Sezon 1985 w PPG CART Indy Car World Series był siódmą edycją tej serii wyścigowej. Rozpoczął się 14 kwietnia a zakończył się po 15 wyścigach 9 listopada.

Tytuł mistrzowski zdobył Al Unser z zespołu Penske Racing wyprzedzając w klasyfikacji generalnej o jeden punkt swojego syna, Ala Unsera Jr. Tytuł najlepszego nowicjusza (Rookie of the year) zdobył Arie Luyendyk.

Wszystkie samochody korzystały z opon Goodyear.

Zespół	Nadwozie	Silnik	Nr.	Kierowca
Team Penske	March 85C	Cosworth	4 (5)	Danny Sullivan
			5 (1)	Rick Mears
				Al Unser
			11
Doug Shierson Racing	Lola T900	Cosworth	30	Al Unser Jr.
Truesports Co.	March 85C	Cosworth	3 (10)	Bobby Rahal
			8	Ludwig Heimrath
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T900	Cosworth	1 (3)	Mario Andretti
				Alan Jones
Patrick Racing	March 85C	Cosworth	20	Bruno Giacomelli
				Gordon Johncock
				Sammy Swindell
				Don Whittington
			40	Emerson Fittipaldi
			60	Rich Vogler
All American Racers	Eagle 85GC/Lola T900	Cosworth	2	Tom Sneva
	Lola T900		97	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.
	Eagle 85GC/Lola T900		98	Ed Pimm
Kraco Racing	March 85C	Cosworth	18	Kevin Cogan
			99	Michael Andretti
Alex Morales Racing	March 85C	Cosworth	21	Johnny Rutherford
Machinists Union Racing	March 85C	Cosworth	55	Josele Garza
			59	Pete Halsmer
				Rupert Keegan
				Chip Ganassi
Galles Racing	March 85C	Buick/Cosworth	6	Pancho Carter
				Roberto Moreno
		Cosworth	7	Geoff Brabham
Team Cotter	March 85C	Cosworth	9	Roberto Guerrero
Forsythe Racing	Lola T900	Cosworth	32/33	Howdy Holmes
				Jan Lammers
Pace Racing	March 84C/Lola T900	Cosworth	36	Dennis Firestone
				Tom Bigelow
				Jim Crawford
Dick Simon Racing	March 85C	Cosworth	22/23	Raúl Boesel
				Dick Simon
Leader Card Racing	March 84C/March 85C	Cosworth	24	Rocky Moran
	March 84C/March 85C			Tom Bigelow
	March 84C			Phil Krueger
	March 85C			Herm Johnson
	March 85C			Gary Bettenhausen
	March 84C/March 85C			Dominic Dobson
Canadian Tire Racing	March 85C	Cosworth	67	Jim Crawford
			76	Jacques Villeneuve
				Johnny Parsons
Provimi Racing	Lola T900	Cosworth	61	Arie Luyendyk
Wysard Racing	Lola T900	Cosworth	34	Jim Crawford
				Darin Brassfield
Arciero Racing	Lola T900/March 85C	Cosworth	12	Bill Whittington
				Randy Lanier
	Lola T900		57
Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T900/March 85C	Cosworth	71	Michael Roe
				Spike Gehlhausen
				Enrique Mansilla
				Scott Brayton
Brayton Racing	March 85C	Cosworth/Buick	37	Scott Brayton
Interscope Racing	March 85C	Cosworth	25	Danny Ongais
AMI Racing	March 85C	Cosworth	43	John Paul Jr.
				Jan Lammers
Gohr Racing	March 85C	Chevy	56	Steve Chassey
Circle Bar Racing	Lola T900	Cosworth	38	Chet Fillip
Menard Cashway Lumber	March 85C	Cosworth	8	Herm Johnson
Tom Hess Racing	Lola T800	Cosworth	27 (29)	Dick Ferguson
	Lola T900			Derek Daly
				Jeff Wood
				Ian Ashley
Purcell Racing	March 83C	Cosworth	50	Tom Bigelow
				Phil Krueger
			51
				Jerry Karl
Gilmore Racing	March 85C/Lola T900	Cosworth	14	A.J. Foyt
	March 84C		41	Mike Nish
	March 85C	Chevy	44	George Snider
		Cosworth	84	Chip Ganassi
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T800	Chevy	19	Dale Coyne
Theodore Racing	Theodore	Cosworth	15	Chico Serra

