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Bristol Motor Speedway
April 06, 1985 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet | 500 | 185 | 31,525 | Running | |
| 2 | 6 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Ford | 500 | 175 | 18,050 | Running | |
| 3 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 498 | 165 | 16,625 | Running | |
| 4 | 18 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Liquid Wrench Oldsmobile | 498 | 165 | 4,470 | Running | |
| 5 | 17 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard Pontiac | 497 | 160 | 8,230 | Running | |
| 6 | 11 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Ford | 495 | 155 | 6,030 | Running | |
| 7 | 5 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac | 495 | 146 | 5,310 | Running | |
| 8 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 495 | 142 | 7,450 | Running | |
| 9 | 21 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Trap Rock Industries Chevrolet | 495 | 143 | 2,050 | Running | |
| 10 | 16 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Ultra Seal Ford | 489 | 134 | 5,750 | Running | |
| 11 | 8 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 485 | 130 | 8,750 | Running | |
| 12 | 25 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Chevrolet | 483 | 127 | 4,680 | Running | |
| 13 | 2 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American Buick | 477 | 129 | 7,700 | Running | |
| 14 | 23 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 477 | 121 | 3,870 | Running | |
| 15 | 22 | 6 | Eddie Bierschwale | U.S. Racing Chevrolet | 465 | 118 | 4,010 | Running | |
| 16 | 30 | 49 | Don Hume | Cleaner Hands Formula Chevrolet | 457 | 115 | 3,510 | Running | |
| 17 | 7 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline Buick | 440 | 112 | 3,360 | Running | |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 408 | 114 | 7,980 | Running | |
| 19 | 3 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser Chevrolet | 364 | 106 | 6,640 | Running | |
| 20 | 1 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 362 | 108 | 9,950 | Running | |
| 21 | 28 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing Chevrolet | 314 | 100 | 1,060 | Engine | |
| 22 | 24 | 95 | Sterling Marlin | Auto Shack Chevrolet | 220 | 102 | 1,020 | Accident | |
| 23 | 9 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser Chevrolet | 178 | 94 | 8,380 | Engine | |
| 24 | 20 | 71 | Dave Marcis | AEL Rentals Oldsmobile | 174 | 91 | 3,420 | Engine | |
| 25 | 26 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing Chrysler | 157 | 88 | 2,690 | Oil Pressure | |
| 26 | 27 | 68 | Mike Potter | Walker Enterprises Ford | 61 | 85 | 870 | Engine | |
| 28 | 19 | 17 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 40 | 79 | 2,480 | Engine | |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Joe Ruttman | Folger's Coffee Chevrolet | 38 | 76 | 1,780 | Accident | |
| 30 | 13 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 36 | 73 | 2,410 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 15 Minutes 42 Seconds
Average Speed .:81.79
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds