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Sunday, May 26, 1985


Track:   Indianapolis, IN
Track Type:   Paved Oval Lap Distance: 2.500 Miles
Race Distance:   500 Miles Margin of Victory: 2.477 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Pancho Carter 212.583 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   8   5   Danny Sullivan   March 85C   2:51.186   200   3:16:06.069 152.982
  Miller American   Coswth   210.298 mph  
  2   4   3   Mario Andretti   Lola T900   2:50.152   200   3:16:08.546 150.950
  Beatrice   Coswth   211.576 mph  
  3   16   9   Roberto Guerrero   March 85C   2:53.025   200   Finished
  Master Mechanic   Coswth   208.062 mph  
  4   7   11   Al Unser   March 85C   2:51.003   199   Flagged
  Hertz   Coswth   210.523 mph  
  5   26   76   Johnny Parsons   March 85C   2:54.946   198   Flagged
  Canadian Tire   Coswth   205.778 mph  
  6   30   21   Johnny Rutherford   March 85C   2:52.866   198   Flagged
  Vermont American   Coswth   208.254 mph  
  7   20   61   Arie Luyendyk   Lola T900   2:54.754   198   Flagged
  Dutch Treats   Coswth   206.004 mph  
  8   15   99   Michael Andretti   Lola T900   2:52.923   196   Flagged
  Electrolux/Kraco   Coswth   208.185 mph  
  9   22   98   Ed Pimm   Eagle 85   2:54.992   195   Flagged
  Skoal Bandit   Coswth   205.724 mph  
  10   19   33   Howdy Holmes   Lola T900   2:54.442   194   Flagged
  Forsythe Racing   Coswth   206.372 mph  
  11   32   18   Kevin Cogan   March 85C   2:54.446   191   Flagged
  Wolff/Kraco   Coswth   206.368 mph  
  12   31   29   Derek Daly   Lola T900   2:53.454   189   Flagged
  Kapsreiter Beer   Coswth   207.548 mph  
  13   5   40   Emerson Fittipaldi   March 85C   2:50.356   188   Broken fuel line
  7-Eleven   Coswth   211.322 mph  
  14   12   12   Bill Whittington   March 85C   2:52.244   183   Wrecked
  Arciero Racing   Coswth   209.006 mph  
  15   24   43   John Paul, Jr   March 85C   2:54.469   164   Wrecked
  Satellite Technology   Coswth   206.340 mph  
  16   27   34   Jim Crawford   Lola T900   2:55.161   142   Electrical
  Canadian Tire   Coswth   205.525 mph  
  17   17   25   Danny Ongais   March 85C   2:53.728   141   Engine
  Interscope Racing   Coswth   207.220 mph  
  18   23   23   Raul Boesel   March 85C   2:54.336   134   Radiator
  Break Free   Coswth   206.498 mph  
  19   9   7   Geoff Brabham   March 85C   2:51.368   130   Engine
  Coors Light Silver Bullet   Coswth   210.074 mph  
  20   13   2   Tom Sneva   Eagle 85   2:52.309   123   Wrecked turn 1
  Skoal Bandit   Coswth   208.927 mph  
  21   10   1   Rick Mears   March 85C   2:51.595   122   Brkn throttle link
  Pennzoil Z-7   Coswth   209.796 mph  
  22   25   84   Chip Ganassi   March 85C   2:54.669   121   Brkn fuel line
  Calumet Farms   Coswth   206.104 mph  
  23   33   60   Rich Vogler   March 85C   2:55.052   119   Wrecked turn 1
  Kentucky Fried Chicken   Coswth   205.653 mph  
  24   6   20   Don Whittington   March 85C   2:50.623   97   Engine
  STP Oil Treatment   Coswth   210.991 mph  
  25   11   30   Al Unser, Jr   Lola T900   2:52.072   91   Lost oil pressure
  Domino's Pizza   Coswth   209.215 mph  
  26   14   22   Dick Simon   March 85C   2:52.632   86   Lost oil pressure
  Break Free   Coswth   208.536 mph  
  27   3   10   Bobby Rahal   March 85C   2:49.957   84   Brkn TC waste gate
  Budweiser Truesports   Coswth   211.818 mph  
  28   21   14   A.J. Foyt   March 85C   2:54.942   62   Brkn RF wing
  Copenhagen-Gilmore   Coswth   205.782 mph  
  29   29   97   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   Lola T900   2:55.761   31   Wheel bearing
  Skoal Bandit   Coswth   204.824 mph  
  30   2   37   Scott Brayton   March 85C   2:49.528   19   Turbocharger
  Hardee's   Buick   212.354 mph  
  31   18   55   Josele Garza   March 85C   2:54.185   15   Engine
  Schaefer/Machinists Union   Coswth   206.677 mph  
  32   28   44   George Snider   March 85C   2:55.221   13   Engine
  Foyt Chevrolet   ChevV6   205.455 mph  
  33   1   6   Pancho Carter   March 85C   2:49.346   6   Broken oil pump
  Valvoline Buick Hawk   Buick   212.583 mph  
          41   Mike Nish   March 84C       0   Wrecked practice
  Gilmore-Foyt   Coswth      
          56   Steve Chassey   March 85C   2:56.277   0   DNQ, too slow
  Genesee Beer   Coswth   204.224 mph  
          4   Johnny Rutherford   March 85C   2:56.043   0   DNQ, too slow
  Vermont America   Coswth   204.495 mph  
          71   Michael Roe   Lola T900   2:56.033   0   DNQ, too slow
  WTTV-Living Well   Coswth   204.507 mph  
          59   Pete Halsmer   March 85C   2:55.924   0   DNQ, too slow
  Scot Lad Foods   Coswth   204.634 mph  
          76   Jacques Villeneuve   March 85C       0   Wrecked practice
  Canadian Tire   Coswth      
          36   Dennis Firestone   March 84C       0   Did not qualify
  Pace Racing   Coswth      
          50   Phil Krueger   March 83C       0   Did not qualify
  Zanetis   Coswth      
          48   Derek Daly   Lola T900   2:57.268   0   DNQ, too slow
  Kapsreiser Beer   Coswth   203.082 mph  
          18   Kevin Cogan   March 85C   2:56.650   0   DNQ, too slow
  Kraco Car Stereo   Coswth   203.793 mph  

Race Information

1) Al Unser, Sr penalized 1 lap for pit infraction. 2) Rutherford & Holmes penalized 1 lap for passing during yellow. 3) Yellow flags: 15-18 Snider blew engine 22-28 Brayton blowing oil 74-77 Daly tow-in 120-121 Sullivan spi 124-133 Vogler, Sneva wreck Turn 1 146-149 Ongais tow-in 170-175 Paul wreck Turn 2 193-196 Whittington wreck Turn 3. 4) Weather warm and sunny

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Scott Brayton 1 15
Emerson Fittipaldi 11 49-51,74,105-109,120-121
Bobby Rahal 14 1-14
Danny Sullivan 67 52-57,140-200
Mario Andretti 107 16-48,58-73,75-104,110-119,122-139
Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved

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