Trans-Am St. Petersburg 1985 - Race Results

Event: St. Petersburg Grand Prix		Date: 3.11.1985
Track: St. Petersburg (United States), 3.219 kms	Organiser: unknown
Trans-Am St. Petersburg
Bendix Brake Trans-Am Championship (round 15)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason
1^st	3	Willy T. Ribbs	Mercury Capri	Roush Racing	50	160.9344 kms	128.6027
2^nd	8	Jim Miller	Mercury Capri	MTI Vacations	50
3^rd	94	Eppie Wietzes	Pontiac Firebird	Silk-Wietzes Motorsport	50
4^th	9	Peter Dus	Pontiac Trans-Am	B&P Supply	48
5^th	24	Rick Dittman	Pontiac Firebird	Dittman Racing	47
6^th	60	John Brandt	Chevrolet Camaro	Brandt Racing	47
7^th	57	Patty Moise	Buick Somerset Regal	Famous Amos	47
8^th	21	Richard Kidd	Pontiac Firebird	Rich Kidd Racing	46
9^th	27	Del Russo Taylor	Pontiac Firebird	Walter Johnson Racing	45
10^th	7	Tom Gloy	Mercury Capri	Heimrath Racing	44			Electrics
11^th	31	Phil Currin	Pontiac Firebird	Spina Bifida/Golden West	44
12^th	72	Bruce Jenner	Pontiac Trans-Am 310	Bruce Jenner Racing	43
13^th	18	Paul Romano	Mazda RX-7	Simms-Romano Enterprises	43
14^th	4	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Mercury Capri Ford 310	Roush Racing	42			Fuel pump
15^th	80	Les Lindley	Chevrolet Camaro	Lindley Racing	37			Suspension
16^th	99	Marshall Robbins	Ford Mustang	Robbins Spirit of Detroit	37			Axle
17^th	19	Kerry Hitt	Chevrolet Corvette C4	Spirit of America Racing	37			Oil leak
18^th	82	Roy Newsome	Mazda RX-7	RNGC Racing	33			Fuel pump
19^th	96	Ted Borkowski	Chevrolet Corvette	B.F.L. Racing	31			Ignition
20^th	64	Chris Kneifel	Mercury Capri Ford 310	Motorcraft	30			Mechanical
21^st	12	Ken Murray	Pontiac Trans-Am	American Marketing	30			Unknown
22^nd	81	Ken Bupp	Chevrolet Camaro	CRT Contracting Corp.	28			Unknown
23^rd	6	Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Buick Somerset Regal	Performance Motorsports	27			Brake pivot
24^th	11	Dale Kreider	Chevrolet Camaro	Kreider Racing	25			Unknown
25^th	51	Jerry Kuhn	Pontiac Firebird	Ringo's	24			Axle
26^th	41	John Haughton	Ford Thunderbird	John Haughton	24			Handling
27^th	20	Irwin Ayes	Chevrolet Corvette	Gemini Auto Racing	21			Suspension
28^th	44	Jerry Miller	Buick Century	Armour Laing-Miller	20			Unknown
29^th	70	Murray Edwards	Chevrolet Corvette	Cavendish Farms	16			Suspension
30^th	95	Tim Wheeler	Chevrolet Camaro	Harrison Lumber Co.	16			Steering
31^st	69	Peter Deman	Chevrolet Corvette	Deman Racing	15			Accident
32^nd	40	Jim Derhaag	Pontiac Trans-Am	Derhaag Racing	14			Gearbox
33^rd	78	Rob McFarlin	Pontiac Trans-Am	Auto Racing USA	9			Mechanical
34^th	98	Bob Lee	Buick Skyhawk	Bob's Speed Products	9			Unknown
35^th	76	Jerry Simmons	Chevrolet Corvette	True North Racing	3			Accident
36^th	17	Bill McVey	Chevrolet Camaro	Pride of St. Petersburg	0			Engine

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
66	John Schneider	Porsche 924 Turbo	Performance Motorsports	Accident
90	Gary Allmond	Chevrolet Camaro	Aah Racing	Mechanical
84	Art Cross	Ford Dodge Mirada	John Haughton	Engine

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
0	Al Levenson	Chevrolet Corvette	Al Levenson D6 Racing	Engine
2	Tommy Riggins	Buick Somerset	Centurion	Accident
36	Paul Miller	Porsche 924 Carrera Turbo	Miller	Accident
46	Doug Bethke	Chevrolet Corvette	Murphy Knife Special	Accident
91	Bob Hagestad	Porsche 924 Turbo	Hagestad Racing	Accident

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Car	Entrant
15	Buick Regal	Brumos
34	Pontiac Fiero
37	Chevrolet Camaro	Brandt Racing