The
1985 Daytona 500 was run on February 17, 1985 at
Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the biggest and greatest race in all of NASCAR, "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. Today the facility has a seating capacity of almost 168,000 spectators...
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Bill ElliottWilliam Clyde Elliott, a.k.a. Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007. He won the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship and has garnered 44...
won the pole.
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The
1985 Daytona 500 was run on February 17, 1985 at
Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the biggest and greatest race in all of NASCAR, "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. Today the facility has a seating capacity of almost 168,000 spectators...
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Bill ElliottWilliam Clyde Elliott, a.k.a. Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007. He won the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship and has garnered 44...
won the pole.
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- 9 - Bill Elliott
William Clyde Elliott, a.k.a. Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007. He won the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship and has garnered 44...
- 75 - Lake Speed
-Background:Lake was named after the best friend of his father, Bob Lake. Lake's father Leland L. Speed took office as the Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi in 1948, the same year that he was born. He started his racing career at the age of thirteen racing karts, much to the displeasure of his family...
- 11 - Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com. He is the older brother of current NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip.- Local racer :Waltrip was born in...
- 88 - Buddy Baker
Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former American NASCAR racecar driver.-Early life:...
- 15 - Ricky Rudd
Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd.Rudd is known as the "Ironman" of NASCAR, holding the record for most consecutive starts in NASCAR racing...
- 51 - Greg Sacks
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- 5 - Geoffrey Bodine
- 2 - Rusty Wallace
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- 8 - Bobby Hillin, Jr.
Bobby Hillin, Jr. , is an American stock car racecar driver. Hillin's love for racing began when he was a young boy watching his father's USAC Sprint and Indy cars race across the Midwest. At the age of 13, after a short period of racing go-karts and motocross, Hillin drove his first race car in...
- 12 - Neil Bonnett
Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career. The Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins. He appeared in the 1983 Burt Reynolds movie Stroker Ace...