1985 24 Hours of Daytona

1985 24 Hours of Daytona
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Track map of Daytona International Speedway

The 23rd Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 2–3, 1985[1] at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1985 IMSA GT Championship.

Victory overall and in the GTP class went to the No. 8 Henn's Swap Shop Racing Porsche 962 driven by A. J. Foyt, Bob Wollek, Al Unser, and Thierry Boutsen.[2][3][4] Victory in the GTO class went to the No. 65 Roush Racing Ford Mustang driven by Wally Dallenbach Jr., John Jones and Doc Bundy. Victory in the Lights class went to the No. 93 Mid-O/Rusty Jones Argo JM16 driven by Kelly Marsh, Ron Pawley, and Don Marsh. Victory in the GTU class went to the No. 71 Team Highball Mazda RX-7 driven by Amos Johnson, Jack Dunham, and Yojiro Terada.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps
1 GTP 8 United States Henn's Swap Shop Racing United States A. J. Foyt
France Bob Wollek
United States Al Unser
Belgium Thierry Boutsen
Porsche 962 703
2 GTP 14 United States Holbert Racing United States Al Holbert
United States Al Unser Jr.
United Kingdom Derek Bell
Porsche 962 686
3 GTP 67 United States BFGoodrich United States Jim Busby
United States Rick Knoop
Germany Jochen Mass
Porsche 962 674
4 GTP 5 United States Bob Akin Motor Racing Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
United States Bob Akin
United States Paul Miller
Porsche 962 670
5 GTP 7 United States Bob Akin Motor Racing United States Jim Mullen
Canada Kees Nierop
United States Ray McIntyre
Porsche 935 668
6 GTP 2 United States Leon Bros. Racing United States Skeeter McKitterick
United States Terry Wolters
United States Art Leon
March 84G 654
7 GTP 1 United States Leon Bros. Racing United States Bill Whittington
United States Randy Lanier
United States Al Leon
March 85G 652
8 GTO 65 United States Roush Racing United States Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Canada John Jones
United States Doc Bundy
Ford Mustang 637
9 GTP 9 United States Personalized Autohaus United States Jack Newsum
United States Wayne Baker
United States Chip Mead
United States Ren Tilton
Porsche 935 624
10 Lights 93 United States Mid-O/Rusty Jones United States Kelly Marsh
United States Ron Pawley
United States Don Marsh
Argo JM16 602
11 GTO 53 United States Mandeville Auto/Tech United States Danny Smith
United States Tom Waugh
Puerto Rico Diego Febles
Mazda RX-7 599
12 GTU 71 United States Team Highball United States Amos Johnson
United States Jack Dunham
Japan Yojiro Terada
Mazda RX-7 599
13 Lights 63 United States RGP 500 Racing United States Jim Downing
United States John Maffucci
Japan Yoshimi Katayama
Argo JM16 599
14 GTO 09 United States 901 Shop United States Mike Schaefer
United States Peter Uria
United States Jack Refenning
United States Larry Figaro
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 586
15 GTO 90 United States Road Circuit Tech United States Les Delano
United States Andy Petery
United States Tommy Riggins
Pontiac Firebird 578
16 GTO 21 United States Gopher Motion United States Steve Cohen
United States Don Walker
United States William Gelles
Ferrari 512 567
17 GTP 6 United States Morgan Performance United States Charles Morgan
United States Bill Alsup
United States Jim Miller
Royale RP40 564
18 GTU 42 United States Mike Meyer/Daffy SWR United States Scott Pruett
United States Paul Lewis
United States Joe Varde
Mazda RX-7 558
19 GTU 99 United States All American Racers United States Chris Cord
United States Dennis Aase
Toyota Celica 533
20 GTO 92 United States OMR Engines United States Chris Gennone
United States Fern Prego
United States Hoyt Overbagh
United States Lewis Fuller
Chevrolet Camaro 516
21
DNF
GTP 11 United States Kendall Racing United States Chuck Kendall
Australia Peter Fitzgerald
United States John Hotchkis
Porsche 935 512
22 GTP 30 Italy Momo Corse Italy Giampiero Moretti
United States Jim Trueman
Italy Massimo Sigala
Alba AR5 505
23 Lights 37 United States Aerex Manufacturing United States Peter Welter
United States Nick Nicholson
United States Tom Burdsall
Tiga GT284 501
24 GTO 96 Australia Allan Moffat Racing Canada Allan Moffat
Australia Gregg Hansford
Australia Kevin Bartlett
Australia Peter McLeod
Mazda RX-7 482
25 GTU 94 United States 49th Star Racing United States William Pfalf
United States Skip Winfree
United States Wally Hopkins
Porsche 911 477
26 GTO 73 United States Wolf Engines United States Clark Howey
United States Dale Koch
United States Tracy Wolf
Chevrolet Camaro 467
27 GTO 78 United States Raul Garcia United States Raul Garcia
United States Eugenio Matienzo
Pontiac Firebird 454
