1985 Domino's Pizza 500

Race 9 of 15

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 3:17:47.44
Average speed of winner: 151.676 mph
Margin of victory: 2.180 sec.
Lead changes: 26 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 36 laps
Lap leaders: Mears pole, Mi. Andretti 1-18, Rahal 19-26, Unser, Jr. 27-28, Sullivan 29-30, Ma. Andretti 31, Rahal 32-36, Unser 37-44, Rahal 45-53, Unser, Jr. 54-58, Rutherford 59, Unser, Jr. 60-63, Sullivan 64, Rahal 65-82, Unser, Jr. 83-88, Rutherford 89, Unser, Jr. 90-117, Rutherford 118-119, Unser, Jr. 120-132, Rutherford 133-134, Rahal 135-145, Mears 146-151, Unser 152-163, Mears 164-188, Rahal 189-192, Unser 193-195, Mears 196-200

Race notes: Finale for Tom Bigelow. Al Unser took the points lead from Mario Andretti.

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Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Rick Mears	5	Pennzoil Z-7	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	203.532	200	3	36	flagged	21
2	9	Al Unser, Jr.	30	Domino's Pizza	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Shierson	199.199	200	6	58	flagged	17
3	6	Al Unser	11	Hertz	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	201.041	200	3	23	flagged	14
4	3	Bobby Rahal	3	Budweiser	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Truesports	201.930	200	6	55	flagged	12
5	2	Danny Sullivan	4	Miller American	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	202.125	199	2	3	flagged	10
6	7	Emerson Fittipaldi	40	7-Eleven	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	200.992	198	0	0	flagged	8
7	10	Mario Andretti	1	Beatrice	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	199.177	197	1	1	flagged	6
8	19	Tom Sneva	2	Skoal Bandit	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	Curb	195.190	195	0	0	flagged	5
9	22	Dennis Firestone	36	Pace Electronics	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Ron Buckner	193.311	193	0	0	flagged	4
10	21	Dick Simon	22	Break Free	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon	194.468	191	0	0	engine	3
11	26	Steve Chassey	56	Genesee Beer	March	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Gohr		183	0	0	flagged	2
12	12	Pancho Carter	6	Valvoline/Buick Hawk	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Galles	198.921	160	0	0	side pod	1
13	4	Michael Andretti	99	Electrolux/Kraco	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Kraco	201.794	150	1	18	fire	0
14	5	Johnny Rutherford	21	Vermont American	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Morales	201.378	134	4	6	accident	0
15	25	Phil Krueger	42	Indiana Business Mag.	March	Cosworth	Goodyear		155.154	125	0	0	bodywork	0
16	14	Scott Brayton	37	Jolly Rancher	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Brayton	198.684	120	0	0	CV joint	0
17	8	Kevin Cogan	18	Kraco/Wolff Systems	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Kraco	200.169	116	0	0	wheel bearing	0
18	13	Roberto Guerrero	9	True Value	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bignotti	198.763	113	0	0	engine	0
19	11	Geoff Brabham	7	Coors Light	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Galles	199.204	103	0	0	wheel bearing	0
20	16	Ed Pimm	98	Skoal Bandit	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	Curb	196.614	101	0	0	engine	0
21	20	Howdy Holmes	33	Jiffy Mixes	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Forsythe	194.826	98	0	0	wheel bearing	0
22	15	Danny Ongais	25	Interscope Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Interscope	197.576	65	0	0	wheel bearing	0
23	27	Tom Bigelow	24	Menard/Leader Card Racers	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Leader Card		64	0	0	suspension	0
24	17	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen/Gilmore	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Foyt	196.601	53	0	0	vibration	0
25	23	Sammy Swindell	20	STP Oil Treatment	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	182.301	39	0	0	engine	0
26	18	Josele Garza	55	Schaefer/Machinists Union	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	196.318	31	0	0	clutch	0
27	24	Dale Coyne	19	Coyne Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Coyne	172.768	5	0	0	engine	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Al Unser	99	8	0	0	4
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	94	9	0	1	4
3	Mario Andretti	92	8	3	3	4
4	Al Unser, Jr.	80	9	0	2	4
5	Danny Sullivan	58	9	2	1	2
6	Tom Sneva	50	9	0	0	2
7	Michael Andretti	39	9	0	0	1
8	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	38	6	0	1	1
9	Bobby Rahal	37	9	1	0	0
10	Rick Mears	36	4	2	1	2
11	Kevin Cogan	28	9	0	0	0
12	Johnny Rutherford	27	8	0	0	0
13	Arie Luyendyk	27	7	0	0	0
14	Geoff Brabham	25	9	0	0	1
15	Roberto Guerrero	22	8	0	0	1
16	Ed Pimm	17	7	0	0	0
17	Jim Crawford	16	4	0	0	0
18	Bruno Giacomelli	16	5	0	0	0
19	Scott Brayton	15	7	0	0	0
20	Josele Garza	15	9	0	0	0
21	Alan Jones	14	1	0	0	1
22	Pancho Carter	12	7	1	0	0
23	Howdy Holmes	12	9	0	0	0
24	Michael Roe	11	4	0	0	0
25	Johnny Parsons	10	1	0	0	0