In 1985, Dale raced for his friend and associate Richard Childress in this 1985 Monte Carlo sponsored by Wrangler. It was a good year; four victories, ten top-5's and sixteen top-10's wrangled Dale an 8th place finish by season's end. The paint and decal scheme here is Wrangler all the way, well almost. The Bow Tie Chevy logo is the smaller black variety for this year, as opposed to the larger red outline present from 1987 onwards. A small GM Goodwrench logo can be seen on the angle frame breaking up the otherwise solid blue rear end with the yellow Wrangler sign. The headlights sported a yellow number 3 and the grill and headlight colors were different. Dale would finish this season 8th, 731 points behind 3 time champion Darrell Waltrip.