1985 Stock Car Brasil season

The 1985 Stock Car Brasil Championship was the seventh iteration of the Stock Car Brasil Championship. The season would begin at the Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã on April 21 and would conclude at the Interlagos Circuit on December 8.

The championship was won by Ingo Hoffmann, taking his second Stock Car Brasil championship crown.

The following circuits hosted at least one round of the 1985 championship.^[1]

Round	Circuit (Event)	Dates	Map
1	Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul	April 21	Interlagos Curitiba Goiânia Jacarepaguá Cascavel Guaporé Tarumã Brasília
2	Autódromo de Jacarepaguá Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro	May 12
3	Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé Guaporé, Rio Grande do Sul	June 9
4	Autódromo Internacional de Brasília Brasília, Distrito Federal	July 14
5	Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia Goiânia, Goiás	August 11
6	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel Cascavel, Paraná	October 6
7	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba Curitiba, Paraná	October 13
8	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, São Paulo	December 8

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers, with the exception of the American-born Gene Fireball, were Brazilian-registered. All cars run in the series were Chevrolet Opala.

Entrant	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds
Spinelli Racing	C	1	Marcos Gracia	All
Spinelli Racing	C	65	Beto Napolitano	2, 5–8
Equipe Coca-Cola Brasil/Polwax	C	10	César Villela	All
Equipe Coca-Cola Brasil/Polwax	C	64	Walter Travaglini	All
Kohlbach Engineering	P	13	Savio Murillo	All
Kohlbach Engineering	P	30	Oscar Chanoski	All
Team Metalpó	B	16	Thiago Grison	2–4, 6–8
Team Metalpó	B	67	Paulo Gomes	All
Renner Racing	C	18	José Cangueiro	5–6, 8
Renner Racing	C	27	Sidney Alves	1–4, 6–8
Equipe Havoline-Texaco	C	21	Vignaldo Fizio	All
Equipe Havoline-Texaco	C	98	Clayton Peres	2, 8
Camel Grand Prix	C	22	Chico Serra	All
Camel Grand Prix	C	23	Roberto Amaral	1–3, 6–8
Equipe Johnson	P	29	Renato Martins	All
Equipe Johnson	P	47	Jorge Fleck	5
Rothmans International	C	33	Paulo Valiengo	6–7
Team Marlboro	M	38	Sebastião Andrade	2, 5
Team Marlboro	M	79	Paulo de Tarso Marques	All
Action/Sultox-Sulpesca Racing	P	40	Heber Borlenghi	3, 7–8
Action/Sultox-Sulpesca Racing	P	88	Reinaldo Campello	8
Forbox Corporation	C	41	Gene Fireball	All
Bunge Bioenergia Racing	B	42	Evaldo Quadrado	All
Bunge Bioenergia Racing	B	57	João Correa	8
Equipe Havoline-Texaco	P	48	Olimpio Alencar Jr.	All
Equipe Havoline-Texaco	P	55	Walter Corsi Filho	All
Objetivo Competições	C	49	Nelson Lacerda	All
Objetivo Competições	C	70	Laércio Justino	All
Castrol Racing	M	50	Djalma Fogaça	All
Castrol Racing	M	97	Fred Marinelli	6–7
Giaffone Motorsport	M	53	Affonso Giaffone Jr.	All
Giaffone Motorsport	M	74	Zeca Giaffone	All
Team Playlife	G	60	Pedro Muffato	3–8
Team Playlife	G	95	Ricardo Steinfeld	3, 8
Oxigeral GP	C	68	Diumar Bueno	All
JF Racing	B	73	Ingo Hoffmann	All
JF Racing	B	90	Fabiano Brito	3
Rodão Motorsport	P	80	Leonardo Almeida	1–2

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Tarumã	April 21	Affonso Giaffone Jr.	César Villela	Paulo Gomes	Team Metalpó
2	Jacarepaguá	May 12	Affonso Giaffone Jr.	Affonso Giaffone Jr.	Ingo Hoffmann	JF Racing
3	Guaporé	June 9	Nelson Lacerda	Oscar Chanoski	Zeca Giaffone	Giaffone Motorsport
4	Brasília	July 14	Reinaldo Campello	Marcos Gracia	Ingo Hoffmann	JF Racing
5	Goiânia	August 11	Olimpio Alencar Jr.	Ingo Hoffmann	Olimpio Alencar Jr.	Equipe Havoline-Texaco
6	Cascavel	October 6	Affonso Giaffone Jr.	Ingo Hoffmann	Ingo Hoffmann	JF Racing
7	Curitiba	October 13	Ingo Hoffmann	Ingo Hoffmann	Ingo Hoffmann	JF Racing
8	Interlagos	December 8	Reinaldo Campello	Ingo Hoffmann	Ingo Hoffmann	JF Racing

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	TAR	RIO	GUA	BRA	GOI	CAS	CUR	INT	Pts
1	Ingo Hoffmann	2	1	5	1	4	1	1	1	194
2	Affonso Giaffone Jr.	Ret	3	DNS	3	Ret	4	Ret	3	186
3	Marcos Gracia	3	4	10	7	2	Ret	5	7	180
4	Paulo Gomes	1	7	2	5	15	6	9	4	176
5	Olimpio Alencar Jr.	Ret	5	DNS	9	1	2	2	5	174
6	Chico Serra	4	Ret	4	6	Ret	3	14	2	140
7	César Villela	Ret	Ret	3	8	Ret	18	6	Ret	134
8	Zeca Giaffone	5	6	1	2	3	7	3	10	132
9	Oscar Chanoski	10	2	Ret	13	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	128
10	Sidney Alves	7	Ret	8	11		5	4	9	118
11	Vignaldo Fizio	Ret	Ret	7	14	DNS	DSQ	16	11	100
12	Evaldo Quadrado	11	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	11	8	Ret	92
13	Diumar Bueno	6	Ret	DNS	4	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	88
14	Gene Fireball	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	5	12	11	Ret	83
15	Pedro Muffato			16	15	8	Ret	DNS	6	73
16	Sérgio Ramalho	9	8	11	10	6	9	7	14	71
17	Paulo de Tarso Marques	14	Ret	6	12	7	8	15	15	60
18	Laércio Justino	8	Ret	DNS	17	Ret	14	Ret	18	56
19	Reinaldo Campello								8	52
20	Nelson Lacerda	8	Ret	DNS	17	Ret	14	Ret	18	50
21	Savio Murillo	13	11	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	41
22	Roberto Amaral	12	9	Ret			Ret	17	DNQ	23
23	Walter Corsi Filho	Ret	12	12	Ret	9	17	13	13	20
24	Renato Martins	15	10	17	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	12	17
25	Walter Travaglini	Ret	Ret	15	19	10	16	Ret	DNQ	11
26	Beto Napolitano		Ret			12	Ret	10	19	9
27	Jorge Fleck					11				8
28	Thiago Grison		Ret	DNS	18		13	12	17	5
29	Djalma Fogaça	Ret	13	14	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	16	2
30	Fred Marinelli						Ret	DNS		0
31	Leonardo Almeida	Ret	Ret							0
32	Fabiano Brito			Ret						0
33	Heber Borlenghi			Ret				Ret	Ret	0
34	José Cangueiro					Ret	Ret		Ret	0
35	Clayton Peres		Ret						Ret	0
36	Roberto Massouh	Ret			Ret					0
37	Ricardo Steinfeld			DNQ					Ret	0
38	Sebastião Andrade		Ret			Ret				0
39	João Correa								Ret	0
40	Paulo Valiengo						DNQ	Ret		0
Pos	Driver	TAR	RIO	GUA	BRA	GOI	CAS	CUR	INT	Pts
Source: ^[2]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap
† – Retired, but classified

1985 Stock Car Brasil season

Teams and drivers

Results and standings

Season summary

Championship standings

References

External links

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