Road Atlanta 100 Mile Race 1981
The 1981 Road Atlanta 100-mile race , also Road Atlanta Camel GT (Camel GTU), Road Atlanta , took place on April 12 of this year on the Road Atlanta circuit. The race was the fourth round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 .
The race
The race in Road Atlanta was the fourth round of the newly created IMSA GTP series . The first race of the season, the Daytona 24-hour race , which, like the following Sebring 12-hour race, was also part of the sports car world championship of that year , ended with the overall victory of Bob Garretson , Bobby Rahal and Brian Redman in a Porsche 935K3 . In Sebring, Hurley Haywood , Al Holbert and Bruce Leven , who also drove a Porsche 935, won. On the day of the 100-mile race, the third round of the season took place in the preliminary program , which only belonged to the GTU class. Walt Bohren remained victorious on a Mazda RX-7 .
With a driving time of the winner John Fitzpatrick of 0: 56: 05.984 minutes, the race time for the 40 laps was only slightly longer than in the GTU race, where War Bohren needed 0: 46: 35.140 minutes for 30 laps. This was mainly due to the much higher racing average compared to the GTU class. The finish was very close, however; Fitzpatrick had the minimal lead of 0.144 seconds over Klaus Ludwig , who drove a Ford Mustang Turbo .
Results
Final ranking
Item | Class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | GTX | 1 |
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Porsche 935K3 / 80 | 40 | ||
2 | GTX | 6th |
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Ford Mustang Turbo | 40 | ||
3 | GTX | 90 |
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Porsche 935K3 | 40 | ||
4th | GTX | 00 |
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Porsche 935K3 / 80 | 40 | ||
5 | GTX | 95 |
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Porsche 935K3 | 40 | ||
6th | GTX | 86 |
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Porsche 935/80 | 40 | ||
7th | GTX | 0 |
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Porsche 935K3 / 80 | 39 | ||
8th | GTX | 30th |
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Porsche 935J | 39 | ||
9 | GTX | 33 |
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Datsun 280ZX | 38 | ||
10 | GTO | 25th |
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BMW M1 | 37 | ||
11 | GTX | 09 |
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Porsche 935K3 | 36 | ||
12 | GTX | 68 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 36 | ||
13 | GTO | 31 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 36 | ||
14th | GTO | 40 |
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BMW M1 | 36 | ||
15th | GTO | 48 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 36 | ||
16 | GTO | 04 |
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Porsche Carrera RSR | 36 | ||
17th | GTO | 05 |
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Porsche Carrera RSR | 35 | ||
18th | GTO | 28 |
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Datsun 280ZX | 35 | ||
19th | GTO | 21st |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 35 | ||
20th | GTO | 29 |
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Datsun 280ZX | 34 | ||
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21st | GTX | 8th |
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Porsche 935 JLP-3 | 39 | ||
22nd | GTX | 94 |
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Porsche 935K3 | 36 | ||
23 | GTO | 06 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 27 | ||
24 | GTO | 42 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 26th |
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 |
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25th | GTO | 01 |
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Porsche 934 |
26th | GTX | 2 |
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Porsche 935 |
27 | GTX | 5 |
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Porsche 935 |
28 | GTO | 15th |
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Porsche Carrera RSR |
29 | GTO | 34 |
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Porsche 924 Turbo |
30th | GTO | 47 |
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Chevrolet Monza |
31 | GTO | 61 |
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Chevrolet Corvette |
32 | GTX | 72 |
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Chevron GTP |
Class winner
class | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
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Porsche 935K3 / 80 | Overall victory |
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Datsun 280ZX | Rank 9 |
Racing data
- Registered: 32
- Started: 24
- Rated: 20
- Race classes: 2
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 4.055 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 0: 46: 35.140 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 40
- Total distance of the winning team: 162.222 km
- Winner's average: 173.500 km / h
- Pole position: John Paul junior - Porsche 935 JLP-3 (# 8) - 1: 18.122 - 186.887 km / h
- Fastest race lap: John Paul junior - Porsche 935 JLP-3 (# 8) - 1: 20,000 - 182,500 km / h
- Racing series: 4th 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 .