28 GTP 3 United States Pegasus Racing United States Bobby Allison
United States Wayne Pickering
United States Ken Madren
March 84G 437
29 GTO 83 United States K&P Racing United States William Wessel
United States Robert Whitaker
United States Mark Kennedy
United States Karl Keck
Chevrolet Corvette 436
30 GTO 43 United States Starved Rock Lodge United States Rusty Schmidt
United States Scott Schmidt
United States Max Schmidt
Chevrolet Corvette 413
31
DNF
GTO 35 United States Team Dallas United States M. L. Speer
United States Bobby Hefner
United States Jack Griffin
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 395
32
DNF
GTP 15 United States Kalagian Racing United States John Kalagian
United States John Lloyd
United States Tom Grunnah
March 84G 394
33
DNF
GTP 33 United States Bo-And Racing United States Richard Anderson
United States Bard Boand
United States Mike Brummer
Lola T600 373
34 GTO 22 United States Walter Johnston United States Del Russo Taylor
United Kingdom John Hayes-Harlow
United States Bob Lee
Pontiac Firebird 351
35 GTU 49 United States Conrad Racing United States Albert Naon Jr.
United States Dennis Vitolo
United States Fernando Garcia
Porsche 911 336
36
DNF
GTP 45 United States Conte Racing United States John Paul Jr.
Canada Bill Adam
United States Whitney Ganz
March 85G 330
37
DNF
GTO 80 United States Lindley Motor Ltd. United States Neil Bonnett
United States Jim Derhaag
United States Les Lindley
Chevrolet Camaro 295
38
DNF
GTO 72 United States Centurion Auto Trans United States Harold Shafer
United States Tom Nehl
United States Kent Painter
Chevrolet Camaro 283
39
DNF
GTO 29 United States Southern Racing Promins United States Gary Baker
United States Robin McCall
United States Joe Ruttman
Chevrolet Corvette 281
40
DNF
GTP 0 South Africa Kreepy Krauly Racing South Africa Sarel van der Merwe
South Africa Tony Martin
South Africa Ian Scheckter
March 84G 260
41
DNF
GTO 38 United States Mandeville Auto/Tech Japan Takashi Yorino
United States Logan Blackburn
United States Roger Mandeville
Mazda RX-7 220
42
DNF
GTU 81 United States Mosler Racing United States Steve Alexander
United States Joe Hill
United States George Alderman
Ferrari 308 GTB/GTS 219
43
DNF
GTO 89 El Salvador Scorpio Racing El Salvador "Jamsal"
El Salvador Eduardo Galdamez
Guatemala "Anbagua"
Porsche 934 217
44
DNF
GTU 55 Canada Preston & Son Enterprises Canada Robert Peters
Canada George Schwarz
Canada Andre Schwarz
Mazda RX-7 214
45
DNF
GTU 76 United States Malibu Grand Prix United States Jack Baldwin
United States Ira Young
United States Jeff Kline
Mazda RX-7 205
46
DNF
GTP 44 United States Group 44 United Kingdom Brian Redman
United States Bob Tullius
United States Hurley Haywood
Jaguar XJR-5 203
47
DNF
GTU 57 United States Zwiren Racing United States Steve Zwiren
United States Tony Pio Costa
United States Mike Allison
United States Wes Donnington
Mazda RX-7 188
48
DNF
GTP 31 United States Goral Racing United States Hugo Gralia
United States Emory Donaldson
United States Paul Goral
Porsche 935 183
49
DNF
GTO 51 United States Mosler Racing United States John McComb
United States Rick Mancuso
United States Fred Fiala
Ferrari 512 BB 171
50
DNF
GTU 17 United States Al Bacon Racing United States Al Bacon
United States Charles Guest
New Zealand Steve Millen
Mazda RX-7 170
51
DNF
GTP 4 United States Lee Racing United States Lew Price
United States Carson Baird
United States Billy Hagan
United States Terry Labonte
Lola T711 160
52
DNF
GTP 29 United States DeAtley Motorsports Republic of Ireland Michael Roe
Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne
United States Darin Brassfield
March 84G 159
53
DNF
GTP 95 United States Van Every Racing United States Lance van Every
United States Ash Tisdelle
United States Jack Refenning
Porsche 935 157
54
DNF
GTO 06 United States Roush Racing United States John Bauer
United States Jim Miller
United States Willy T. Ribbs
Ford Mustang 157
55
DNF
GTP 04 United States Group 44 France Claude Ballot-Léna
United States Jim Adams
United States Chip Robinson
Jaguar XJR-5 154
56
DNF
GTU 60 United States Hobbit Racing United States Tony Swan
United States Bob Ruth
United States Steve Dietrich
Mazda RX-7 150
57
DNF
GTO 54 United States Dave Heinz Imports United States Dave Heinz
United States Dave Barnett
United States Jerry Thompson
Chevrolet Corvette 138
58
DNF
GTO 66 United States Bob Beasley United States Bob Beasley
United States Jack Lewis
United States Chuck Grantham
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 118
59
DNF
GTP 68 United States BFGoodrich United States Pete Halsmer
Austria Dieter Quester
United States John Morton
Porsche 962 107
60
DNF
