1985 Southern 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1985 Southern 500
Name of Track:	Darlington Raceway
Date:	September 1st

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina.

Looks Like An Egg

It was the first superspeedway built with NASCAR racing in mind and is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends.

Largest Field of Racers

Darlington has an interesting history. When the 1.366 mile long track first opened over a half-century ago, it was not uncommon for there to be 80 or more entrants in a race; this was curtailed over the years as NASCAR adopted a more uniform set of guidelines with regard to the number of cars which could qualify for a race.

Flip-Flop

In recent years the track has been reconfigured; what was the front stretch is now the back stretch, and the turns have been renumbered accordingly. Seating has been increased to approximately 60,000; it has been limited by the proximity of a railroad track to the facility, a highway behind the back stretch, and the still-present pond.

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1985 Southern 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1985 Southern 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Bill Elliott	9	1	$1,053,725	367	running	Coors
2	Cale Yarborough	28	22	$22,050	367	running	Hardee's
3	Geoffrey Bodine	5	17	$21,975	367	running	Levi Garrett
4	Neil Bonnett	12	21	$17,425	366	running	Budweiser
5	Ron Bouchard	47	19	$13,330	366	running	Valvoline
6	Ricky Rudd	15	11	$13,450	366	running	Motorcraft
7	Terry Labonte	44	9	$15,500	365	running	Piedmont Airlines
8	Benny Parsons	55	3	$5,800	365	running	Copenhagen
9	Joe Ruttman	4	4	$5,350	364	running	Folger's Coffee
10	Kyle Petty	7	25	$9,995	364	running	7-Eleven
11	Tim Richmond	27	8	$8,505	364	running	Old Milwaukee
12	Richard Petty	43	24	$10,860	364	running	STP
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	20	$0	362	running	Trap Rock Industries
14	Ken Schrader	90	32	$8,475	362	running	Ultra Seal
15	Buddy Baker	88	16	$8,085	358	engine	Bull Frog Knits
16	Lake Speed	75	18	$6,865	358	running	Nationwise Auto Parts
17	Darrell Waltrip	11	7	$12,205	355	running	Budweiser
18	Buddy Arrington	67	33	$6,290	353	running	Vinton Motors
19	Dale Earnhardt	3	5	$12,835	349	engine	Wrangler Jeans
21	Harry Gant	33	6	$12,340	336	engine	Skoal Bandit
22	Pancho Carter	1	29	$2,755	336	running	Lancaster Tobacco
23	Dave Marcis	71	27	$5,240	271	vibration	AEL Rentals
24	Michael Waltrip	23	35	$2,535	266	engine	Jim Testa
25	A.J. Foyt	14	26	$2,675	248	brakes	Copenhagen
26	Clark Dwyer	64	37	$4,595	237	crash	Sunny King Ford & Honda
29	Slick Johnson	51	38	$2,005	184	oil press	Johnson Racing
30	Bobby Allison	22	23	$1,950	162	engine	Miller American
31	Trevor Boys	49	30	$4,100	134	crash	Hylton Racing
32	Eddie Bierschwale	6	34	$4,025	108	engine	U.S. Racing
33	Tommy Ellis	18	12	$1,735	101	trans	Eric Freedlander
34	H.B. Bailey	36	31	$1,680	94	crash	Almeda Auto Parts
35	Greg Sacks	77	10	$8,400	60	crash	Miller American
36	Tommy Houston	32	28	$1,645	47	engine	Houston Racing
37	Morgan Shepherd	16	15	$1,490	22	engine	Carolina Tool
38	Rusty Wallace	2	14	$3,880	21	crash	Alugard
39	Phil Parsons	66	13	$1,435	21	crash	Skoal Bandit
40	David Pearson	21	2	$2,625	17	engine	Chattanooga Chew