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The ''1985 Summer 500'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 21, 1985, at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== Temperatures for this race would hover between and ; while the average temperature was . Wind speeds would reach for most of the day.〔 Visibility for the area was an at impressive .〔 Two hundred laps were done on a paved track spanning .〔〔〔(''1985 Summer 500'' information ) at Driver Averages〕 The race took three hours and forty-two seconds to resolve itself with Bill Elliott defeating Neil Bonnett by five seconds.〔〔 Six cautions were given out by NASCAR officials for 24 laps.〔 Bill Elliott won the pole with a qualifying speed of while the average speed of the race was .〔〔〔(''1985 Summer 500'' information ) at Database Racing〕 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 was born in Canada.〔 J.D. McDuffie would "earn" a last-place finish on lap 10 due to an engine problem.〔〔〔〔 Bill Elliott's win for Melling Racing would earn him $44,025 in total winnings ($ when adjusted for inflation) while last-place finisher McDuffie would walk away with a meager $2,675 for McDuffie Racing ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1985 Summer 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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