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1985 Detroit News 200
Held on September 22, 1985 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI
100 L, 200 M, 321.9 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	3	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser	March / Cosworth	100	70	running	22
2	7	5	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z-7	March / Cosworth	100	0	running	16
3	6	98	Ed Pimm	Skoal Bandit	Eagle / Cosworth	100	0	running	14
4	9	18	Kevin Cogan	Kraco, Wolff Systems	March / Cosworth	99	15	running	12
5	12	2	Tom Sneva	Skoal Bandit	Eagle / Cosworth	99	4	running	10
6	25	55	Josele Garza	Schaefer	March / Cosworth	99	0	running	8
7	13	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	March / Cosworth	99	0	running	6
8	23	4	Danny Sullivan	Miller American	March / Cosworth	99	0	running	5
9	14	21	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American	March / Cosworth	98	0	running	4
10	4	6	Pancho Carter	Valvoline, Buick Hawk	March / Cosworth	98	0	running	3
11	11	59	Pete Halsmer	Scot Lad Foods	March / Cosworth	98	0	running	2
12	18	11	Al Unser	Gould Charge	March / Cosworth	98	0	running	1
13	10	40	Emerson Fittipaldi	7-Eleven, STP	March / Cosworth	98	0	running	0
14	24	56	Steve Chassey	Genesee Beer	March / Chevrolet	96	0	running	0
15	20	61	Arie Luyendyk	Provimi Veal	Lola / Cosworth	96	0	running	0
16	22	7	Geoff Brabham	Coors Light	March / Cosworth	95	0	running	0
17	21	12	Bill Whittington	Arciero Racing	March / Cosworth	95	0	running	0
18	19	33	Howdy Holmes	Jiffy Mixes	Lola / Cosworth	95	0	running	0
19	16	22	Dick Simon	Break Free	March / Cosworth	94	0	running	0
20	4	20	Don Whittington	STP Oil Treatment	March / Cosworth	86	0	accident	0
21	2	1	Mario Andretti	Beatrice	Lola / Cosworth	71	0	transmission	0
22	15	37	Scott Brayton	Dreisbach & Sons	March / Cosworth	70	0	accident	0
23	8	30	Al Unser, Jr.	Domino's Pizza	Lola / Cosworth	61	0	engine	0
24	17	9	Roberto Guerrero	True Value, Master Mechanic	March / Cosworth	53	0	header	0
25	5	99	Michael Andretti	Electrolux, Kraco	March / Cosworth	22	11	electrical	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
		19	Dale Coyne	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola/Chevrolet			DNQ
		24	Gary Bettenhausen	Leader Card	March / Cosworth			DNQ
		36	Dennis Firestone	Pace Electronics	Lola / Cosworth			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:13:19
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Bobby Rahal - 33.605 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 0.71 seconds
Average Speed: 163.647 mph
Cautions: 2 for 17 laps - Laps 72-82 #37 accident turn 4, Laps 88-93 #20 accident turn 3
Lead Changes: 6 among 4 drivers - Michael Andretti 1-11, Bobby Rahal 12-16, Kevin Cogan 17-31, Rahal 32-36, Tom Sneva 37-40, Rahal 41-100
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered