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Tony Bettenhausen 100
USAC Silver Crown race
Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
August 17, 1985
100 laps on 1 mile dirt oval; 100 miles
Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
1
| 3
| Chuck Gurney
| 30
| Junior Kurtz
| Watson/Chevrolet
| 100
| 13,600
| running
| 56 |
2
| 1
| Joe Saldana
| 4
| Mauri Amerling
|
| 100
| 7,800
| running
| 38 |
3
| 4
| Rick Hood
| 39
| Damon Fortune
|
| 100
| 3,500
| running
| 5 |
4
| 23
| Jack Hewitt
| 79
| Marshall Kerr
|
| 100
| 2,000
| running
| 0 |
5
| 20
| Bobby Olivero
| 15
| Ralph Wilke
|
| 100
| 1,800
| running
| 0 |
6
| 21
| Duke Cook
| 44
| Verneda Cook
|
| 100
| 1,600
| running
| 0 |
7
| 7
| John Andretti
| 26
| Elizabeth Jones
|
| 100
| 1,400
| running
| 0 |
8
| 9
| Steve Butler
| 10
| Kenneth Jarrett
|
| 100
| 1,200
| running
| 0 |
9
| 24
| Steve Cannon
| 89
| Richard Soubirou
|
| 99
| 1,100
| running
| 0 |
10
| 13
| Mike Peters
| 86
| Larry Hill
|
| 99
| 1,000
| running
| 0 |
11
| 26
| Jerry Russell
| 53
| Lowell Schmidt
|
| 99
| 900
| running
| 0 |
12
| 28
| Rodney Ritter Jr.
| 12
| William Kirtley
|
| 98
| 800
| running
| 0 |
13
| 11
| Sheldon Kinser
| 6
| Ben Leyba
|
| 98
| 700
| running
| 0 |
14
| 29
| Warren Mockler
| 24
| Stephen MacPherson
|
| 97
| 600
| running
| 0 |
15
| 18
| Paul Clark
| 91
| Paul Clark
|
| 93
| 525
| running
| 0 |
16
| 34
| Mike Gregg
| 75
| Michaud Electric
|
| 81
| 450
| engine
| 0 |
17
| 2
| Steve Chassey
| 56
| Gohr Distributing
|
| 76
| 525
| engine
| 1 |
18
| 8
| Tom Bigelow
| 5
| Johnny Vance
|
| 67
| 400
| transmission
| 0 |
19
| 27
| Duke DeRosa
| 46
| George Egan
|
| 59
| 375
| driveline
| 0 |
20
| 22
| Larry Rice
| 9
| David LeFevre
|
| 45
| 350
| ignition
| 0 |
21
| 19
| Billy Shuman
| 28
| Richard Polnau
|
| 45
| 325
| accident
| 0 |
22
| 17
| Billy Engelhart
| 58
| Jim DePalma
|
| 44
| 325
| overheating
| 0 |
23
| 6
| Gary Bettenhausen
| 2
| Tim DelRose
|
| 43
| 325
| ignition
| 0 |
24
| 16
| Dave Blaney
| 51
| Michael Gurtizen
|
| 33
| 825
| overheating
| 0 |
25
| 10
| George Snider
| 16
| Mark Wilke
|
| 26
| 300
| shock
| 0 |
26
| 12
| Ken Schrader
| 55
| George Middleton
|
| 24
| 300
| engine
| 0 |
27
| 15
| Gary Irvin
| 48
| Gary Irvin
|
| 23
| 300
| magneto
| 0 |
28
| 5
| Rich Vogler
| 29
| Louis Seymour
|
| 13
| 300
| engine
| 0 |
29
| 14
| Mark Alderson
| 95
| Robert Gaby
|
| 13
| 300
| engine
| 0 |
30
| 25
| Larry Dickson
| 80
| Ernie Ensign
|
| 9
| 300
| clutch
| 0 |
31
| 30
| Dave Strickland Jr.
| 27
| Richard Polnau
|
| 0
|
| did not start
| 0 |
32
| 31
| Bruce Field
| 97
| John Hajduk
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
33
| 32
| Danny Milburn
| 14
| Cecilia Smith
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
34
| 33
| John Batts
| 85
| Ronald McMahon
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
35
| 35
| Fred Rahmer
| 31
| William Mataka
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
36
| 36
| Ron Dunstan
| 82
| Colleen Dunstan
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
37
| 37
| Terry Pearson
| 11
| Jesse Plummer
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
38
| 38
| Bob Cicconi
| 59
| Louis Cicconi
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
39
| 39
| Johnny Parsons
| 18
| Joe Conroy
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
40
| 40
| Arnold Knepper
| 35
| Tom Fischer
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
41
| 41
| Bud Wilmot
| 84
| Steven Wilmot
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
42
| 42
| Jim Moughan Jr.
| 17
| Babb
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
43
| 43
| Gary Hieber
| 47
| EWH Service
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
44
| 44
| Kramer Williamson
| 21
| Lloyd Stephens
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
Time of race: 01:02:09
Average Speed: 96.541 MPH
Pole Speed: 31.144 seconds
3 cautions for 18 laps