A lot of finger-pointing after Darrell Waltrip's 1985 win with a suspect Junior Johnson motor.
, and Cale Yarborough. Instead of standard qualifying, the pole was awarded to Labonte, the defending series champion; the rest of the grid was set based on each driver’s 1984 victory totals.
Darrell Waltrip crosses the finish line at the 1985 All-Star Race, just moments before the car’s engine blew up in a plume of smoke.For the most part, the race was a snoozer. Waltrip led the first 19 laps, but Labonte eased by to lead lap 20 and earn the first $10,000 bonus. Waltrip then led 21-24, Labonte 25-35, and Waltrip again 36-37. Harry Gant took command at that point, leading from lap 38 and running away from the field, with Waltrip a distant second.
To this day—nearly for decades later—many people involved with NASCAR at the time still feel the winning engine was illegal, that Waltrip made it blow up to escape post-race tech. Naturally, he denies it and Johnson always did, too. But Waltrip did acknowledge that Johnson created the winning motor to run about 100 miles—including practice sessions—and not much farther.
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