|| *Comments on the 1985 Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500:* View the most recent comment <#25> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. MOST posted: 05.07.2006 - 7:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Greatest sponsor name ever. 2. Bill posted: 11.21.2006 - 1:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Geoff Bodine dominated this race but a late pit stop cost him the victory. 3. Destiny posted: 09.21.2007 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last start for Steve Gray. 4. Anonymous posted: 12.11.2007 - 10:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Steve Gray was longtime independent driver Henley Gray's son. 5. JR posted: 03.09.2008 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The sponsor was local jeweler Tommy Van Scoy, who sponsored the race because his son wanted to get into NASCAR driving. Didn't work out as hoped. 6. WillG_46 posted: 04.17.2008 - 11:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 4th consecutive 2nd place finish for Harry Gant. 7. Clayton posted: 06.09.2008 - 10:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Damn Awesome Bill 6 wins in 13 races!! 8. Jim posted: 09.10.2009 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Phil Good finished 30th in a Dodge. Was this the last race for Dodge until 2001 ? 9. Anonymous posted: 04.06.2010 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 60 DODGE 10. Matt posted: 05.04.2012 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Car owner for the #53 of Bill Scott was Jimmy Human. 11. Matt posted: 05.04.2012 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Read further in the article, 53 was actually owned by Wayne Smith. Sorry, Human took interest in the team in 1987. 12. Ryan W posted: 06.23.2013 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For most of Bill's career he was mainly a front runner, never a down the stetch guy... 13. Walleyewhacker posted: 02.15.2014 - 1:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chasing down Rusty Wallace from a half lap down under the last green flag at Pocono to win in 1989 is down the stretch. His win August win at MIS in 1987 passing a dozen cars in the last green flag segment before getting to Rusty and then out foxing Dale in the laps 4 laps is down the stretch. His Southern 500 win in 1988 battling Rusty for the last 25 laps was down the stretch. His very first Cup win at Riverside in 1983 he passed Benny Parson to win down the stretch. 14. saltsburgtrojanfan posted: 07.19.2014 - 9:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution 1: Lap 177-180: #31 engine failure Caution 2: Lap 182-184: debris Caution 3: Lap 186-188: #7,8,17 spin turn 2 15. Tim posted: 12.13.2014 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Guess what Ryan....from 1995 until his death Dale Sr. never won a championship....bet that one stings..... 16. Old_Timer posted: 06.09.2016 - 12:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ... and Billy Scott's car owner Wayne Smith (from Advance, North Carolina) is NOT the same Wayne Smith who was a driver in the '60s and early '70s ... ... this Wayne Smith ran a garage in Elberton, Georgia (my hometown) and bought them a car and went racing (a couple of Cup starts -- a couple of ARCA starts [car melted down -- literally! -- on pit road at Talladega during an ARCA race]) ... ... ... 17. Old_Timer posted: 06.09.2016 - 1:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I meant that to read "Wayne Smith from Advance, North Carolina who drove in the late '60 and early '70s" is NOT the same Wayne Smith who owned Bill Scott's car ... LOL!! 18. Maverick19 posted: 03.24.2017 - 10:19 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Harry Gant finishes 2nd for the 4th race in a row. 19. MattJ posted: 01.29.2018 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Phil Good's #76 car was actually a Chrysler Imperial he had bought from Buddy Arrington. This one had a white body with a red roof. 20. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 12.11.2018 - 9:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) J.D Mc Duffie was in a Ford this race, same car as the Summer 500. 21. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 12.11.2018 - 10:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Update #70 J.D. McDuffie Lockhart Ford Mercury Ford #88 Buddy Baker Liquid Wrench / WLEV Oldsmobile 22. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 04.16.2020 - 1:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ESPN broadcast this race. Bob Jenkins and Larry Nuber were in the booth with Dick Berggren and Jack Arute in the pits. 23. Canadianfan posted: 05.16.2020 - 11:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Phil Good was in one of Arrington's old Chrysler Imperial's not a Dodge. This is confirmed by newspaper sources and checking out the broadcast footage from YouTube. 24. Shawn posted: 07.01.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What a race. No caution flags until 177th lap. 25. QFH posted: 09.25.2020 - 6:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most recent time that the top 3 starters finished 1-2-3 in order. Also first and only time in 9 years that the first Pocono race was won from pole. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: