Mid-Ohio 200 Mile Race 1981
The 1981 Mid-Ohio 200-Mile Race , also known as the Red Roof Inns GT 200, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course , took place on May 31 of this year at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course . The race was the tenth round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 .
The race
The race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ended with another triumph for Briton Brian Redman in a Lola T600 . Before this success he had already won the races in Laguna Seca and Lime Rock . In addition, there was overall victory in the Daytona 24-hour race , which he achieved together with Bob Garretson and Bobby Rahal in a Porsche 935K3 .
John Paul junior achieved the best training time in the Porsche 935 JLP-3 with a time of 1: 29.170 minutes. Redman was sixth in training. He won the race with a lead of 31 seconds over the duo Giampiero Moretti and Bobby Rahal. Redman started again without teammates. This meant that he had to drive through for more than 2 hours on his own, but saved himself the need to change drivers during the pit stop to refuel. Moretti and Rahal, who had a change, could not make up this lost time against the fast Lola.
Results
Final ranking
Item | Class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GTX | 7th | Kent-Cooke Wood Racing | Brian Redman | Lola T600 | 84 | ||
2 | GTX | 30th | Momo / penthouse |
Giampiero Moretti Bobby Rahal |
Porsche 935 / 78-81 | 84 | ||
3 | GTX | 18th | JLP Racing | John Paul Junior | Porsche 935 JLP-3 | 84 | ||
4th | GTX | 1 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | John Fitzpatrick | Porsche 935 K3 / 80 | 82 | ||
5 | GTX | 2 | BMW North America | David Hobbs | BMW M-1 / C | 82 | ||
6th | GTX | 0 | Interscope Racing |
Ted Field Bill Whittington |
Porsche 935K3 / 80 | 80 | ||
7th | GTO | 25th | Red Lobster Racing |
Dave Cowart Kenper Miller |
BMW M1 | 78 | ||
8th | GTO | 67 | Joe Crevier |
Joe Crevier Al Unser junior |
BMW M1 | 78 | ||
9 | GTU | 85 | Logan Blackburn | Logan Blackburn | Datsun 280ZX | 77 | ||
10 | GTU | 92 | Kent Racing | Lee Mueller | Mazda RX-7 | 76 | ||
11 | GTU | 98 | Kent Racing |
Walt Drill Rick Knoop |
Mazda RX-7 | 76 | ||
12 | GTU | 32 | Alderman Datsun | George Alderman | Datsun 240Z | 76 | ||
13 | GTU | 62 | Kegel Enterprises | Bill Knoll | Porsche 911 | 76 | ||
14th | GTU | 22nd | Personalized car dealership | Wayne Baker | Porsche 914/4 | 76 | ||
15th | GTU | 23 | Raytown Datsun | Frank Carney | Datsun 280ZX | 75 | ||
16 | GTO | 34 | Drolsom Racing | George Drolsom | Porsche 924 Carrera | 74 | ||
17th | GTU | 82 | Trinity Racing | Jim Cook | Mazda RX-7 | 74 | ||
18th | GTO | 26th |
Tim Selby Earl Roe
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 73 | |||
19th | GTO | 11 | Kim Mason | Chevrolet Corvette | 71 | |||
20th | GTU | 50 | Downing Atlanta |
Jim Downing Irv Hoerr |
Mazda RX-7 | 70 | ||
21st | GTO | 91 | Electrodyne Racing |
Chester Vincentz Lance Van Every
|
Porsche 934 | 70 | ||
22nd | GTO | 28 |
Fred Stiff Mike Follmer
|
Datsun 280ZX Turbo | 70 | |||
23 | GTO | 72 |
Jean Kjoller Jay Kjoller
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 69 | |||
24 | GTO | 80 | Ronald Vanke | Chevrolet Corvette | 69 | |||
25th | GTU | 39 | Foreign Exchange |
John Higgins Chip Mead
|
