Sears Point 100 Mile Race 1981

The 1981 Sears Point 100 Mile Race , also known as the Datsun Camel GT, Sears Point International Raceway, Sonoma , took place on July 26th of that year at Sonoma Raceway . The race was the 14th round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 .

The race

As part of the IMSA-GTP series , two sprint races took place on the same day at Sonoma Raceway. The GTU class race lasted 45 minutes and ended with the success of Wayne Baker in a Porsche 914/4 . In the GTX and GTO class races, Klaus Ludwig in the Ford Mustang Turbo and Brian Redman in the Lola T600 fought a duel over the entire distance, which Ludwig won with a lead of almost 3 seconds.

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTX	6th	Team Zakspeed Roush	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Mustang Turbo	40
2	GTX	7th	Cooke Woods Racing	Brian Redman	Lola T600	40
3	GTX	8th	JLP	John Paul Junior	Lola T600	40
4th	GTX	30th	Momo penthouse	Giampiero Moretti	Porsche 935 / 78-81	39
5	GTX	46	de Narváez Enterprises	Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 935J	38
6th	GTO	11	Kendall Racing	Dennis Aase	BMW M1	38
7th	GTO	25th	Red Lobster Racing	Dave Cowart	BMW M1	38
8th	GTX	33	Bob Sharp Racing	Paul Newman	Datsun 280ZX Turbo	37
9	GTO	48		Frank Leary	Datsun 280ZX Turbo	36
10	GTO	04	T&R Racing	Rene Rodriguez	Porsche Carrera RSR	34
11	GTO	92		Ron Maccario	Chevrolet Corvette	34
12	GTO	24		Brent Regan	Porsche Carrera	33
13	GTX	76	Arrow Heating Co.	John Chamberlain	Chevrolet Corvette	30th
Failed
14th	GTX	12	Bruce Canepa	Bruce Canepa	Porsche 935	36
15th	GTO		Kendall Racing	Chuck Kendall	Porsche Carrera RSR	30th
16	GTO	83	Electramotives	Don Devendorf	Datsun 280ZX Turbo	25th
17th	GTO	67	Joe Crevier	Joe Crevier	BMW M1	20th
18th	GTX	9	Garretson Racing	Bobby Rahal	Porsche 935K3 / 80	18th
19th	GTX	0	Interscope Racing	Ted Field	Porsche 935K3 / 80	16
20th	GTX	2	BMW North America	David Hobbs	BMW M-1 / C	12
21st	GTX	27		Rich Sloma	Chevrolet Corvette	10
22nd	GTX	1	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935K3 / 80	9
23	GTO	96		Al Thomas	Porsche Carrera	4th
24	GTX	80	Fantasy Racing	Vic Manuelli	De Tomaso Pantera	3
25th	GTO	31	RSR Associates	Tom Alan Marx	Porsche Carrera RSR	3
26th	GTX	61		Ardie Oji	Chevrolet Monza	1
27	GTO	89		Walter Benson	Chevrolet Camaro	1
28	GTO	5		Larry Park	Chevrolet Corvette	1
29	GTO	49	RC Copeman Racing	Bob Copeman	Porsche Carrera RSR	1
Not started
30th	GTX	77			Chevrolet Corvette	1
31	GTX	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935/80	2
32	GTX	00	Interscope Racing		Porsche 935K3 / 80	3

¹ not started ² training accident ² training car

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTX	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Mustang Turbo	Overall victory
GTO	Dennis Aase	BMW M1	Rank 6

Racing data

• Registered: 32
• Started: 29
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 4.060 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 1: 08: 44.106 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 42
• Total distance of the winning team: 202.777 km
• Winner's average: 177.007 km / h
• Pole position: John Paul junior - Lola T600 (# 8) - 1: 33.559 - 156.237 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Brian Redman - Lola T600 (# 7) - 1: 37.710 - 152.725 km / h
• Racing series: 14th 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