Runda	Wyścig	Czołowa trójka
		Poz.	Kierowca	N/S	Zespół	Czas
1	Long Beach Grand Prix 14 kwietnia, Long Beach	1	Mario Andretti	L/Co	Newman/Haas Racing	1:42:50.07
		2	Emerson Fittipaldi	M/Co	Patrick Racing	+1:00.23
		3	Danny Sullivan	M/Co	Penske Racing	+1 okrążenie
2	69th Indianapolis 500 26 maja, Indianapolis Motor Speedway	1	Danny Sullivan	M/Co	Penske Racing	3:16:06.07
		2	Mario Andretti	L/Co	Newman/Haas Racing	+2.48
		3	Roberto Guerrero	M/Co	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
3	Dana Rex Mays Classic 200 2 czerwca, The Milwaukee Mile	1	Mario Andretti	L/Co	Newman/Haas Racing	1:36:38.89
		2	Tom Sneva	E/Co	All American Racers	+12.72
		3	Rick Mears	M/Co	Penske Racing
4	Stroh's/G. I. Joe’s 200 16 czerwca, Portland International Raceway	1	Mario Andretti	L/Co	Newman/Haas Racing	1:51:35.52
		2	Al Unser Jr.	L/Co	Doug Shierson Racing
		3	Emerson Fittipaldi	M/Co	Patrick Racing
5	U.S. Grand Prix at the Meadowlands 30 czerwca, Meadowlands Sports Complex	1	Al Unser Jr.	L/Co	Doug Shierson Racing	1:51:55.51
		2	Emerson Fittipaldi	M/Co	Patrick Racing	+36.58
		3	Al Unser	M/Co	Penske Racing
6	Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix 7 lipca, Cleveland	1	Al Unser Jr.	L/Co	Doug Shierson Racing	1:45:31.85
		2	Geoff Brabham	M/Co	Galles Racing	+14.15
		3	Al Unser	M/Co	Penske Racing
7	Michigan 500 28 lipca[1], Michigan International Speedway	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	M/Co	Patrick Racing	3:53:58.33
		2	Al Unser	M/Co	Penske Racing	+0.40
		3	Tom Sneva	E/Co	All American Racers	+1 okrążenie
8	Provimi Veal 200 4 sierpnia, Road America	1	Jacques Villeneuve	M/Co	Canadian Tire Racing	1:45:12.15
		2	Michael Andretti	M/Co	Kraco Racing	+10.02
		3	Alan Jones	L/Co	Newman/Haas Racing
9	Domino’s Pizza 500 18 sierpnia, Pocono International Raceway	1	Rick Mears	M/Co	Penske Racing	3:17:47.44
		2	Al Unser Jr.	L/Co	Doug Shierson Racing	+2.18
		3	Al Unser	M/Co	Penske Racing
10	Escort Radar Warning 200 1 września, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	1	Bobby Rahal	M/Co	Truesports	1:52:23.20
		2	Danny Sullivan	M/Co	Penske Racing	+56.13
		3	Jacques Villeneuve	M/Co	Canadian Tire Racing
11	Molson Indy 300K 8 września, Sanair Super Speedway	1	Johnny Rutherford	M/Co	Alex Morales Racing	2:03:54.37
		2	Pancho Carter	M/Co	Galles Racing
		3	Al Unser Jr.	L/Co	Doug Shierson Racing
12	Detroit News 200 22 września, Michigan International Speedway	1	Bobby Rahal	M/Co	Truesports	1:13:19.45
		2	Rick Mears	M/Co	Penske Racing	+0.71
		3	Ed Pimm	E/Co	All American Racers
13	Stroh's 300K 6 października, Raceway Laguna Seca	1	Bobby Rahal	M/Co	Truesports	1:38:56.09
		2	Al Unser	M/Co	Penske Racing	+12.72
		3	Al Unser Jr.	L/Co	Doug Shierson Racing	+15.80
14	Dana 150 13 października, Phoenix International Raceway	1	Al Unser	M/Co	Penske Racing	1:14:35.99
		2	Al Unser Jr.	L/Co	Doug Shierson Racing	+1 okrążenie
		3	Mario Andretti	L/Co	Newman/Haas Racing	+1 okrążenie
15	Beatrice Miami Indy Challenge 9 listopada, Tamiami Park	1	Danny Sullivan	M/Co	Penske Racing	2:04:59.41
		2	Bobby Rahal	M/Co	Truesports	+16.80
		3	Al Unser Jr.	L/Co	Doug Shierson Racing

     tor owalny        tor drogowy        tor uliczny        tor na lotnisku

• *N - Nadwozia: E=Eagle, L=Lola, M=March
• *S - Silniki: Ch= Chevrolet, Co=Cosworth

