/500 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 500 | 185 | 44,950 | Running | |
| 2 | 10 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser Chevrolet | 500 | 175 | 29,750 | Running | |
| 3 | 7 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Ford | 499 | 170 | 31,450 | Running | |
| 4 | 19 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American Ford | 496 | 165 | 8,875 | Running | |
| 5 | 5 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser Chevrolet | 496 | 155 | 14,275 | Running | |
| 6 | 22 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 496 | 150 | 9,980 | Running | |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet | 496 | 146 | 12,600 | Running | |
| 8 | 6 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline Buick | 494 | 142 | 8,595 | Running | |
| 9 | 13 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 492 | 143 | 10,600 | Running | |
| 10 | 17 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac | 491 | 134 | 8,225 | Running | |
| 11 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing Ford | 484 | 130 | 6,695 | Running | |
| 12 | 23 | 17 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 483 | 127 | 6,055 | Running | |
| 13 | 28 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 481 | 124 | 5,685 | Running | |
| 14 | 31 | 96 | Jerry Bowman | Milford Fertilizer Ford | 465 | 121 | 2,100 | Running | |
| 15 | 16 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Ford | 463 | 118 | 7,725 | Transmission | |
| 16 | 25 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Ultra Seal Ford | 462 | 115 | 5,815 | Running | |
| 17 | 37 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping Buick | 458 | 112 | 1,850 | Running | |
| 18 | 34 | 76 | Phil Good | Good Racing Chrysler | 438 | 109 | 1,800 | Running | |
| 19 | 15 | 71 | Dave Marcis | AEL Rentals Chevrolet | 435 | 106 | 4,455 | Running | |
| 20 | 1 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 430 | 108 | 13,350 | Running | |
| 21 | 30 | 32 | Alan Kulwicki | Hardee's Ford | 412 | 100 | 1,650 | Ignition | |
| 22 | 12 | 00 | Morgan Shepherd | Helen Rae Chevrolet | 381 | 97 | 1,600 | Transmission | |
| 23 | 18 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Trap Rock Industries Chevrolet | 347 | 94 | 3,095 | Ignition | |
| 24 | 2 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 313 | 91 | 11,550 | Push Rod | |
| 25 | 3 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 309 | 88 | 9,750 | Engine | |
| 26 | 9 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Chevrolet | 268 | 85 | 1,400 | Engine | |
| 27 | 24 | 6 | Eddie Bierschwale | U.S. Racing Chevrolet | 260 | 82 | 3,625 | Engine | |
| 29 | 11 | 77 | Greg Sacks | Miller American Buick | 159 | 76 | 7,750 | Accident | |
| 30 | 29 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Honda Ford | 141 | 73 | 3,455 | Engine | |
| 31 | 21 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard Pontiac | 137 | 70 | 4,385 | Engine | |
| 32 | 35 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Selcam Enterprises Buick | 137 | 67 | 1,100 | Brakes | |
| 33 | 20 | 4 | Joe Ruttman | Folger's Coffee Chevrolet | 104 | 64 | 1,050 | Engine | |
| 34 | 26 | 49 | Trevor Boys | Hylton Racing Chevrolet | 85 | 61 | 2,500 | Engine | |
| 35 | 14 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Bull Frog Knits Oldsmobile | 83 | 58 | 2,400 | Accident | |
| 36 | 36 | 01 | Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing Oldsmobile | 53 | 55 | 875 | Brakes | |
| 37 | 33 | 85 | Tommie Crozier | Universal Steel Pontiac | 30 | 52 | 875 | Overheating | |
| 38 | 38 | 63 | Chuck Walton | Williams Racing Chevrolet | 5 | 49 | 875 | Handling | |
| 39 | 39 | 93 | Maurice Randall | MRE Racing Chrysler | 1 | 46 | 850 | Overheating |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 8 Minutes 52 Seconds
Average Speed .:120.538
Margin of Victory .: 28.000 Seconds