45-minute race at Laguna Seca 1981

The 45-minute race of Laguna Seca 1981 , also Datsun Monterey Tripple Crown (Camel GTU), Laguna Seca Raceway , took place on May 3rd of this year at the Laguna Seca Raceway . The race was the seventh round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 and only counted towards the GTU class.

The race

The race in Laguna Seca was the second GTU championship run of the season. In the 45-minute race at Road Atlanta , Walt Bohren had won ahead of Lee Mueller , who this time reversed the order and clearly defeated his team-mate.

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTU	92	Kent Racing	Lee Mueller	Mazda RX-7	39
2	GTU	98	Kent Racing	Walt Drilling	Mazda RX-7	39
3	GTU	77	Renault Racing	Patrick Jacquemart	Renault Le Car Turbo	39
4th	GTU	66	Jack Dunham	Jack Dunham	Mazda RX-7	38
5	GTU	8th	John Johnson	John Johnson	Porsche 911	37
6th	GTU	9		Bob Barnes	Porsche 911	37
7th	GTU	9		Frank Honsowetz	Datsun 280ZX	37
8th	GTU	99	Dennis Tholen	Dennis Tholen	Porsche 911S	37
9	GTU	49		Joel Anderson	Datsun 280ZX	37
10	GTU	24	Larry Chmura	Larry Chmura	Porsche 911	37
11	GTU	74	Casey Mollett	Casey Mollett	Datsun 280ZX	37
12	SP GP2	58	Danny May	Danny May	Datsun 710	37
13	SP GP2	48		Rob Dyson	Datsun 200SX	37
14th	SP GP2	80		Mike Rickman	Datsun 200SX	36
15th	SP GP2	56		Jon Norman	Alfa Romeo GTV	36
16	SP GP2	91		Ricky Freeman	Datsun 510	36
17th	GTU	3	Jon Longmire	Jon Longmire	Porsche 914/6	36
18th	SP GP2	30th		Dave Stager	VW Scirocco	36
19th	GTU	23	Raytown Datsun	Frank Carney	Datsun 280ZX	35
20th	SP GP2	79		Marta Leonard	Datsun B210	35
21st	SP GP2	94	Jon Koobation	Jon Koobation	Datsun 510	35
22nd	SP GP2	68		Tony DiBenedetto	Opel Manta	34
23	SP GP2	96	John Samson	John Samson	Alfa Romeo GTV	33
24	SP GP2	65	Bill Free	Bill Free	Datsun 510	33
25th	SP GP2	75		Sam Surabian	Datsun 610	33
26th	SP GP2	18th		Patrick Pearson	Datsun 1200	30th
Failed
27	GTU	22nd	Personalized car dealership	Wayne Baker	Porsche 914/4	37
28	GTU	39		Greg LaCava	Porsche 911	34
29	GTU	82	Trinity Racing	Jim Cook	Mazda RX-7	21st
30th	SP GP2	5		Ron Cortez	Mazda RX-3	21st
31	GTU	62	Kegel Enterprises	Bill Koll	Porsche 911	19th
32	GTU	6th	Autopia Racing	Exay Borrero	BMW 320i	11
33	GTU	95	Stu Fisher	Stu Fisher	Datsun 280ZX	4th
34	SP GP2	83		Brent Regan	Datsun 510	4th
35	GTU	7th	Jim Mullen	Jim Mullen	Mazda RX-7	1

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
36	GTU	27	Tom DeMars	Tom DeMars	Mercury Capri
37	GTU	32	Alderman Datsun	George Alderman	Datsun 240Z
38	GTU	45	Autosport Technology	Ray Ratcliff	Porsche 914/6
39	SP GP2	63	Keith Bigelow	Keith Bigelow	Datsun 510
40	GTU	64	Alan Johnson Racing	Dennis Aase	Porsche 911
41	GTU	69	Nick Feodorhoff	Nick Feodorhoff	Porsche 911

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTU	Lee Mueller	Mazda RX-7	Overall victory
SP GP2	Danny May	Datsun 710	Rank 12

Racing data

• Registered: 41
• Started: 35
• Valued: 26
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 3.058 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 0: 46: 48.633 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 39
• Total distance of the winning team: 119.252 km
• Winner's average: 152.854 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Lee Mueller - Mazda RX-7 (# 92) - 1: 11.030 = 154.975 km / h
• Racing series: 7th 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