Porsche 911 | 68 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
26th | GTX | 6th | Team Zakspeed Roush | Klaus Ludwig | Ford Mustang Turbo | 70 | ||
27 | GTX | 27 | Rich Sloma | Chevrolet Corvette | 65 | |||
28 | GTO | 04 | T&R Racing |
Rene Rodriguez Tico Almeida |
Porsche Carrera RSR | 56 | ||
29 | GTU | 55 | Mandeville Racing |
Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson |
Mazda RX-7 | 51 | ||
30th | GTX | 3 | Andial Masters Racing | Rolf Stommelen | Porsche 935M16 | 49 | ||
31 | GTX | 86 | Bayside Disposal Racing |
Bruce Leven Hurley Haywood |
Porsche 935/80 | 39 | ||
32 | GTO | 31 | Midwest Team Corvett | Larry Trotter | Chevrolet Corvette | 39 | ||
33 | GTO | 10 |
Paul Chunta Mark Voegele
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 39 | |||
34 | GTX | 8th | JLP Racing | John Paul Sr. | Lola T600 | 38 | ||
35 | GTO | 76 | Philip Keirn | Philip Keirn | Chevrolet Corvette | 37 | ||
36 | GTX | 73 | Del Russo Taylor | Chevron GTP | 30th | |||
37 | GTU | 77 | Patrick Jacquemart | Renault Le Car Turbo | 24 | |||
38 | GTU | 17th | Dan Furey | Dan Furey | Furey Mk.1 | 22nd | ||
39 | GTX | 19th | Chris Cord Racing |
Chris Cord Jim Adams
|
Chevrolet Monza | 21st | ||
40 | GTO | 83 | Electramotives | Don Devendorf | Datsun 280ZX Turbo | 18th | ||
41 | GTO | 79 | Whitehall Promotions | Bob Bergstrom | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | 15th | ||
42 | GTU | 66 | Jack Dunham | Jack Dunham | Mazda RX-7 | 9 | ||
43 | GTU | 47 | Jim Mullen | Mazda RX-7 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
44 | GTX | 00 | Porsche 935K3 / 80 | ||
45 | GTU | 01 | Roehrig Racing |
Dave White J. Dana Roehrig
|
BMW 320i |
46 | GTO | 05 | Tico Almeida | Porsche Carrera RSR | |
47 | GTO | 06 | Bill Wink | Bill Wink | Chevrolet Corvette |
48 | GTX | 07 | Ludwig Heimrath junior | Porsche 935 | |
49 | GTU | 4th | Exay Borrero | BMW 320i | |
50 | GTO | 15th | Doug Lutz | Porsche Carrera RSR | |
51 | GTO | 16 | Paul Resnick | Porsche Carrera RSR | |
52 | GTU | 38 | Jack Buchinger | Jack Buchinger | Datsun 280ZX |
53 | GTO | 41 | Rusty Schmidt | Chevrolet Corvette | |
54 | GTX | 45 | Wayne Darling | Wayne Darling | Chevrolet Camaro |
55 | GTU | 46 | David Miller | Datsun 240Z | |
56 | GTO | 48 | Dynasales | John Carusso | Chevrolet Corvette |
57 | GTU | 49 |
Al Cosentino Bob Speakman
|
Mazda RX-7 | |
58 | GTU | 57 | Robert Overby | Porsche 914/6 | |
59 | GTU | 71 | Charles Morgan | Datsun 280ZX | |
60 | GTO | 75 | Dale Kreider | Chevrolet Corvette | |
61 | GTU | 94 | Bob Speakman | Datsun 240Z | |
62 | GTO | 97 |
Jimmy Spencer Dean Spencer
|
Ford Mustang |
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 7 |
GTU | Logan Blackburn | Datsun 280ZX | Rank 9 |
Racing data
- Registered: 62
- Started: 43
- Valued: 25
- Race classes: 3
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 3.862 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 2:08: 38.927 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 84
- Total distance of the winning team: 324.444 km
- Winner's average: 151.315 km / h
- Pole position: John Paul junior - Porsche 935 JLP-3 (# 18) - 1: 29.170 - 155.936 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Brian Redman - Lola T600 (# 7) - 1.28.520 - 157.080 km / h
- Racing series: 10th 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 .