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1985 Indianapolis 500

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USAC Gold Crown Series race number 1 of 1
Sunday, May 26, 1985 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:16:06
Average Speed: 152.982 mph
Pole Speed: 212.583 mph

Cautions: 8 for 41 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.477 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1985 USAC Gold Crown Series results / 1985 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
14	12	12	Bill Whittington	Arciero Racing (Frank Arciero)	March / Cosworth	183	69,332	crash	0	25
15	24	43	John Paul, Jr.	Satellite Technology (AMI Racing)	March / Cosworth	164	68,562	crash	0	25
20	13	2	Tom Sneva	Skoal Bandit (Dan Gurney / Mike Curb)	Eagle / Chevy	123	63,162	crash	0	20
23	33	60	Rich Vogler	Kentucky Fried Chicken (Pat Patrick)	March / Cosworth	119	71,182	crash	0	15
16	27	34	Jim Crawford	Canadian Tire (Herb Wysard)	Lola / Cosworth	142	72,382	electrical	0	25
17	17	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing (Ted Field)	March / Cosworth	141	64,912	engine	0	20
19	9	7	Geoff Brabham	Coors Light (Rick Galles)	March / Cosworth	130	66,870	engine	0	20
24	6	20	Don Whittington	STP Oil Treatment (Pat Patrick)	March / Cosworth	97	60,682	engine	0	15
31	18	55	Josele Garza	Schaefer (Machinist Union Racing Team)	March / Cosworth	15	59,082	engine	0	5
32	28	44	George Snider	Foyt Chevrolet (A.J. Foyt)	March / Chevy	13	53,262	engine	0	5
13	5	40	Emerson Fittipaldi	7-Eleven (Pat Patrick)	March / Cosworth	188	78,162	fuel line	11	25
22	25	84	Chip Ganassi	Calumet Farms (A.J. Foyt)	March / Cosworth	121	57,832	fuel line	0	15
25	11	30	Al Unser, Jr.	Domino's Pizza (Douglas Shierson)	Lola / Cosworth	91	60,132	oil pressure	0	10
26	14	22	Dick Simon	Break Free (Dick Simon)	March / Cosworth	86	64,832	oil pressure	0	10
33	1	6	Pancho Carter	Valvoline / Buick Hawk (Rick Galles)	March / Buick	6	121,532	oil pump	0	5
1	8	5	Danny Sullivan	Miller American (Roger Penske)	March / Cosworth	200	517,662	running	67	1000
2	4	3	Mario Andretti	Beatrice (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Cosworth	200	290,362	running	107	800
3	16	9	Roberto Guerrero	Master Mechanic (Bignotti-Cotter)	March / Cosworth	200	157,112	running	0	700
4	7	11	Al Unser	Hertz (Roger Penske)	March / Cosworth	199	102,532	running	0	600
5	26	76	Johnny Parsons	Canadian Tire	March / Cosworth	198	98,862	running	0	500
6	30	21	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American (Alex Morales)	March / Cosworth	198	119,582	running	0	400
7	20	61	Arie Luyendyk	Dutch Treats (Provimi Racing)	Lola / Cosworth	198	99,232	running	0	300
8	15	99	Michael Andretti	Electrolux / Kraco (Kraco Enterprises)	March / Cosworth	196	76,812	running	0	250
9	22	98	Ed Pimm	Skoal Bandit (Dan Gurney / Mike Curb)	Eagle / Chevy	195	79,462	running	0	200
10	19	33	Howdy Holmes	Forsythe Racing (Gerry Forsythe)	Lola / Cosworth	194	88,088	running	0
11	32	18	Kevin Cogan	Kraco / Wolff Systems (Kraco Enterprises)	March / Cosworth	191	73,662	running	0	100
12	31	29	Derek Daly	Kapsreiter Beer (Tom Hess)	Lola / Cosworth	189	77,962	running	0	50
18	23	23	Raul Boesel	Break Free (Dick Simon)	March / Cosworth	134	83,632	radiator	0	20
21	10	1	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z-7 (Roger Penske)	March / Cosworth	122	67,332	throttle link	0	15
27	3	10	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser (Jim Trueman)	March / Cosworth	84	83,462	turbocharger	14	10
30	2	37	Scott Brayton	Hardee's (Lee Brayton)	March / Buick	19	86,862	turbocharger	1	5
29	29	97	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Skoal Bandit (Dan Gurney / Mike Curb)	Lola / Cosworth	31	63,612	wheel bearing	0	5
28	21	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen / Gilmore (A.J. Foyt)	March / Cosworth	62	53,862	wing	0	10

Failed to qualify: Pete Halsmer (#59), Phil Krueger (#50), Mike Nish (#41), Dennis Firestone (#36), Derek Daly (#48), Kevin Cogan (#18), Steve Chassey (#56), Johnny Rutherford (#4), Michael Roe (#71), Jacques Villeneuve (#76)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	14	14
	15	18	4	#44 engine
	19	21	3
	22	28	7	#37 oil on track
	29	73	45
	74	77	4	#29 tow-in
	78	119	42
	120	121	2	#5 spun
	122	123	2
	124	133	10	#60,2 accident turn 1
	134	145	12
	146	149	4	#25 tow-in
	150	169	20
	170	175	6	#43 accident turn 2
	176	192	17
	193	196	4	#12 accident turn 3
	197	200	4
Percent of race run under caution: 20.5% Average green flag run: 17.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Rahal	1	14	14
Scott Brayton	15	15	1
Mario Andretti	16	48	33
Emerson Fittipaldi	49	51	3
Danny Sullivan	52	57	6
Mario Andretti	58	73	16
Emerson Fittipaldi	74	74	1
Mario Andretti	75	104	30
Emerson Fittipaldi	105	109	5
Mario Andretti	110	119	10
Emerson Fittipaldi	120	121	2
Mario Andretti	122	139	18
Danny Sullivan	140	200	61

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