The 1985 Summer 500 is a NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 21, 1985 at Pocono International Raceway in the American

United States

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 community of Long Pond

Long Pond, Pennsylvania

Long Pond is an unincorporated community in Monroe County in the Pocono Mountains region of Pennsylvania, a part of the Appalachian Mountains. The zip code is 18334....

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Summary

Temperatures for this race would hover between 62.1 °F (16.7 °C) and 86 °F (30 °C); while the average temperature was 74.1 °F (23.4 °C). Wind speeds would reach 6.1 miles per hour (9.8 km/h) for most of the day. Visibility for the area was an at impressive 9.8 miles (15.8 km). Two hundred laps were done on a paved track spanning 2.5 miles (4 km). The race took three hours and forty-two seconds to resolve itself with Bill Elliott

Bill Elliott

William Clyde "Bill" Elliott , also known as Awesome Bill from Dawsonville or Million Dollar Bill, 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...

 defeating Neil Bonnett

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 victories. He appeared in the 1983 film Stroker Ace and the 1990 film Days of Thunder...

 by five seconds. Six cautions were given out by NASCAR officials for 24 laps. Bill Elliott won the pole with a qualifying speed of 151.973 miles per hour (244.6 km/h) while the average speed of the race was 134.008 miles per hour (215.7 km/h). Darrell Waltrip originally earned the pole position award but was stripped for using illegal fuel two weeks after the race was finished. There were 40 drivers in the race; 39 of them were American-born while Trevor Boys

Trevor Boys

Trevor Boys , is a Canadian race car driver. He raced in 102 Winston Cup races from 1982 to 1993, posting two top-ten finishes, and ran six races in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2003, his best finish a 22nd at Memphis Motorsports Park...

 was born in Canada

Canada

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. J.D. McDuffie

J.D. McDuffie

John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He raced in the top division of NASCAR from 1963 to 1991. McDuffie had 106 top-tens in his Cup Series career...

 would "earn" a last-place finish on lap 10 due to an engine

Engine

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 problem.

Bill Elliott's win for Melling Racing

Melling Racing

Melling Racing was a NASCAR team that ran from 1982 to 2002. The team won the 1988 championship with driver Bill Elliott.-History:Owner Harry Melling first became involved in NASCAR when his company Melling Tool sponsored Benny Parsons in 1979. The team began in 1982 with driver Bill Elliott by...

 would earn him $44,025 in total winnings ($ in today's money) while last-place finisher McDuffie would walk away with a meager $2,675 for McDuffie Racing ($ in today's money).