1985 1000 km of Mosport
The 1985 Budweiser GT was the sixth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship. Several teams from the Camel GT Championship also participated, under the GTP, GTO, and GTU classes. It took place at Mosport Park, Canada on August 11, 1985.
Winkelhock accident
In the early portions of the race, Manfred Winkelhock was driving the Kremer Racing Porsche 962C after taking over from teammate Marc Surer. At the beginning of the car's 69th lap, Winkelhock's Porsche went off course during the long downhill Turn 2. The car hit the concrete barrier at the bottom of the hill head-on. Caution came out immediately and lasted for 56 minutes as safety crews attempted to extract Winkelhock from the wreckage.Winkelhock was flown by medical helicopter to Sunnybrook Medical Centre near Toronto suffering from severe head trauma while the race resumed. Winkelhock died the following day after failing to recover from surgery.
Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified.| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tyre | Laps |
| 1 | C1 | 2 |  Rothmans Porsche | Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell | Porsche 956 | 253 | |
| 1 | C1 | 2 | Rothmans Porsche | Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | 253 | |
| 2 | C1 | 1 | Rothmans Porsche | Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx | Porsche 962C | 253 | |
| 2 | C1 | 1 | Rothmans Porsche | Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | 253 | |
| 3 | C1 | 52 | TWR Jaguar |  Jean-Louis Schlesser Mike Thackwell Martin Brundle | Jaguar XJR-6 | 234 | |
| 3 | C1 | 52 | TWR Jaguar | Jean-Louis Schlesser Mike Thackwell Martin Brundle | Jaguar 6.2 L V12 | 234 | |
| 4 | C1 | 11 | Porsche Kremer Racing |  Ludwig Heimrath, Sr. Ludwig Heimrath, Jr. Kees Kroesemeijer | Porsche 956 | 234 | |
| 4 | C1 | 11 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Ludwig Heimrath, Sr. Ludwig Heimrath, Jr. Kees Kroesemeijer | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | 234 | |
| 5 | C2 | 70 | Spice Engineering | Gordon Spice Ray Bellm | Spice-Tiga GC85 | 231 | |
| 5 | C2 | 70 | Spice Engineering | Gordon Spice Ray Bellm | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | 231 | |
| 6 | C2 | 74 | Gebhardt Motorsport | Frank Jelinski John Graham | Gebhardt JC853 | 225 | |
| 6 | C2 | 74 | Gebhardt Motorsport | Frank Jelinski John Graham | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 | 225 | |
| 7 | GTP | 18 | Bieri Racing Fomfor Racing | "Fomfor" Uli Bieri Matt Gysler | Sauber C7 | 211 | |
| 7 | GTP | 18 | Bieri Racing Fomfor Racing | "Fomfor" Uli Bieri Matt Gysler | Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 | 211 | |
| 8 | C2 | 88 | Ark Racing | David Andrews Max Payne | Ceekar 83J | 203 | |
| 8 | C2 | 88 | Ark Racing | David Andrews Max Payne | Ford Cosworth BDX 2.0 L I4 | 203 | |
| 9 | GTO | 165 |  Gerry English | Gerry English Jerry Thompson | Chevrolet Camaro | 199 | |
| 9 | GTO | 165 | Gerry English | Gerry English Jerry Thompson | Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 | 199 | |
| 10 | GTU | 154 | Zwiren Racing | Steve Zwiren Peter Dawe Robert Peters | Mazda RX-7 | 184 | |
| 10 | GTU | 154 | Zwiren Racing | Steve Zwiren Peter Dawe Robert Peters | Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor | 184 | |
| 11 DSQ† | C2 | 80 |  Carma F.F. | Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Jean-Pierre Frey | Alba AR6 | 218 | |
| 11 DSQ† | C2 | 80 | Carma F.F. | Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Jean-Pierre Frey | Carma FF 1.9 L Turbo I4 | 218 | |
| 12 NC | C2 | 82 | Grifo Autoracing | Pasquale Barberio Maurizio Gellini | Alba AR3 | 157 | |
| 12 NC | C2 | 82 | Grifo Autoracing | Pasquale Barberio Maurizio Gellini | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | 157 | |
| 13 NC | C1 | 34 | Cosmik Racing | Christian Danner Costas Los Mikael Nabrink | March 84G | 148 | |
| 13 NC | C1 | 34 | Cosmik Racing | Christian Danner Costas Los Mikael Nabrink | Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | 148 | |
| 14 NC | C2 | 98 | Roy Baker Promotions | Joe DeMarco Chuck Grantham | Tiga GC285 | 146 | |
| 14 NC | C2 | 98 | Roy Baker Promotions | Joe DeMarco Chuck Grantham | Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 | 146 | |
| 15 DNF | GTO | 153 | No Team Name | Rudy Bartling Fritz Hochreuter | Porsche Carrera RSR | ? | 125 |
| 15 DNF | GTO | 153 | No Team Name | Rudy Bartling Fritz Hochreuter | Porsche 3.0 L Flat-6 | ? | 125 |
| 16 DNF | GTO | 139 | R & H Racing | Rainer Brezinka Jack Burnett John Centano | Porsche Carrera RSR | ? | 103 |
| 16 DNF | GTO | 139 | R & H Racing | Rainer Brezinka Jack Burnett John Centano | Porsche 3.0 L Flat-6 | ? | 103 |
| 17 DNF | C1 | 9 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer | Porsche 962C | 69 | |
| 17 DNF | C1 | 9 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer | Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | 69 | |
| 18 DNF | C2 | 100 | John Barlett Racing | Stanley Dickens Robin Smith Max Cohen-Olivar | Chevron B62 | 27 | |
| 18 DNF | C2 | 100 | John Barlett Racing | Stanley Dickens Robin Smith Max Cohen-Olivar | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | 27 | |
| 19 DNF | C1 | 51 | TWR Jaguar | Martin Brundle Mike Thackwell | Jaguar XJR-6 | 12 | |
| 19 DNF | C1 | 51 | TWR Jaguar | Martin Brundle Mike Thackwell | Jaguar 6.2 L V12 | 12 |
† - #80 Carma F.F. was disqualified after completing the final lap of the race too slowly.
Statistics
- Pole Position - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:09.775
- Fastest Lap - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:12.915
- Average Speed - 168.886 km/h