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Lowe's Motor Speedway
October 06, 1985 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.5-Mile Superspeedway 334 Laps/501 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Ford | 334 | 180 | 51,600 | Running | |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 334 | 175 | 65,400 | Running | |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 334 | 165 | 33,625 | Running | |
| 4 | 12 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser Chevrolet | 333 | 165 | 23,450 | Running | |
| 5 | 14 | 4 | Joe Ruttman | Folger's Chevrolet | 333 | 155 | 12,400 | Running | |
| 6 | 2 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 333 | 155 | 22,155 | Running | |
| 7 | 16 | 16 | Morgan Shepherd | Carolina Tool Chevrolet | 332 | 146 | 7,780 | Running | |
| 8 | 18 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Bull Frog Knits Oldsmobile | 332 | 142 | 10,095 | Running | |
| 9 | 11 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | All Pro Auto Parts Chevrolet | 331 | 138 | 7,925 | Running | |
| 10 | 23 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 330 | 134 | 12,450 | Running | |
| 11 | 13 | 77 | Greg Sacks | Miller American Buick | 330 | 130 | 11,250 | Running | |
| 12 | 19 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac | 329 | 127 | 7,865 | Running | |
| 13 | 24 | 38 | Alan Kulwicki | Hardee's Ford | 324 | 124 | 4,200 | Running | |
| 14 | 21 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American Ford | 323 | 121 | 4,100 | Running | |
| 15 | 8 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Ford | 320 | 118 | 11,350 | Running | |
| 16 | 42 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 319 | 115 | 7,155 | Running | |
| 17 | 28 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Motorsports Design Ford | 318 | 112 | 6,935 | Running | |
| 18 | 32 | 95 | Mike Alexander | Action Vans Chevrolet | 310 | 109 | 3,500 | Running | |
| 19 | 17 | 1 | Davey Allison | Lancaster Tobacco Chevrolet | 301 | 106 | 3,600 | Engine | |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet | 301 | 103 | 12,050 | Running | |
| 21 | 31 | 6 | Eddie Bierschwale | U.S. Racing Chevrolet | 285 | 100 | 6,575 | Running | |
| 22 | 20 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Ford | 265 | 97 | 5,515 | Running | |
| 23 | 34 | 49 | Trevor Boys | Hylton Racing Chevrolet | 262 | 94 | 5,005 | Clutch | |
| 24 | 1 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 254 | 101 | 42,100 | Engine | |
| 25 | 10 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Ultra Seal Ford | 240 | 88 | 4,815 | Ignition | |
| 26 | 37 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline Buick | 238 | 85 | 4,075 | Accident | |
| 27 | 26 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 237 | 82 | 1,600 | Accident | |
| 28 | 39 | 10 | Ken Ragan | DiGard R&D Ford | 224 | 79 | 1,475 | Accident | |
| 29 | 33 | 00 | Sterling Marlin | Helen Rae Special Chevrolet | 219 | 0 | 1,350 | Flywheel | |
| 30 | 25 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard Pontiac | 210 | 73 | 4,540 | Engine | |
| 31 | 36 | 23 | Michael Waltrip | Hawaiian Punch Chevrolet | 183 | 70 | 1,300 | Engine | |
| 33 | 15 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 163 | 69 | 11,060 | Crank | |
| 34 | 38 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited Chevrolet | 161 | 61 | 3,395 | Accident | |
| 35 | 29 | 53 | Donny Paul | Paul Racing Chevrolet | 156 | 58 | 1,120 | Engine | |
| 36 | 35 | 09 | Dick Trickle | Matthews Racing Chevrolet | 138 | 55 | 1,250 | Engine | |
| 37 | 9 | 21 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew Ford | 118 | 52 | 1,330 | Rear End | |
| 38 | 40 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 114 | 49 | 3,295 | Piston | |
| 39 | 41 | 17 | Lennie Pond | McCord Gaskets Chevrolet | 87 | 46 | 2,540 | Engine | |
| 40 | 22 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Chevrolet | 84 | 43 | 1,020 | Handling | |
| 41 | 3 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen Chevrolet | 51 | 40 | 4,020 | Fuel Pump | |
| 42 | 27 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser Chevrolet | 11 | 37 | 7,520 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 39 Minutes 48 Seconds
Average Speed .:136.761
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds