Hi all im new here but been a fan of Nascar for 20+ years and a huge Dale Sr fan.. I was wondering if someone on here had any info or pictures of a car dale ran in 1985 in the Winston west the car was #3 California Cooler sponsored Chevrolet and owned by childress and raced at 1985 Stroh's Beer 200 in Seattle and WON the race

updated by @bobby-hunt: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

Welcome to the site, Bobby. Maybe somebody out there has a photo.

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Here's a couple of variations on the Associated Press race report from newspapers in Wilmington and Lexington, NC and Lakeland, Florida:

1985 Stroh's Beer 200 Previous race results / Next race results Previous at this track NASCAR Winston West Series race number 5 of 12 Sunday, June 23, 1985 at Seattle International Raceway , Seattle, WA 55 laps on a 2.250 mile road course (123.8 miles) Time of race: 1:37:21 Average Speed: 76.271 mph Pole Speed: 93.944 mph Cautions: 3 for 11 laps Margin of Victory: 19 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 7 #ffa;">

Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 3 Dale Earnhardt California Cooler (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 55 5,605 running 29 2 2 78 Jim Robinson Hammer Security (Lois Williams) Oldsmobile 55 4,200 running 10 3 5 07 Derrike Cope Jefferson Racing / 7-Eleven (George Jefferson) Ford 55 2,635 running 6 4 9 18 Glen Steurer Hooper's Rear End (Glen Steurer) Chevrolet 55 1,985 running 0 5 10 16 Bill Osborne Hackmankars (Bill Osborne / Wayne Hackman) Buick 54 1,625 running 0 6 13 45 Bob Kennedy Erlich Motors (Myung Suk Lee) Chevrolet 54 1,100 running 1 7 3 98 Jim Bown Wholesale Truck Parts (John Kieper) Buick 54 1,540 running 4 8 12 99 Blair Aiken Stoke Racing Enterprises (Fred Stoke) Chevrolet 54 1,300 running 0 9 16 90 Bobby Fox Al Rainwater Insurance (Al Rainwater) Chevrolet 54 975 running 0 10 19 94 John Soares, Jr. RPM Products (John Soares, Jr. / Mike Kard) Pontiac 54 1,250 running 0 11 5 32 Ruben Garcia Suncrest Motorhomes (Fred Stoke) Chevrolet 51 950 running 0 12 20 9 Jim Danielson Chico Auto Parts (Skip Tarter) Chrysler 49 600 running 0 13 15 35 Bud Hickey Stick Only / Boulevard Auto Chevrolet 49 550 running 0 14 18 22 St. James Davis St. James Racing (LaDonna Davis) Chrysler 33 800 ignition 0 15 17 91 Steve Pfeifer KC Racing Oldsmobile 28 475 engine 0 16 14 72 Brad Tidrick Comet Trailers / Lenard's Auto (Cindi Tidrick) Buick 25 450 engine 0 17 11 29 Scott Autrey McIntosh Ranch / OP Sunwear (Dick Midgley) Oldsmobile 24 425 transmission 5 18 7 73 Bill Schmitt California Cooler (Bill Schmitt) Chevrolet 23 700 engine 0 19 1 04 Hershel McGriff Stanton Industries (Gary Smith) Pontiac 22 1,245 water pump 0 20 8 7 Ron Eaton Lake's Body Shop / Bondo (Ron Eaton) Buick 13 350 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Jim Robinson 1 9 9 Dale Earnhardt 10 17 8 Jim Robinson 18 18 1 Bob Kennedy 19 19 1 Scott Autrey 20 24 5 Derrike Cope 25 30 6 Jim Bown 31 34 4 Dale Earnhardt 35 55 21

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I do not have a photo of that one, but my uneducated guess is that it was a Bill Schmitt car.

Here is Schmitt in 1985: