1981 45-minute Sears Point race

Porsche 914/4

The 1981 Sears Point 45-Minute Race , also Datsun Camel GTU, Sears Point International Raceway, Sonoma , took place on July 26th of that year at Sonoma Raceway . The race was the 13th round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 and only counted towards the GTU class.

The race

The race at Sonoma Raceway was the fourth race of the season that only counted towards the GTU class. The previous events in this class were won by Walt Bohren and Lee Mueller . Wayne Baker celebrated his first win of the season in Sonoma .

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTU	22nd	Personalized car dealership	Wayne Baker	Porsche 914/4	30th
2	GTU	62	Kegel Enterprises	Bill Knoll	Porsche 911	30th
3	GTU	98	Kent Racing	Walt Drilling	Mazda RX-7	30th
4th	GTU	92	Kent Racing	Lee Mueller	Mazda RX-7	30th
5	GTU	23	Raytown Datsun	Frank Carney	Datsun 280ZX	30th
6th	GTU	74	Casey Mollett	Casey Mollett	Datsun 280ZX	29
7th	GTU	39		Greg LaCava	Porsche 911	29
8th	GTU	24		Larry Chmura	Porsche 911	29
9	GTU	8th		John Johnson	Porsche 911	29
10	GTU	45	Autosport Technology	Ray Ratcliff	Porsche 914/6	28
11	GTU	73		Jerry Demele	Porsche 911	28
12	SP GP2	65		Bill Free	Datsun 510	28
13	SP GP2	94		Jon Koobation	Datsun 510	27
14th	SP GP2	25th		Art Charles	Datsun 510	27
15th	SP GP2	79		Marta Leonard	Datsun B210	27
16	SP GP2	67		Ted Gruner	Datsun 510	27
17th	SP GP2	33		Roger Barron	Datsun 510	26th
18th	GTU	68		Tony DiBenedetto	Opel Manta	26th
19th	SP GP2	9		John Cordell	Alfa Romeo	26th
20th	SP GP2	36		Jan Petersen	Datsun 510	25th
21st	SP GP2	30th		Dave Stager	VW Scirocco	22nd
Failed
22nd	GTU	82	Trinity Racing	Jim Cook	Mazda RX-7	29
23	SP GP2	71		Ricky Freeman	Datsun 510	27
24	SP GP2	61		Dave Alonzo	BMW 2002	27
25th	GTU	95	Stu Fisher	Stu Fisher	Datsun Z	16
26th	SP GP2	18th		Joe Valle	Volvo 142	16
27	SP GP2	53		Jon Norman	Alfa Romeo	15th
28	SP GP2	58		Danny May	Datsun 710	15th
29	GTU	6th		Bob Barnes	Porsche 911	13
30th	GTU	3	Jon Longmire	Jon Longmire	Porsche 914/6	6th
31	GTU	49		Joel Anderson	Datsun Z	5
32	GTU	31		Charles Longmire	Porsche 911	1
33	SP GP2	56		Bob Kelly	Ford Pinto	1

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTU	Wayne Baker	Mazda RX-7	Overall victory
SP GP2	Bill Free	Datsun 510	Rank 13

Racing data

• Registered: 33
• Started: 33
• Rated: 21
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 4.060 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 0: 53: 41.064 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 30
• Total distance of the winning team: 121.811 km
• Winner's average: 136.141 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Wayne Baker - Porsche 914/4 (# 27) - 1: 45.260 - 138.869 km / h
• Racing series: 13th 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