Poz.	Kierowca	LB	IND	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MC1	RA	POC	MID	SAN	MC2	LAG	PHO	MIA	Suma punktów
1	Al Unser	5	4		4	3	3	2L	7	3	27	13L	12	2	1P,L	4	151
2	Al Unser Jr.	9	25	24	2L	1L	1	15	17L	2L	4	3	23	3	2	3	150
3	Bobby Rahal	27	27	9	20	25	28P	6	4	4	1P,L	10P	1P,L	1P,L	6	2P,L	133
4	Danny Sullivan	3	1	4	27P	18	27	14	13P	5	2	5	8	8	4	1	126
5	Mario Andretti	1P,L	2L	1P,L	1	26P	14L	10		7	7	15	21	11	3	27	114
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	2	13	8	3	2	8	1	5	6	8	25	13	24	8	26	104
7	Tom Sneva	8	20	2	24	6	11	3	21	8	15	7	5	19	19	21	66
8	Jacques Villeneuve	7	NZ	22	23	21	4		1		3	11		25	13	17	54
9	Michael Andretti	19	8	19	28	4	7	27	2	13	14	19	25	9	5	25	53
10	Rick Mears		21	3				30P		1P			2				52
11	Johnny Rutherford	10	6	23	9	14	15	4	NZ	14	22	1	9	21	26	19	51
12	Josele Garza	28	31	7	12	27	6	19	18	26	11	6	6	7	10	9	46
13	Ed Pimm	12	9	21	19	NZ		5	11	20	9	8	3	14	9	12	45
14	Kevin Cogan	23	11	16	5	7	9	7	25	17	21	9	4	17	22	24	44
15	Geoff Brabham	6	19	12	14	24	2	29	15	19	13	4	16	10	12	22	41
16	Pancho Carter	13	33P	5	13		16	16		12		2	10		7		37
17	Roberto Guerrero	26	3	6	15	NZ	19	13	19	18	18	23	24	4	21	28	34
18	Arie Luyendyk	17	7	17	21	10	5	WD	6		NZ	18	15	22	25	7	33
19	Bruno Giacomelli	18			10	5	10		22		6	16		6		14	32
20	Jim Crawford	4	16	NZ		9	13					20			15	16	16
21	Bill Whittington	16	14	NZ	26	16	24		24		5		17	NZ		8	15
22	Scott Brayton	11	30	NZ	6	15	25	8		16			22	26	18	NZ	15
23	Alan Jones								3								14
24	Danny Ongais	NZ	17					20		22			7		14	6	14
25	Howdy Holmes	14	10	11	17	13	22	9	10	21	16	21	18	NZ			12
26	Jan Lammers				16	12								5	20	13	11
27	Michael Roe	21	NZ		7	8	26										11
28	Roberto Moreno					28			16		25			16		5	10
29	Johnny Parsons		5														10
30	Raúl Boesel	20	18		11	11	12	28	8		23			20		23	10
31	Enrique Mansilla								9		10	12					8
32	Pete Halsmer		NZ	15	8	19							11				7
33	Dennis Firestone	22	NZ	20	18	NZ	21	11	20	9	17	14	NW	23			6
34	Steve Chassey		NZ	NZ	NZ	20	NZ	12	26	11	12		14	15	11	NZ	6
35	Rupert Keegan										19			12		10	4
36	Dick Simon		26	13		17		25		10		17	19		NZ		3
37	Chet Fillip		NZ	10			18	17									3
38	Dominic Dobson					NZ								18		11	2
39	Herm Johnson		NZ						12		24						1
40	Derek Daly		12														1
41	Randy Lanier	24	NZ		22	22	20		14		20			13	17	15	0
42	Spike Gehlhausen			14				18									0
43	John Paul Jr.		15				17										0
44	Phil Krueger		NZ				NZ	21		15							0
45	Rocky Moran	15			NZ	NZ											0
46	Gary Bettenhausen											22	NZ		16		0
47	Tom Bigelow		NZ	18				26		23							0
48	Ian Ashley															18	0
49	A.J. Foyt		28			23				24		24			23	20	0
50	Don Whittington		24	NZ									20		24		0
51	Chip Ganassi		22					22									0
52	Dale Coyne	NZ		NZ	NZ	NZ	NZ	24	23	27	28		NZ	27	NZ	NZ	0
53	Sammy Swindell							23		25							0
54	Rich Vogler		23														0
	Jeff Wood						23										0
56	Dick Ferguson	25	NZ														0
	Chico Serra				25												0
58	Ludwig Heimrath Jr										26						0
59	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.		29														0
60	George Snider		32														0

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• 1985 PPG Indy Car World Series. ChampCarStats.com. [dostęp 2015-03-10]. (ang.).
• CART Results for 1985. racing-reference.info. [dostęp 2015-03-10]. (ang.).