1981 250 mile Daytona race, 2nd race

The second 250-mile race of Daytona in 1981 , also the 1981 IMSA National Championship Final (Camel GT 250), Daytona International Speedway , took place on November 29 of this year at Daytona International Speedway . It was the 22nd and final run of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 .

The race

Since Brian Redman had secured the overall ranking of the drivers of the series before the final run in Daytona, this event was no longer relevant for the championship. However, the race was one of the most exciting of the season. Almost the entire race distance, Redman and John Paul Jr. fought a tough duel for victory. The lead changed several times and after almost two hours of driving, Paul had a lead of 1.1 seconds over the second-placed Redman.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTX	18th	JLP Racing	John Paul Junior	Porsche 935 JLP-3	65
2	GTX	7th	Cooke-Woods Racing	Brian Redman	Lola T600	65
3	GTX	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935/80	65
4th	GTX	46	de Narváez Enterprises	Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 935J	64
5	GTX	00	Interscope Racing	Ted Field Don Whittington	Porsche 935K3 / 80	64
6th	GTX	8th	JLP Racing	Josele Garza	Porsche 935 JLP-2	63
7th	GTO	25th	Red Lobster Racing	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	BMW M1	62
8th	GTX	1	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935K3 / 80	62
9	GTO	54	Montura Racing	Tony Garcia	BMW M1	61
10	GTO	73		Dennis Wilson	BMW M1	61
11	GTX	5	Akin Motor Racing	Bob Akin Skeeter McKitterick	Porsche 935K3 / 80	61
12	GTO	4th		Bob robbery	Chevrolet Camaro	59
13	GTU	98	Kent Racing	Walt Drilling	Mazda RX-7	58
14th	GTO	48	Dynasales	John Carusso	Chevrolet Corvette	58
15th	GTO	91	Framm Promotions	Roger Schramm Werner Frank	Porsche Carrera RSR	58
16	GTU	85	Logan Blackburn	Logan Blackburn	Datsun 280ZX	57
17th	GTX	9	Garretson Racing	Bobby Rahal Bob Garretson	Porsche 935K3 / 80	57
18th	GTO	35		Marion Speer Terry Wolters	Porsche Carrera RSR	57
19th	GTO	29		Hoyt Overbagh	Chevrolet Monza	57
20th	GTU	92	Kent Racing	Lee Mueller	Mazda RX-7	57
21st	GTU	32	Alderman Datsun	George Alderman	Datsun 240Z	56
22nd	GTO	37	Kendco Ent. Ed Kuhel	Ed Kuhel Dick Neland	Chevrolet Camaro	56
23	GTO	34	Drolsom Racing	George Drolsom	Porsche 924 Carrera	55
24	GTU	49		Bob Speakman	Mazda RX-7	55
25th	GTO	15th	DL performance engineering	Doug Lutz Dave Panaccione	Porsche Carrera RSR	54
26th	GTU	51		Jim Trueman Doug Carmean	Mazda RX-7	54
27	GTO	39		Glenn Worthington Rick Kump	Chevrolet Camaro	54
28	GTO	75	Dale Kreider	Dale Kreider	Chevrolet Corvette	54
29	GTX	14th	Del Russo Taylor	Del Russo Taylor	Chevron GTP	52
30th	GTX	95	Whittington Bros	Dale Whittington Randy Lanier	Porsche 935K3	50
31	GTU	55	Mandeville Racing Ent.	Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson	Mazda RX-7	50
32	GTO	60	Bob's Speed ​​Products	Bob Lee	AMC AMX	49
33	GTO	04	T&R Racing	Rene Rodriguez Fred Flaquer	Porsche Carrera RSR	48
34	GTO	04	Philip Keirn	Philip Keirn	Chevrolet Corvette	48
