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Sunday, September 22, 1985


Track:   Brooklyn, MI
Track Type:   Paved Oval Lap Distance: 2.000 Miles
Race Distance:   200 Miles Margin of Victory: 0.710 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Bobby Rahal 214.254 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   1   3   Bobby Rahal   March 85C   0:33.605   100   1:13:19.45 163.647
  Budweiser   Coswth   214.254 mph  
  2   7   5   Rick Mears   March 85C   0:34.123   100   1:13:20.16 163.647
  Pennzoil Z-7   Coswth   211.001 mph  
  3   6   98   Ed Pimm   Eagle 85GC   0:34.049   100   Finished
  Skoal Bandit   Coswth   211.460 mph  
  4   9   18   Kevin Cogan   March 85C   0:34.158   99   Flagged
  Kraco/Wolff Systems   Coswth   210.785 mph  
  5   12   2   Tom Sneva   Eagle 85GC   0:34.229   99   Flagged
  Skoal Bandit   Coswth   210.348 mph  
  6   25   55   Josele Garza   March 85C   : .   99   Flagged
  Schaefer/Machinists Union   Coswth      
  7   13   25   Danny Ongais   March 85C   0:34.442   99   Flagged
  Interscope Racing   Coswth   210.041 mph  
  8   23   4   Danny Sullivan   March 85C   0:35.438   99   Flagged
  Miller American   Coswth   203.172 mph  
  9   14   21   Johnny Rutherford   March 85C   0:34.285   98   Flagged
  Vermont American   Coswth   210.004 mph  
  10   4   6   Pancho Carter   March 85C   0:33.802   98   Flagged
  Valvoline Hawk   Coswth   213.005 mph  
  11   11   59   Pete Halsmer   March 85C   0:34.204   98   Flagged
  Scot Lad Foods   Coswth   210.502 mph  
  12   18   11   Al Unser   March 85C   0:34.559   98   Flagged
  Gould Charge   Coswth   208.339 mph  
  13   10   40   Emerson Fittipaldi   March 85C   0:34.165   98   Flagged
  7-Eleven/STP   Coswth   210.742 mph  
  14   24   56   Steve Chassey   March 85C   0:35.444   96   Flagged
  Genesee Beer   Chevy   203.137 mph  
  15   20   61   Arie Luyendyk   Lola T900   0:34.698   96   Flagged
  Provimi Veal   Coswth   207.505 mph  
  16   22   7   Geoff Brabham   March 85C   : .   95   Flagged
  Coors Lights   Coswth      
  17   21   12   Bill Whittington   March 85C   0:34.863   95   Flagged
  Arciero Racing   Coswth   206.523 mph  
  18   19   33   Howdy Holmes   Lola T900   0:34.698   95   Flagged
  Jiffy Mixes   Coswth   207.505 mph  
  19   16   22   Dick Simon   March 85C   0:34.461   94   Flagged
  Break Free   Coswth   208.932 mph  
  20   4   20   Don Whittington   March 85C   0:33.813   86   Wrecked
  STP Oil Treatment   Coswth   212.936 mph  
  21   2   1   Mario Andretti   Lola T900   0:33.690   71   Transmission
  Beatrice   Coswth   213.713 mph  
  22   15   37   Scott Brayton   March 85C   0:34.415   70   Wrecked
  Dreisbach & Sons   Coswth   209.211 mph  
  23   8   30   Al Unser, Jr   Lola T900   0:34.141   61   Engine
  Donino's Pizza   Coswth   210.890 mph  
  24   17   9   Roberto Guerrero   March 85C   0:34.523   53   Broken header
  True Master   Coswth   208.557 mph  
  25   5   99   Michael Andretti   March 85C   0:33.917   22   Electrical
  Electrolux/Kraco   Coswth   212.283 mph  
          36   Dennis Firestone   Lola T900   0:36.569   0   Did not start
  Pace Electronics   Coswth   196.889 mph  
          24   Gary Bettenhausen   March 85C   : .   0   Blown engine pract
  Leader Card   Coswth      
          19   Dale Coyne   Lola T800   : .   0   Blew engine practice
  Dale Coyne Racing   Chevy      

Race Information

1) Yellow Flags: 73-82 Brayton hit Turn 4 wall 87-93 D. Whittington hit Turn 3 wall 2) Weather: Hazy sun and warm 3) Attendnace: 30,000 estimated

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Tom Sneva 4 37-40
Michael Andretti 11 1-11
Kevin Cogan 15 17-31
Bobby Rahal 70 12-16,32-36,41-100
Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved

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