Daytona 24 Hours 1985 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The 23rd Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona		Date: 3.2.1985
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 1) IMSA GTO (round 1) IMSA GTU (round 1) International Motor Sport Association (round 1)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	45	John Paul, Jr. / Bill Adam / Whitney Ganz	March 85G Buick	Conte Racing	1:41.4900
2^nd	0	Sarel van der Merwe / Tony Martin / Ian Scheckter	March 84G Porsche	Kreepy Krauly Racing	1:43.2080
3^rd	8	A. J. Foyt / Bob Wollek / Al Unser / Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 962	Henn's Swap Shop Racing	1:43.5880
4^th	14	Al Holbert / Al Unser, Jr. / Derek Bell	Porsche 962	Holbert Racing	1:44.7890
5^th	5	Hans-Joachim Stuck / Bob Akin / Paul Miller	Porsche 962	Bob Akin Motor Racing	1:45.4710
6^th	1	Bill Whittington / Randy Lanier / Al Leon	March 85G Porsche	Leon Brothers Racing	1:45.5840
7^th	86	Thierry Boutsen / Bruce Leven / Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 962	Bayside Disposal Racing	1:46.1330
8^th	44	Brian Redman / Bob Tullius / Hurley Haywood	Jaguar XJR-5	Group 44	1:47.0030
9^th	15	John Kalagian / John Lloyd / Tom Grunnah	March 84G Chevrolet	Kalagian Racing	1:47.7730
10^th	04	Claude Ballot-Léna / Jim Adams / Chip Robinson	Jaguar XJR-5	Group 44	1:48.0390
11^th	29	Michael Roe / Tommy Byrne / Darin Brassfield	March 84G Chevrolet	DeAtley Motorsports	1:48.2900
12^th	67	Jim Busby / Rick Knoop / Jochen Mass	Porsche 962	B.F. Goodrich	1:48.3750
13^th	4	Lew Price / Carson Baird / Billy Hagan / Terry Labonte	Lola T711 Chevrolet	Lee Racing	1:48.7560
14^th	2	Skeeter McKitterick / Terry Wolters / Art Leon	March 84G Chevrolet	Leon Bros Racing	1:49.2030
15^th	68	Pete Halsmer / John Morton / Dieter Quester	Porsche 962	B.F. Goodrich	1:49.6020
16^th	61	Steve Shelton / Don Courtney / Brent O'Neill	Royale RP40 Ford	Team USA/Deco Sales	1:49.7770
17^th	25	Kenper Miller / Dave Cowart / Mauricio DeNarvaez	March 83G Chevrolet	Red Lobster Racing	1:50.0410
18^th	30	Gianpiero Moretti / Jim Trueman / Massimo Sigala	Alba/Momo AR5 Ford	Momo Corse	1:50.6370
19^th	3	Bobby Allison / Wayne Pickering / Ken Madren	March 84G Buick Turbo	Pegasus Racing	1:50.7330
20^th	7	Jim Mullen / Kees Nierop / Ray McIntyre	Porsche 935-84	Bob Akin Motor Racing	1:50.8430
21^st	07	Lyn St. James / Tim Coconis / Eric Lang	Argo JM16 Ford	LSJ Racing	1:51.1160
22^nd	16	Harald Grohs	Porsche 935 L	Henn's Swap Shop Racing	1:52.0530
23^rd	06	John Bauer / Jim Miller / Willy T. Ribbs	Ford Mustang	Team Roush Protofab	1:52.4270
24^th	97	Billy Scyphers / Allen Glick / Bill Cooper	Chevrolet Corvette	Scyphers-Ankor Racing	1:53.9290
25^th	65	Wally Dallenbach, Jr. / John Jones / Doc Bundy	Ford Mustang	Roush Protofab	1:54.2090
26^th	90	Les Delano / Andy Petery / Tommy Riggins	Pontiac Firebird	Road Circuit Tech	1:54.3830
27^th	6	Charles Morgan / Bill Alsup / Jim Miller	Royale RP40 Buick	Morgan Performance	1:54.5630
28^th	9	Jack Newsum / Wayne Baker / Chip Mead / Ren Tilton	Porsche 935 K3	Personalized Autohaus	1:54.8030
29^th	11	Chuck Kendall / Peter Fitzgerald / John Hotchkis	Porsche 935 K3/80	Kendall Racing	1:56.6540
30^th	33	Richard Anderson / Bard Boand / Mike Brummer	Lola T600 Chevrolet	Bo-And Racing	1:57.0760
31^st	80	Neil Bonnet / Jim Derhaag / Les Lindley	Chevrolet Camaro	Lindley Motor LTD	1:57.8860
