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1985 Long Beach Grand Prix in CART at the Long Beach circuit. Full information

1985 Long Beach Grand Prix

1985 Long Beach Grand Prix is 79th CART race. Passed at the Long Beach circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position and this race. Emerson Fittipaldi and Danny Sullivan also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 90 laps (242 km).

Previous race: 1984 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Next race: 1985 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 14th April 1985

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1985 Long Beach Grand Prix

9th victory for the Newman-Haas Racing team
10th victory for the Mario Andretti
29th podium for the Mario Andretti
1st podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi
7th podium for the Danny Sullivan

Lola T900 - 1985 Long Beach Grand Prix winner

Lola T900 #1 - 1985 Long Beach Grand Prix winner

1985 Long Beach Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T900, #1	22	1h 42m 50.07s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 85C, #40	16	1h 43m 50.3s	Patrick Racing
3	Danny Sullivan	March 85C, #4	14	89 laps Out of fuel	Penske Racing
4	Jim Crawford	Lola T900, #34	12	89 laps	Wysard Motor Co
5	Al Unser	March 85C, #5	10	89 laps	Penske Racing
6	Geoff Brabham	March 85C, #7	8	88 laps	Galles Racing
7	Jacques Villeneuve	March 85C, #76	6	88 laps	Canadian Tire Racing
8	Tom Sneva	Eagle 85, #2	5	87 laps	Gurney-Curb Racing
9	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T900, #30	4	86 laps Fire	Shierson Racing
10	Johnny Rutherford	March 85C, #21	3	86 laps	Alex Foods Racing
11	Scott Brayton	March 85C, #37	2	85 laps	Brayton Racing
12	Ed Pimm	Eagle 85, #98	1	85 laps	Gurney-Curb Racing
13	Pancho Carter	March 85C, #6	0	85 laps	Galles Racing
14	Howdy Holmes	Lola T900, #33	0	84 laps	Forsythe Racing
15	Rocky Moran	March 84C, #24	0	80 laps	Leader Card Racers
16	Bill Whittington	Lola T900, #12	0	77 laps	Arciero Racing
17	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T900, #61	0	61 laps Accident	Provimi Veal Racing
18	Bruno Giacomelli	March 85C, #20	0	60 laps Suspension	Patrick Racing
19	Michael Andretti	March 85C, #99	0	48 laps Engine	Kraco Racing
20	Raul Boesel	March 85C, #22	0	45 laps Oil system	Dick Simon Racing
21	Michael Roe	Lola T900, #71	0	42 laps Overheating	Hemelgarn Racing
22	Dennis Firestone	March 84C, #36	0	42 laps Fire	BC Pace Racing
23	Kevin Cogan	March 85C, #18	0	26 laps Accident	Kraco Racing
24	Randy Lanier	Lola T900, #57	0	12 laps Spun	Arciero Racing
25	Dick Ferguson	Lola T800, #27	0	4 laps Engine	Dick Ferguson
26	Roberto Guerrero	March 85C, #9	0	3 laps Suspension	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
27	Bobby Rahal, Josele Garza	March 85C, #3	0	1 laps Accident	Truesports

Qualifying Results for the 1985 Long Beach Grand Prix on the Long Beach circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T900, #1	1m 5.213s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Bobby Rahal	March 85C, #3	1m 5.436s	Truesports
3	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T900, #30	1m 5.784s	Shierson Racing
4	Geoff Brabham	March 85C, #7	1m 5.851s	Galles Racing
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 85C, #40	1m 5.949s	Patrick Racing
6	Bruno Giacomelli	March 85C, #20	1m 6.078s	Patrick Racing
7	Jacques Villeneuve	March 85C, #76	1m 6.174s	Canadian Tire Racing
8	Roberto Guerrero	March 85C, #9	1m 2.908s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
9	Danny Sullivan	March 85C, #4	1m 6.374s	Penske Racing
10	Jim Crawford	Lola T900, #34	1m 6.539s	Wysard Motor Co
11	Michael Andretti	March 85C, #99	1m 6.782s	Kraco Racing
12	Al Unser	March 85C, #5	1m 7.671s	Penske Racing
13	Josele Garza	March 85C, #55	1m 7.905s	Machinists Union Racing
14	Tom Sneva	Eagle 85, #2	1m 7.96s	Gurney-Curb Racing
15	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T900, #61	1m 8.007s	Provimi Veal Racing
16	Howdy Holmes	Lola T900, #33	1m 8.062s	Forsythe Racing
17	Bill Whittington	Lola T900, #12	1m 8.077s	Arciero Racing
18	Ed Pimm	Eagle 85, #98	1m 8.535s	Gurney-Curb Racing
19	Kevin Cogan	March 85C, #18	1m 8.602s	Kraco Racing
20	Johnny Rutherford	March 85C, #21	1m 8.803s	Alex Foods Racing
21	Randy Lanier	Lola T900, #57	1m 9.128s	Arciero Racing
22	Dennis Firestone	March 84C, #36	1m 9.262s	BC Pace Racing
23	Scott Brayton	March 85C, #37	1m 9.329s	Brayton Racing
24	Raul Boesel	March 85C, #22	1m 8.341s	Dick Simon Racing
25	Dick Ferguson	Lola T800, #27	1m 9.535s	Dick Ferguson
26	Pancho Carter	March 85C, #6	1m 9.792s	Galles Racing
27	Rocky Moran, Michael Roe	March 84C, #24	1m 10.487s	Leader Card Racers

List of all cars for the 1985 Long Beach Grand Prix on the Long Beach circuit

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Cosworth

Chevrolet

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Cosworth

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