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1985 Daytona 500 Results

Fin. Pos.	Str. Car Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Laps	Money	Car
1	1	9	Bill Elliott	200	$185,500	Ford
2	14	75	Lake Speed	200	$85,705	Pontiac
3	3	11	Darrell Waltrip	199	$79,350	Chevrolet
4	7	88	Buddy Baker	199	$53,075	Oldsmobile
5	9	15	Ricky Rudd	199	$52,900	Ford
6	13	51	Greg Sacks	199	$44,695	Chevrolet
7	17	5	Geoff Bodine	198	$42,025	Chevrolet
8	22	2	Rusty Wallace	197	$34,275	Pontiac
9	38	8	Bobby Hillin	197	$24,950	Chevrolet
10	19	12	Neil Bonnett	195	$33,415	Chevrolet
11	24	90	Ken Schrader	195	$25,980	Ford
12	29	84	Mike Alexander	194	$19,800	Chevrolet
13	26	74	Bobby Wawak	192	$18,305	Chevrolet
14	25	52	Jimmy Means	192	$20,435	Chevrolet
15	36	67	Morgan Shepherd	190	$15,300	Chrysler
16	20	95	Sterling Marlin	188	$16,180	Chevrolet
17	34	4	Joe Ruttman	185	$16,735	Chevrolet
18	39	64	Clark Dwyer	182	$14,805	Ford
19	27	48	Lennie Pond	178	$14,975	Chevrolet
20	40	31	Slick Johnson	175	$11,210	Chevrolet
21	37	17	Ken Ragan	172	$13,000	Chevrolet
22	11	1	Dick Brooks	171	$14,725	Ford
23	28	89	Jim Sauter	161	$10,845	Pontiac
24	21	71	Dave Marcis	156	$13,205	Chevrolet
25	31	44	Terry Labonte	154	$18,735	Chevrolet
26	10	33	Harry Gant	124	$18,130	Chevrolet
27	35	98	Trevor Boys	103	$10,630	Chevrolet
28	4	21	David Pearson	98	$19,270	Chevrolet
29	12	66	Phil Parsons	91	$10,565	Chevrolet
30	16	14	A.J. Foyt	90	$10,010	Oldsmobile
31	5	55	Benny Parsons	84	$14,755	Chevrolet
32	18	3	Dale Earnhardt	84	$17,150	Chevrolet
33	34	22	Bobby Allison	82	$14,845	Buick
34	8	43	Richard Petty	80	$18,040	Pontiac
35	33	27	Tim Richmond	66	$9,920	Pontiac
36	2	28	Cale Yarborough	62	$33,530	Ford
37	6	7	Kyle Petty	58	$15,625	Ford
38	15	47	Ron Bouchard	45	$9,670	Buick
39	23	10	Doug Heveron	44	$8,460	Chevrolet
40	30	0	Delma Cowart	38	$7,900	Chevrolet

Time of Race:	2 hours, 54 minutes, 9 seconds
Average Speed:	172.265 mph
Fastest Qualifier:	Bill Elliott, 205.114 mph
Pole:	Bill Elliott
Margin of Victory:	.94 seconds
Caution Flags:	5 for 18 laps
Lead Changes:	22 lead changes among 9 drivers. Lap Leaders: Bill Elliott 1-2, Cale Yarborough 3-4, Elliott 5-14, Yarborough 15-24, Elliott 25-35, Richard Petty 36-37, Greg Sacks 38, Terry Labonte 39-40, Yarborough 41-60, Elliott 61-72, Bobby Allison 73, Elliott 74-107, Neil Bonnett 108-110, Harry Gant 111, Sacks 112, Elliott 113-144, Lake Speed 145-146, Bonnett 147-154, Elliott 155-165, Bonnett 166-173, Elliott 174-191, Bonnett 192-194, Elliott 195-200.
Total Laps Led:	Bill Elliott 136, Cale Yarborough 32, Neil Bonnett 22, Richard Petty 2, Greg Sacks 2, Terry Labonte 2, Lake Speed 2, Bobby Allison 1, Harry Gant 1.