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1985 Portland Champ Cars in CART at the Portland circuit. Full information

1985 Portland Champ Cars

1985 Portland Champ Cars is 82nd CART race. Passed at the Portland circuit. Danny Sullivan won the pole position, Mario Andretti won this race. Al Unser, Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 104 laps (322 km).

Previous race: 1985 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Next race: 1985 Meadowlands Champ Cars
Race Start: 16th June 1985

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1985 Portland Champ Cars

11th victory for the Newman-Haas Racing team
12th victory for the Mario Andretti
32nd podium for the Mario Andretti
6th podium for the Al Unser, Jr.
2nd podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi

Lola T900 - 1985 Portland Champ Cars winner

Lola T900 #1 - 1985 Portland Champ Cars winner

1985 Portland Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T900, #1	20	1h 51m 35.524s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T900, #30	17	1h 52m 13.024s	Shierson Racing
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 85C, #40	14	1h 52m 32.324s	Patrick Racing
4	Al Unser	March 85C, #5	12	103 laps	Penske Racing
5	Kevin Cogan	March 85C, #18	10	102 laps	Kraco Racing
6	Scott Brayton	March 85C, #37	8	102 laps	Brayton Racing
7	Michael Roe	Lola T900, #71	6	102 laps	Hemelgarn Racing
8	Pete Halsmer	March 85C, #59	5	102 laps	Machinists Union Racing
9	Johnny Rutherford	March 85C, #21	4	100 laps	Alex Foods Racing
10	Bruno Giacomelli	March 85C, #20	3	99 laps Out of fuel	Patrick Racing
11	Raul Boesel	March 85C, #22	2	97 laps	Dick Simon Racing
12	Josele Garza	March 85C, #55	1	96 laps Mechanical	Machinists Union Racing
13	Pancho Carter	March 85C, #6	0	96 laps	Galles Racing
14	Geoff Brabham	March 85C, #7	0	94 laps Engine	Galles Racing
15	Roberto Guerrero	March 85C, #9	0	68 laps Accident	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
16	Jan Lammers	March 85C, #43	0	59 laps Transmission	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
17	Howdy Holmes	Lola T900, #33	0	59 laps Gear lever	Forsythe Racing
18	Dennis Firestone	March 84C, #36	0	56 laps Handling	BC Pace Racing
19	Ed Pimm	Eagle 85, #98	0	55 laps Engine	Gurney-Curb Racing
20	Bobby Rahal	March 85C, #3	0	54 laps Oil leak	Truesports
21	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T900, #61	0	50 laps Engine	Provimi Veal Racing
22	Randy Lanier	Lola T900, #57	0	46 laps Engine	Arciero Racing
23	Jacques Villeneuve	March 85C, #76	0	43 laps Oil leak	Canadian Tire Racing
24	Tom Sneva	Lola T900, #2	0	32 laps Transmission	Gurney-Curb Racing
25	Chico Serra	Theodore T84, #15	0	29 laps Engine	Ensign Racing
26	Bill Whittington	Lola T900, #12	0	10 laps Overheating	Arciero Racing
27	Danny Sullivan	March 85C, #4	1	7 laps Steering	Penske Racing
28	Michael Andretti	March 85C, #99	0	4 laps Engine	Kraco Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1985 Portland Champ Cars on the Portland circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Danny Sullivan	March 85C, #4	59.932s	Penske Racing
2	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T900, #30	59.977s	Shierson Racing
3	Bobby Rahal	March 85C, #3	59.995s	Truesports
4	Mario Andretti	Lola T900, #1	1m 0.159s	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Geoff Brabham	March 85C, #7	1m 0.298s	Galles Racing
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 85C, #40	1m 0.495s	Patrick Racing
7	Roberto Guerrero	March 85C, #9	1m 0.532s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
8	Bruno Giacomelli	March 85C, #20	1m 0.656s	Patrick Racing
9	Jacques Villeneuve	March 85C, #76	1m 1.221s	Canadian Tire Racing
10	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T900, #61	1m 1.227s	Provimi Veal Racing
11	Pete Halsmer	March 85C, #59	1m 1.257s	Machinists Union Racing
12	Raul Boesel	March 85C, #22	1m 1.415s	Dick Simon Racing
13	Ed Pimm	Eagle 85, #98	1m 1.598s	Gurney-Curb Racing
14	Michael Roe	Lola T900, #71	1m 1.606s	Hemelgarn Racing
15	Tom Sneva	Lola T900, #2	1m 1.635s	Gurney-Curb Racing
16	Josele Garza	March 85C, #55	1m 1.695s	Machinists Union Racing
17	Bill Whittington	Lola T900, #12	1m 1.699s	Arciero Racing
18	Michael Andretti	March 85C, #99	1m 1.701s	Kraco Racing
19	Al Unser	March 85C, #5	1m 1.748s	Penske Racing
20	Johnny Rutherford	March 85C, #21	1m 1.848s	Alex Foods Racing
21	Scott Brayton	March 85C, #37	1m 1.978s	Brayton Racing
22	Howdy Holmes	Lola T900, #33	1m 1.981s	Forsythe Racing
23	Kevin Cogan	March 85C, #18	1m 2.111s	Kraco Racing
24	Jan Lammers	March 85C, #43	1m 2.177s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
25	Pancho Carter	March 85C, #6	1m 2.922s	Galles Racing
26	Chico Serra	Theodore T84, #15	1m 3.014s	Ensign Racing
27	Dennis Firestone	March 84C, #36	1m 3.574s	BC Pace Racing
28	Randy Lanier	Lola T900, #57	1m 3.643s	Arciero Racing

List of all cars for the 1985 Portland Champ Cars on the Portland circuit

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