1985 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Long Beach Grand Prix Race Results

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1985 - Long Beach Grand Prix Race Results

Race Name - Long Beach Grand Prix
Date - 4/14/1985
Race Track - Long Beach Street Circuit
Number of Starting Cars - 29
Laps Run - 90
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Mario Andretti / 92.19 mph
Cautions - 0 cautions for 0 laps
Average Race Speed - 87.694 mph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 2 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Mario Andretti
Race Number - 1

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Mario Andretti	Beatrice	Lola	Cosworth	92.19
2	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	7Eleven	March	Cosworth	91.161
3	9	Danny Sullivan	Miller High Life	March	Cosworth	90.578
4	10	Jim Crawford	Wysard Racing	Lola	Cosworth	90.353
5	12	Al Unser	Pennzoil Z7	March	Cosworth	88.842
6	4	Geoff Brabham	Coors Light	March	Cosworth	91.297
7	7	Jacques Villeneuve Sr	Canadian Tire	March	Cosworth	90.851
8	14	Tom Sneva	Skoal Bandit	Eagle	Cosworth	88.464
9	3	Al Unser Jr	Dominos Pizza	Lola	Cosworth	91.39
10	20	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American	March	Cosworth	87.38
11	23	Scott Brayton	Dreisbach Sons	March	Cosworth	86.717
12	18	Ed Pimm	Skoal Bandit	Eagle	Cosworth	87.722
13	26	Pancho Carter	Valvoline Buick	March	Buick	86.142
14	16	Howdy Holmes	Forsythe Racing	Lola	Cosworth	88.331
15	27	Rocky Moran	Justice Bros Leader Card	March	Cosworth	85.292
16	17	Bill Whittington	Arciero/Mola Development	Lola	Cosworth	88.312
17	15	Arie Luyendyk	Provimi Veal	Lola	Cosworth	88.403
18	6	Bruno Giacomelli	STP Oil Treatment	March	Cosworth	90.983
19	11	Michael Andretti	Electrolux/Kraco	March	Cosworth	90.024
20	24	Raul Boesel	Break Free	March	Cosworth
21	28	Michael Roe	Spaerobics	Lola	Cosworth	84.582
22	22	Dennis Firestone	Pace Racing	March	Cosworth	86.801
23	19	Kevin Cogan	Kraco/Wolff Systems	March	Cosworth	87.636
24	21	Randy Lanier	Arciero/Southwest Paving	Lola	Cosworth	86.969
25	25	Dick Ferguson	Kapsreiter Beer	Lola	Cosworth	86.46
26	8	Roberto Guerrero	Master Mechanic/Emerson	March	Cosworth	90.766
27	2	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser/Truesports	March	Cosworth	91.876
28	13	Josele Garza	Schaefer/Machinists Union	March	Cosworth	88.535