Road America 500 Miles 1985 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: The Löwenbräu Classic Road America		Date: 25.8.1985
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
International Motor Sport Association (round 13) IMSA GTO (round 13) IMSA GTU (round 13) International Motor Sport Association (round 13)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	500 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	69
Practiced:	56
Qualified:	55
Started:	55
Finished:	26

Classes:	Pract	Start
IMSA GTP	20	19
IMSA GTP Lights	5	5
IMSA GTO	16	16
IMSA GTU	15	15

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Lap Times

Winners:
Overall:	16	Porsche 962	Olson / Rahal
IMSA GTP Lights:	93	Argo JM16 Mazda	Marsh / Pawley / Marsh
IMSA GTO:	65	Ford Mustang	Jones / St. James
IMSA GTU:	76	Mazda RX-7	Baldwin / Kline
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	14	Porsche 962	Derek Bell (GB)	2:02.6600	188.9338 km/h	lap 56
IMSA GTP Lights:	93	Argo JM16 Mazda	Kelly Marsh (USA)	2:19.1900	166.4963 km/h	lap 49
IMSA GTO:	07	Ford Mustang	Scott Pruett (USA)	2:17.4900	168.5546 km/h	lap 8
IMSA GTU:	76	Mazda RX-7	Jack Baldwin (USA)	2:27.3200	157.3069 km/h	lap 81
Pole Positions:
Overall:	7	Ford Mustang Probe	Klaus Ludwig (D)	1:59.8810	193.3128 km/h
IMSA GTP Lights:	93	Argo JM16 Mazda	Kelly Marsh (USA)	2:19.8450	165.7158 km/h
IMSA GTO:	77	Ford Thunderbird	Darin Brassfield (USA)
IMSA GTU:	55	Pontiac Fiero	Bob Earl (USA)	2:24.0260	160.9054 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (11), Mazda (10), March (5), Ford (5), Pontiac (5), Chevrolet (5)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (13), Mazda (13), Chevrolet (7), Ford (6), Pontiac (5), Buick (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Mazda RX-7 (10), Porsche 962 (6), March 85G (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (91), CDN (5), GB (3), D (2), DR (2)
Most used colours:	white (41%), red (25%), blue (13%), yellow (12%), black (5%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (50%), front-engined (42%), rear-engined (8%)
Oldest known drivers:	Bob Tullius (55), Dick Greer (53), Monte Shelton (51)
Youngest known drivers:	John Jones (20), Darin Brassfield (22), Scott Pruett (25)
Female drivers:	Lyn St. James

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