32^nd	89	"Jamsal" / Eduardo Galdamez / "Anbagua"	Porsche 934	Scorpio Racing	1:59.4050
33^rd	28	Gary Baker / Robin McCall / Joe Ruttman	Chevrolet Corvette	Southern Racing Promo	2:00.1280
34^th	51	John McComb / Rick Mancuso / Fred Fiala	Ferrari 512 BB/LM	Mosler Racing	2:00.3620
35^th	95	Lance Van Every / Ash Tisdelle / Jack Refenning	Porsche 935	Van Every Racing	2:00.3640
36^th	21	Steve Cohen / Don Walker / William Gelles	Ferrari 512 BB/LM	Gopher Motion	2:00.5710
37^th	72	Harold Shafer / Tom Nehl / Kent Painter	Chevrolet Camaro	Centurion Auto Trans	2:00.9470
38^th	96	Allan Moffat / Gregg Hansford / Kevin Bartlett / Peter McCloud	Mazda RX-7	Allan Moffat Racing	2:01.0380
39^th	58	Jim Torres / Don Kravig / Michael Hammond	Porsche 934	Coin Operated Racing	2:01.1580
40^th	41	Luis Sereix / Ralph Noseda	Pontiac Firebird	Unlimited Telephones	2:01.4470
41^st	93	Kelly Marsh / Ron Pawley / Don Marsh	Argo JM16 Mazda	Mid-O/Rusty Jones	2:01.6000
42^nd	20	Freddy Baker / Don Herman / Rich Maher	Porsche 935 JLP-2	Spirit of Cleveland	2:02.1350
43^rd	83	William Wessel / Robert Whitaker / Mark Kennedy / Karl Keck	Chevrolet Corvette	K & P Racing	2:02.1730
44^th	66	Bob Beasley / Jack Lewis / Chuck Grantham	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bob Beasley	2:02.3490
45^th	87	Elliot Forbes-Robinson / John Schneider / Don Istook	Porsche 924 Carrera	Performance Motorsports	2:02.3880
46^th	70	Don Cummings / Craig Rubright	Chevrolet Corvette	Ormond Racing	2:02.9510
47^th	54	Dave Heinz / Dave Barnett / Jerry Thompson	Chevrolet Corvette	Dave Heinz Imports	2:03.8070
48^th	76	Jack Baldwin / Ira Young / Jeff Kline	Mazda RX-7	Malibu Grand Prix	2:04.2950
49^th	42	Scott Pruett / Paul Lewis / Joe Varde	Mazda RX-7	Mike Meyer/Daffy SWR	2:04.4870
50^th	99	Chris Cord / Dennis Aase	Toyota Celica	All American Racers	2:05.1870
51^st	37	Peter Welter / Nick Nicholson / Tom Burdsall	Tiga GT284 Mazda	Aerex Manufacturing	2:05.2820
52^nd	53	Danny Smith / Tom Waugh / Diego Febles	Mazda RX-7	Mandeville Auto-Tech	2:05.5110
53^rd	22	Del Russo Taylor / John Hayes-Harlow / Bob Lee	Pontiac Firebird	Walter Johnston	2:05.6100
54^th	71	Amos Johnson / Jack Dunham / Yojiro Terada	Mazda RX-7	Team Highball	2:05.8280
55^th	78	Raul Garcia / Eugenio Matienzo	Pontiac Firebird	Superior Racing Team	2:05.9840
56^th	73	Clark Howey / Dale Koch / Tracy Wolf	Chevrolet Camaro	Wolf Engines	2:07.1360
57^th	08	Drake Olson / Steve Potter / Willard Howe	Mazda RX-7	Paul Romano	2:07.9330
58^th	38	Takashi Yorino / Logan Blackburn / Roger Mandeville	Mazda RX-7	Mandeville Auto-Tech	2:07.9510
59^th	31	Hugo Gralia / Emory Donaldson / Paul Goral	Porsche 935	Goral Racing	2:08.0570
60^th	35	M. L. Speer / Bobby Hefner / Jack Griffin	Porsche Carrera RSR	Team Dallas	2:08.6750
61^st	92	Chris Gennone / Fern Prego / Hoyt Overbagh / Lewis Fuller	Chevrolet Camaro	OMR Engines	2:08.6760
62^nd	09	Mike Schaefer / Peter Uria / Jack Refenning / Larry Figaro	Porsche Carrera RSR	901 Shop	2:08.7380
63^rd	13	Frank Rubino / Dennis Wagoner / Ken Knott	Mazda RX-7	Rubino Racing	2:08.8380
64^th	17	Al Bacon / Charles Guest / Steve Millen	Mazda RX-7	Al Bacon Racing	2:09.0090
65^th	77	Don Wallace / John Petrick / Don Sikes	Mazda RX-7	Championship Motorsports	2:09.5140
66^th	57	Steve Zwiren / Tony Pio Costa / Mike Allison / Wes Donnington	Mazda RX-7	Zwiren Racing	2:09.5570
