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Micgigan 500 |
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Sunday, July 28, 1985 |
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| Track: | Brooklyn, MI | |||
| Track Type: | Paved Oval | Lap Distance: | 2.000 Miles | |
| Race Distance: | 500 Miles | Margin of Victory: | 0.400 sec. | |
| Pole Pos.: | Rick Mears 213.720 mph | |||
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| Rank | SP | Car | Driver | Chassis | Q.Time | Laps | Reason | ||||||||
| Sponsor | Engine | Q.Spd. | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 19 | 40 | Emerson Fittipaldi | March 85C | 0:35.572 | 250 | 3:53:58.33 128.220 | ||||||||
| 7-Eleven | Coswth | 202.406 mph | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 8 | 11 | Al Unser | March 85C | 0:34.519 | 250 | 3:53:58.73 128.217 | ||||||||
| Hertz | Coswth | 208.581 mph | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 9 | 2 | Tom Sneva | Eagle 85GC | 0:34.533 | 249 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Skoal Bandit | Coswth | 208.496 mph | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 21 | Johnny Rutherford | March 85C | 0:34.402 | 248 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Vermont American | Coswth | 209.290 mph | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 18 | 98 | Ed Pimm | Eagle 85GC | 0:35.378 | 248 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Skoal Bandit | Coswth | 203.516 mph | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 26 | 3 | Bobby Rahal | March 85C | : . | 247 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Budweiser | Coswth | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 13 | 18 | Kevin Cogan | March 85C | 0:34.986 | 247 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Kraco/Wolff Systems | Coswth | 205.797 mph | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 16 | 37 | Scott Brayton | March 85C | 0:35.128 | 245 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Jolly Rancher | Coswth | 204.965 mph | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 14 | 33 | Howdy Holmes | Lola T900 | 0:35.067 | 242 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Jiffy Mixes | Coswth | 205.321 mph | |||||||||||||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lola T900 | 0:34.010 | 241 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| Beatrice | Coswth | 211.702 mph | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 29 | 36 | Dennis Firestone | Lola T900 | : . | 106 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Pace Electronics | Coswth | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | 20 | 56 | Steve Chassey | March 85C | 0:35.787 | 228 | Engine | ||||||||
| Genesee Beer | Chevy | 201.190 mph | |||||||||||||
| 13 | 15 | 9 | Roberto Guerrero | March 85C | 0:35.092 | 204 | Broken gearbox | ||||||||
| True Value | Coswth | 205.175 mph | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 2 | 4 | Danny Sullivan | March 85C | 0:34.001 | 203 | Radiator | ||||||||
| Miller American | Coswth | 211.758 mph | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 7 | 30 | Al Unser, Jr | Lola T900 | 0:34.461 | 180 | Engine | ||||||||
| Domino's Pizza | Coswth | 208.932 mph | |||||||||||||
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Pancho Carter | March 85C | 0:34.235 | 162 | Wreck | ||||||||
| Valvoline/Buick Hawk | Coswth | 210.311 mph | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 22 | 38 | Chet Fillip | Lola T900 | 0:37.623 | 145 | Wreck | ||||||||
| Circle Bar Truck Corral | Coswth | 191.372 mph | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 28 | 71 | Spike Gehlhausen | Lola T900 | : . | 127 | Wreck | ||||||||