35	GTX	20th	Fox Whitaker	Jimmy Tumbleston Jim Baker	Chevrolet Camaro	48
36	GTO	10		Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Camaro	47
37	GTO	97		Don Cummings Ed Justis	Ford Mustang	44
38	GTU	27		Jim Fowell's Ray Mummery	Mazda RX-7	44
39	GTO	24		Jack Refenning Ren Tilton	Porsche 934	43
40	GTO	72		Ford Smith	Chevrolet Corvette	43
41	GTO	01		Ron Hunter Terry Gimmell	Mercury Capri	43
42	GTO	80		Kerry Hitt	Chevrolet Corvette	35
43	GTX	09	Preston Henn	Preston Henn Bonnie Henn	Porsche 935K3	31
44	GTO	88		George Stone Bob Beasley	Porsche Carrera RSR	26th
45	GTU	64		Exay Borrero Joe Varde	BMW 320i	23
Failed
46	GTX	16	Team Zakspeed Roush	Kevin Cogan Peter Kuhn Klaus Ludwig	Ford Mustang Turbo	49
47	GTO	06	Al Levenson	Al Levenson	Chevrolet Corvette	48
48	GTU	47		Michael Zimicki	Mazda RX-7	43
49	GTO	67	Joe Crevier	Joe Crevier Jeff Scott	BMW M1	33
50	GTO	41		Rusty Schmidt Scott Schmidt	Chevrolet Corvette	32
51	GTX	44	Stratagraph	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet Camaro	32
52	GTX	6th	Team Zakspeed Roush	Klaus Ludwig Rick Mears	Ford Mustang Turbo	29
53	GTO	45		Bob Penrod	Ford Mustang	27
54	GTO	33		Al Bacon John Ashford	Porsche Carrera	25th
55	GTO	78		Paul Metz	Plymouth Barracuda	24
56	GTO	56	Peerless Racing	Craig Carter	Chevrolet Camaro	23
57	GTU	36		Rick cline	Mazda RX-7	21st
58	GTU	22nd	Personalized car dealership	Wayne Baker	Porsche 914/4	19th
59	GTO	84		Richard Anderson Bard Boand	Chevrolet Corvette	19th
60	GTU	42	Dan Robson	Dan Robson	Datsun B210	15th
61	GTO	12		Tommy Riggins	Chevrolet Camaro	13
62	GTU	50		Irv Hoerr	Mazda RX-7	12
63	GTO	61	CC Canada	CC Canada	Chevrolet Corvette	11
64	GTU	71	Charles Morgan	Charles Morgan	Datsun 280ZX	10
65	GTO	63		Bill Nelson Gene Forsthofel	Pontiac Firebird	10
66	GTU	57		John Morgan	Datsun Z	9
67	GTO	21st	Lloyd Frink	Lloyd Frink	Chevrolet Corvette	2
68	GTU	66	Jack Dunham	Jack Dunham	Mazda RX-7	2
69	GTU	38	Ron Case	Ron Case	Porsche 911	1
70	GTX	2	Marty Hinze	Marty Hinze	Porsche 935	1
71	GTO	99	Full time racing	Phil Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	1
72	GTO	05	T&R Racing	Tico Almeida	Porsche Carrera RSR	1
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73	GTX	77			Chevrolet Corvette	1
74	GTX	90			Chevrolet Corvette	2

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Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTX	John Paul Junior		Porsche 935 JLP-3	Overall victory
GTO	Dave Cowart	Kenper Miller	BMW M1	Rank 7
GTU	Walt Drilling		Mazda RX-7	Rank 13

Racing data

• Registered: 74
• Started: 72
• Rated: 45
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 6.179 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2:02: 21.090 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 65
• Total distance of the winning team: 401.692 km
• Winner's average: 196.987 km / h
• Pole position: John Paul junior - Porsche 935 JLP-3 (# 18)
• Fastest race lap: John Fitzpatrick - Porsche 935K3 / 80 (# 19) - 1: 47.120 - 207.689 km / h
• Racing series: 22nd 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 wsrp.cz