Lime Rock 200 Mile Race 1981

Brian Redman 2010 in Sebring

The 1981 Lime Rock 200 mile race , also known as Coca-Cola 400 (Camel GT), Lime Rock Park , took place on May 24 of this year at Lime Rock Park . The race was the ninth round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 .

The race

Brian Redman , who has already celebrated two victories this season, came to the race in Lime Rock as overall leader of the championship. The 45-minute race , which only counted towards the GTU rating, took place in the preliminary program . Walt Bohren remained victorious there in the Mazda RX-7 .

The 200 mile race turned into a one-sided solo ride by Redman. The lead over Ted Field and Bobby Rahal , who took turns at the wheel of a Porsche 935K3 / 80 , was four laps at the finish.

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTX	7th	Kent-Cooke Wood Racing	Brian Redman	Lola T600	132
2	GTX	0	Interscope Racing	Ted Field Bobby Rahal	Porsche 935K3 / 80	128
3	GTX	3	Andial Masters Racing	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935M16	128
4th	GTX	30th	Momo penthouse	Giampiero Moretti Al Holbert	Porsche 935 / 78-81	125
5	GTO	25th	Red Lobster Racing	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	BMW M1	123
6th	GTX	18th	JLP Racing	John Paul Junior	Porsche 935 JLP-3	123
7th	GTO	28	NTS Racing	Sam Posey	Datsun 280ZX Turbo	119
8th	GTO	67	Joe Crevier	Joe Crevier Al Unser junior	BMW M1	119
9	GTO	48	Dynasales	John Carusso Phil Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	117
10	GTO	04	T&R Racing	Rene Rodriguez Tico Almeida	Porsche Carrera RSR	115
11	GTO	16		Paul Resnick Wayne Baker	Porsche Carrera RSR	115
12	GTX	27		Rich Sloma	Chevrolet Corvette	111
13	GTX	79	Whitehall Promotions	Tom Winters Bob Bergstrom	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	111
14th	GTX	45	Wayne Darling	Wayne Darling	Chevrolet Camaro	109
15th	GTO	15th	DL performance engineering	Doug Lutz Dave Panaccione	Porsche Carrera RSR	105
16	GTO	4th		Peter Dus	Chevrolet Corvette	94
Failed
17th	GTX	33	Bob Sharp Racing	Paul Newman	Datsun 280ZX Turbo	114
18th	GTX	19th	Chris Cord Racing	Chris Cord Jim Adams	Chevrolet Monza	70
19th	GTO	35	HSM Racing	Mandy Gonzalez Diego Febles	Porsche 934	50
20th	GTX	2	BMW North America	David Hobbs	BMW M-1 / C	46
21st	GTX	72		Del Russo Taylor	Chevron GTP	28
22nd	GTX	1	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935K3 / 80	25th
23	GTX	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935/80	24
24	GTX	68	USA Racing	Richard Valentine	Chevrolet Corvette	13
25th	GTX	6th	Team Zakspeed Roush	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Mustang Turbo	3

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
26th	GTX	00	Interscope Racing		Porsche 935

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTX	Brian Redman		Lola T600	Overall victory
GTO	Dave Cowart	Kenper Miller	BMW M1	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 26
• Started: 25
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 2.462 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 00: 01.393 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 132
• Total distance of the winning team: 325.023 km
• Winner's average: 162.479 km / h
• Pole position: Klaus Ludwig - Ford Mustang Turbo (# 6) - 0: 49.742 - 178.204 km / h
• Fastest race lap: David Hobbs - BMW M-1 / C (# 2) - 0: 52.220 - 169.749 km / h
• Racing series: 9th 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