| Living Well/SPA*erobics | Coswth | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 10 | 55 | Josele Garza | March 85C | 0:34.711 | 109 | Wreck | ||||||||
| Schaefer/Machinists Union | Coswth | 207.427 mph | |||||||||||||
| 20 | 17 | 25 | Danny Ongais | March 85C | 0:35.284 | 81 | Wreck | ||||||||
| Interscope Racing | Coswth | 204.058 mph | |||||||||||||
| 21 | 25 | 42 | Phil Krueger | March 85C | 0:36.307 | 78 | Wreck | ||||||||
| Mergard Racing | Coswth | 198.309 mph | |||||||||||||
| 22 | 27 | 59 | Chip Ganassi | March 85C | : . | 69 | Wreck | ||||||||
| Scot Lad Foods/Machinists | Coswth | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 12 | 20 | Sam Swindell | March 85C | 0:34.983 | 58 | Brkn susp, wrecked | ||||||||
| STP Oil Treatment | Coswth | 205.814 mph | |||||||||||||
| 24 | 30 | 19 | Dale Coyne | Lola T800 | 0:40.522 | 40 | Engine | ||||||||
| Coyne Racing | Chevy | 177.681 mph | |||||||||||||
| 25 | 24 | 22 | Dick Simon | March 85C | 0:35.711 | 37 | Engine | ||||||||
| Break Free | Coswth | 201.619 mph | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 21 | 24 | Tom Bigelow | March 84C | 0:36.379 | 35 | Engine | ||||||||
| Palace Display Vans | Coswth | 197.916 mph | |||||||||||||
| 27 | 11 | 99 | Michael Andretti | March 85C | 0:34.969 | 24 | Engine | ||||||||
| Electrolux/Kraco | Coswth | 205.897 mph | |||||||||||||
| 28 | 23 | 23 | Raul Boesel | March 85C | 0:35.418 | 17 | Broken manifold | ||||||||
| Break Free | Coswth | 203.286 mph | |||||||||||||
| 29 | 5 | 7 | Geoff Brabham | March 85C | 0:34.387 | 7 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| Coors Light | Coswth | 209.381 mph | |||||||||||||
| 30 | 1 | 5 | Rick Mears | March 85C | 0:33.689 | 7 | Transmission | ||||||||
| Pennzoil Z-7 | Coswth | 213.720 mph | |||||||||||||
| 36 | Tom Bigelow | Lola T900 | : . | 125 | Rel F'stone 107-231 | ||||||||||
| Pace Electronics | Coswth | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bobby Rahal | March 85C | 0:33.457 | 0 | Wrecked after qual | ||||||||||
| Budweiser | Coswth | 215.202 mph | |||||||||||||
| 14 | A.J. Foyt | March 85C | : . | 0 | Wrecked practice | ||||||||||
| Copenhagen/Gilmore | Coswth | ||||||||||||||
| 71 | Spike Gehlhausen | Lola T900 | 0:35.309 | 0 | Wrecked after qual | ||||||||||
| Living Well/SPA*erobics | Coswth | 203.914 mph | |||||||||||||
| 61 | Arie Luyendyk | Lola T900 | 0:35.529 | 0 | Withdrew | ||||||||||
| Provimi Veal | Coswth | 202.651 mph | |||||||||||||
Race Information |
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| 1) Race delayed one week, tire problem. 2) Rahal wrecked after qualification, started backup car in rear. 3) 13 yellow flags for 104 laps. 4) Weather sunny and warm. 5) Attendance estimated 70,000. | |||||||||||||||
Lap Leaders |
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| Driver | Total Laps Led | Laps Led | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Rahal | 4 | 73-76 | |||||||||||||
| Pancho Carter | 7 | 130-136 | |||||||||||||
| Danny Sullivan | 11 | 1,15,151-159 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Rutherford | 13 | 18-30 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Sneva | 15 | 41-48,140-144,196,200 | |||||||||||||
| Mario Andretti | 16 | 2-14,16-17,129 | |||||||||||||
| Al Unser, Jr | 21 | 211-231 | |||||||||||||
| Roberto Guerrero | 22 | 37-40,49-54,137-139,145-150,197-199 | |||||||||||||
| Emerson Fittipaldi | 29 | 201-210,232-250 | |||||||||||||
| Josele Garza | 31 | 64-72,82-103 | |||||||||||||
| Al Unser | 81 | 31-36,55-63,77-81,104-128,160-195 | |||||||||||||
| Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved | |||||||||||||||