Brainerd 200 km race in 1981

The Zakspeed-Roush-Ford Mustang Turbo

The 1981 Brainerd 200 km race , also known as the Pepsi Grand Prix (Camel GT), Brainerd International Raceway , took place on June 14 of this year at the Brainerd International Raceway . The race was the eleventh round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 .

The race

With his success, Klaus Ludwig interrupted Brian Redman's winning streak , who won the last three GTX championship races, the 100-mile race in Laguna Seca , the 200-mile race in Lime Rock and the 200-mile race in Mid-Ohio , had won on his Lola T600 . and was not at the start here.

Ludwig drove a Ford Mustang , which was powered by a 1.7-liter, 4-cylinder in- line , turbocharged engine , the block of which came from the Ford Capri . The silhouette vehicle was assembled at Zakspeed in Germany. Roush Racing handled the race .

Ludwig won the race with a lead of almost a minute over John Fitzpatrick in the Porsche 935K3 / 80 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTX	6th	Team Zakspeed Roush	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Mustang Turbo	42
2	GTX	1	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935K3 / 80	42
3	GTX	18th	JLP Racing	John Paul Sr.	Porsche 935 JLP-3	42
4th	GTX	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Bruce Leven	Porsche 935/80	41
5	GTO	25th	Red Lobster Racing	Dave Cowart	BMW M1	39
6th	GTU	92	Kent Racing	Lee Mueller	Mazda RX-7	39
7th	GTU	85	Logan Blackburn	Logan Blackburn	Datsun 280ZX	39
8th	GTU	22nd	Personalized car dealership	Wayne Baker	Porsche 914/4	39
9	GTU	23		Dick Davenport	Datsun 280ZX	38
10	GTU	62	Kegel Enterprises	Bill Koll	Porsche 911	38
11	GTU	38	Jack Buchinger	Jack Buchinger	Datsun 280ZX	37
12	GTO	79	Whitehall Promotions	Tom Winters	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	37
13	GTU	45		Michael Guffey	Datsun Z	37
14th	GTO	41		Rusty Schmidt	Chevrolet Corvette	36
15th	GTU	71	Morgan Performance Group	Charles Morgan	Datsun 280ZX	35
16	GTU	94		Charles McFarlin	Ford Capri	33
17th	GTX	37		Doug Rippie	Chevrolet Camaro	30th
18th	GTX	30th	Momo penthouse	Giampiero Moretti	Porsche 935 / 78-81	26th
Failed
19th	GTO	67		Jeff Scott	BMW M1	35
20th	GTO	24		Gary Fautch	Chevrolet Camaro	30th
21st	GTX	8th	JLP	John Paul Junior	Lola T600	28
22nd	GTO	31	Midwest Team Corvette	Larry Trotter	Chevrolet Corvette	27
23	GTX	33	Bob Sharp Racing	Paul Newman	Datsun 280ZX Turbo	23
24	GTU	98	Kent Racing	Walt Drilling	Mazda RX-7	13
25th	GTU	76		Jim Whelan Kathy Guertin	Ford Pinto	11
26th	GTX	50		Gerry Wellik	Chevrolet Monza	10
27	GTX	70		Larry Stephens	Chevrolet Corvette Turbo	8th
28	GTX	07	Heimrath Racing	Ludwig Heimrath junior	Porsche 935	7th
29	GTU	82	Trinity Racing	Jim Cook	Mazda RX-7	5
30th	GTO	83	Electramotives	Don Devendorf	Datsun 280ZX Turbo	4th
31	GTO	34	Drolsom Racing	George Drolsom	Porsche 924 Carrera	1

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	Dave Cowart	BMW M1	Rank 5
GTU	Lee Mueller	Mazda RX-7	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 31
• Started: 31
• Valued: 18
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 4.828 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: 47.518 - 161.655 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Paul junior - Lola T600 (# 8) - 1: 34.170 - 184.569 km / h
• Racing series: 11th 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