GTP 86 United States Bayside Disposal Racing United States Bruce Leven
France Henri Pescarolo
Belgium Thierry Boutsen
Porsche 962 101
61
DNF
GTO 97 United States Scyphers-Ankor Racing United States Billy Scyphers
United States Allen Glick
United States Bill Cooper
Chevrolet Corvette 99
62
DNF
GTP 25 United States Red Lobster Racing United States Kenper Miller
United States Dave Cowart
Colombia Mauricio de Narváez
March 83G 92
63
DNF
GTU 87 United States Performance Motorsports United States Elliott Forbes-Robinson
United States John Schneider
United States Don Istook
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR 89
64
DNF
GTO 58 United States Coin Operated Racing United States Jim Torres
United States Don Kravig
United States Michael Hammond
Porsche 934 86
65
DNF
GTU 13 United States Rubino Racing United States Frank Rubino
United States Dennis Wagoner
United States Ken Knott
Mazda RX-7 67
66
DNF
GTP 20 United States Spirit of Cleveland United States Freddy Baker
United States Don Herman
United States Rich Maher
United States Richard Silver
Porsche 935 62
67
DNF
GTO 70 United States Ormond Racing United States Don Cummings
United States Craig Rubright
United States Greg Walker
Chevrolet Corvette 58
68
DNF
GTP 07 United States LSJ Racing United States Lyn St. James
United States Tim Coconis
United States Eric Lang
Argo JM16 54
69
DNF
GTU 08 United States Paul Romano United States Drake Olson
United States Steve Potter
United States Willard Howe
Mazda RX-7 45
70
DNF
GTU 77 United States Championship Motorsports United States Don Wallace
United States John Petrick
United States Don Sikes
Mazda RX-7 36
71
DNF
GTO 47 United States Dingman Bros. Racing United States Walt Bohren
United States Ron Bouchard
United States Billy Dingman
Pontiac Firebird 35
72
DNF
GTO 41 United States Unlimited Telephones United States Luis Sereix
United States Ralph Noseda
Pontiac Firebird 28
73
DNF
GTU 84 United States Clay Young United States Clay Young Pontiac Fiero 21
74
DNF
GTP 16 United States Henn's Swap Shop Racing Germany Harald Grohs
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
United States Preston Henn
Switzerland Walter Brun
Porsche 935 15
75
DNF
GTP 61 United States Team USA/Deco Sales United States Steve Shelton
United States Don Courtney
United States Brent O'Neill
Royale RP40 14
76
DNF
GTU 74 United States Whitehall Motorsports United States Paul Gentilozzi
United States Kent Hill
United States Austin Godsey
United States Bobby Akin
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR 12
DNS GTP 88 United States Bayside Disposal Racing United States Bruce Leven
France Henri Pescarolo
Belgium Thierry Boutsen
Porsche 962 -
DNS GTP 19 United States Performance Motorcar United States Jack Miller
United States Carlos Ramirez
United States Bruce Redding
Nimrod NRA/C2 -
DNS GTO 64 United States Rene Rodriguez Venezuela Ernesto Soto
United States Rene Rodriguez
Chevrolet Corvette -
DNS GTP 05 United States Hi-Tech Racing United States Tico Almeida
Cuba Miguel Morejon
Porsche 935 -
DNS GTU 00 United States Jim Logan United States Jim Logan
New Zealand Graham McRae
United States Leonard Yanke
Dodge Daytona -
DNS GTU 27 United States Paul Fortner United States Russell Gossett
United States Gary Stephens
United States Paul Wolfe
Datsun 280Z -
DNS GTP 85 United States Ralph Sanchez Racing Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi
United States Tony Garcia
Colombia Mauricio de Narvaez
March 85G -
DNQ GTO 24 United States Kreider Racing United States Dale Kreider
United States Roy Newsome
Chevrolet Camaro -
DNQ GTU 34 El Salvador El Salvador Racing United States Alfredo Mena
United States George Drolsom
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR -
DNQ GTU 02 United States RNGC Racing United States Dale Kreider
United States Roy Newsome
Mazda RX-7 -
DNQ GTO 23 United States Import Restoration United States Alan Howes
United States Paul Reisman
United States Bob Hebert
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR -
DNQ GTO 69 United States John Hofstra United States John Hofstra
United States Charles Slater
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR -
DNQ GTU 79 United States Whitehall Motorsports United States Tom Winters
United States Bob Bergstrom
United States John Casey
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR -
Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1985 - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. ^ a b "Daytona 24 Hours 1985 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  3. ^ "PRUETT: The Ballad of the 1985 SunBank 24 at Daytona". January 29, 2015.
  4. ^ "1985 Daytona 24 Hours | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. June 12, 2017.