67^th	55	Robert Peters / George Schwarz / Andre Schwartz	Mazda RX-7	Preston & Son Enterprises	2:09.9520
68^th	60	Tony Swan / Bob Ruth / Steve Dietrich	Mazda RX-7	Hobbit Racing	2:10.4240
69^th	81	Steve Alexander / Joe Hill / George Alderman	Ferrari 308 GTB	Mosler Racing	2:11.0650
70^th	74	Paul Gentilozzi	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Whitehall Motorsports	2:11.2260
71^st	43	Rusty Schmidt / Scott Schmidt / Max Schmidt	Chevrolet Corvette	Starved Rock Lodge	2:11.4520
72^nd	47	Walt Bohren / Ron Bouchard	Pontiac Firebird	Dingman Brothers Racing	no time
73^rd	49	Albert Naon, Jr. / Dennis Vitolo / Fernando Garcia	Porsche 911	Conrad Racing	2:11.6120
74^th	63	Jim Downing / John Maffucci / Yoshimi Katayama	Argo JM16 Mazda	RGP 500 Racing	no time
75^th	84	Clay Young	Pontiac Fiero	Young Racing	no time
76^th	94	William Phalf / Skip Winfree / Wally Hopkins	Porsche 911	49th Star Racing	2:11.2450

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
88	Bruce Leven / Henri Pescarolo / Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 962	Bayside Disposal Racing
19	Jack Miller / Carlos Ramirez / Bruce Redding	Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin	Performance Motorcar
64	Ernesto Soto / Rene Rodriguez	Chevrolet Corvette	Rene Rodriguez
05	Tico Almeida / Miguel Morejon	Porsche 935 M16	Hi-Tech Racing
24	Dale Kreider / Roy Newsome	Chevrolet Camaro	Kreider Racing
34	Alfredo Mena / George Drolsom	Porsche 924 Carrera	El Salvador Racing
02	Roy Newsome / Dale Kreider	Mazda RX-7	RNGC Racing
23	Alan Howes / Paul Reisman / Bob Hebert	Porsche Carrera RSR	Import Restoration
69	John Hofstra / Charles Slater	Porsche Carrera	John Hofstra
79	Tom Winters / Bob Bergstrom / John Casey	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Whitehall Motorsports
00	Jim Logan / Graham McRae / Leonard Yanke / Phillips	Dodge Daytona	Jim Logan
27	Russell Gossett / Gary Stephens / Paul Wolfe	Datsun 280Z	Paul Fortner
85	Emerson Fittipaldi / Tony Garcia / Mauricio DeNarvaez	March 85G Buick	Ralph Sanchez Racing

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
10	Jim Leeward / Emory Donaldson	March 82G Chevrolet	Leeward Racing
12	J. Robert Johnson / Juan-Manuel Fangio II / Patty Moise / George Wilkie	Osella PA10 BMW	Autoworks Racing
18	"Fomfor"	Sauber C7 Chevrolet	Fomfor Racing
26	Mario Capone / Vic Sanchez	Chevrolet Corvette	Spot Master
29	David Hobbs / Darin Brassfield / Michael Roe	March 85G Buick	DeAtley Motorsports
32		Rondeau M382 Chevrolet	Goral Racing
36	Ron Case / Dave Panaccione / Craig Case	Porsche 911	Case Racing
39	Ricardo Londono / Pedro Cardenas	Pontiac Firebird	Londono Bridge Racing
46	Billy Dingman / Walt Bohren / Ron Bouchard	Pontiac Firebird	Dingman Brothers Racing
48	Gary Wonzer / Bruce Dewey / Buzz Cason	Porsche 934	Gary Wonzer
50	Buz McCall / Tom Sheehy	Chevrolet Camaro	Monty Trainer's
52	Don Nooe / Jim Stricklin / E. D. Martin	Chevrolet Corvette	Don Nooe
56	Herb Adams / Dave Smith / Dean Hills	Pontiac Firebird	Adams Associates
62		Pontiac Firebird	Oftedahl Racing
66	Manuel Lopez / Julio Cesar de Las Casas	Ford Escort	Team Lopez
82	Gaston Andrey	Tiga GT285 Mazda	Gaston Andrey
84	Mike Gassaway / Gary Brown / Russell Gossett / Paul Fortner / Larry Huff	Datsun 280Z	Fortner Racing
98	Ken Bupp / Guy Church / E. J. Generotti	Chevrolet Camaro	C R T Contracting