Laguna Seca 100 mile race in 1981

Race winner Brian Redman

The 1981 Laguna Seca 100 mile race , also known as the Datsun Monterey Tripple Crown (Camel GT), Laguna Seca Raceway , took place on May 3 of this year at the Laguna Seca Raceway . The race was the sixth round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 .

The race

The race in Laguna Sec was already the sixth race of the newly created IMSA-GTP series . The entire race was a three-way battle for victory between the two Britons Brian Redman and John Fitzpatrick and the American John Paul junior . Pole setter Fitzpatrick had to settle for third place in the Porsche 935K3 / 80 . Victory went to Redman in a Lola T600 ahead of John Paul, who drove a Porsche 935 JLP-3.

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTX	7th	Cooke Woods Garretson	Brian Redman	Lola T600	53
2	GTX	8th	JLP Racing	John Paul Junior	Porsche 935 JLP-3	53
3	GTX	1	John Fitzpatrick	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935K3 / 80	53
4th	GTX	9	Cooke Woods / Garretson	Bobby Rahal	Porsche 935K3 / 80	53
5	GTX	00	Interscope Racing	Danny Ongais	Porsche 935K3 / 80	53
6th	GTX	2	BMW Motorsport	David Hobbs	BMW M-1 / C	52
7th	GTX	0	Interscope Racing	Ted Field	Porsche 935K3 / 80	52
8th	GTX	30th	Momo penthouse	Giampiero Moretti	Porsche 935 / 78-81	52
9	GTX	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935/80	52
10	GTX	19th	Chris Cord	Chris Cord	Chevrolet Monza	51
11	GTX	11	de Narváez Enterprises	Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 935J	50
12	GTX	12	Bayside Disposal Racing	Bruce Leven	Porsche 935	49
13	GTO	25th	Red Lobster Racing	Dave Cowart	BMW M1	49
14th	GTO	67	Joe Crevier	Al our junior	BMW M1	49
15th	GTO	64	Alan Johnson Racing	Dennis Aase	Porsche Carrera RSR	49
16	GTX	33	Bob Sharp Racing	Paul Newman	Datsun 280ZX	49
17th	GTX	27	Rich Sloma	Rich Sloma	Chevrolet Corvette	48
18th	GTO	96	Al Thomas Goodyear	Terry Herman	Porsche Carrera RSR	47
19th	GTX	10		Jerry Brassfield	Chevrolet Corvette	47
20th	GTO	40	David Deacon	David Deacon	BMW M1	47
21st	GTO	04	Rene Rodriguez	Rene Rodriguez	Porsche Carrera RSR	47
22nd	GTO	31	Tom Alan Marx	Tom Alan Marx	Porsche Carrera RSR	47
23	GTO	49	Woody Edmiston	Frank Leary	Datsun 280ZX	47
24	GTO	28	NTS Racing	Sam Posey	Datsun 280ZX	47
25th	GTO	72	Peter Shutts	Peter Shutts	Chevrolet Corvette	46
26th	GTO	29	NTS Racing	Fred Stiff	Datsun 280ZX	45
27	GTO	48	Dynasales	John Carusso	Chevrolet Corvette	45
Failed
28	GTX	6th	Team Zakspeed Roush	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Mustang Turbo	33
29	GTO	82		Joe Mooney	Chevrolet Camaro	31
30th	GTO	45	Phantom Racing	Frank Joyce	Chevrolet Corvette	28
31	GTO	43	Bob Gregg	Bob Gregg	Porsche Carrera RSR	25th
32	GTO	14th	BMW Challenge Team	Alf Gebhardt	BMW M1	23
33	GTX	12	Bruce Canepa	Bruce Canepa	Porsche 935	18th
34	GTO	51	Robert Kirby	John Hotchkis junior	Porsche Carrera RSR	18th
35	GTO	05	Tico Almeida	Tico Almeida	Porsche Carrera RSR	15th
36	GTX	20th	Jim Adams	Jim Adams	Chevrolet Monza	9
37	GTX	3	Andial Masters Racing	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935M16	8th
38	GTX	18th		Tony Brassfield	Chevrolet Corvette	5
39	GTO	75	Les Lindley	Les Lindley	Chevrolet Camaro	2

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
40	GTX	5	Peter Herke	Peter Herke	BMW CSL
41	GTX	13	Larry Stevens	Larry Stevens	Chevrolet Corvette
42	GTX	16	Darrel Overstreet	Darrel Overstreet	Porsche Carrera RSR
43	GTO	83	Electramotives	Don Devendorf	Datsun 280ZX
44	GTO	89	Walter Benson	Walter Benson	Chevrolet Camaro
45	GTX	92	BMW Motorsport	David Hobbs	BMW M1

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTX	Brian Redman	Lola T600	Overall victory
GTO	Dave Cowart	BMW M1	Rank 13

Racing data

• Registered: 45
• Started: 39
• Valued: 27
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 3.058 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 0:57: 27.426 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 53
• Total distance of the winning team: 162.061 km
• Winner's average: 169.234 km / h
• Pole position: John Fitzpatrick - Porsche 935K3 / 80 (# 1) - 1: 01.541 - 178.870 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Brian Redman - Lola T600 (# 7) - 1: 03.020 - 174.673 km / h
• Racing series: 6th round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981

literature

• JA Martin and Ken Welles: Prototypes - the History of the IMSA GTP Series . Bull Publishing, Phoenix 2000, ISBN 1-893618-01-3 .

Web links

• Results at Racing Sports Cars