1981 Pocono 500 mile race

Pocono Raceway Road Course

The 1981 Pocono 500-mile race , also The World Comes To Pocono, Kenwood Stereo 500 Grand Prix (Camel GT), Pocono International Raceway , took place on September 27th of this year at the Pocono Raceway . The race was the 21st round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981 .

The race

The race in Pocono was one of the six endurance races of the season that could not be contested by solo drivers. After almost four hours of driving, John Paul and his son won in a Porsche 935 JLP-3 . Brit Brian Redman , who crossed the finish line second overall with Ralph Kent-Cooke, secured the drivers' title of the IMSA GTP series of this year one race before the end of the season .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTX	18th	JLP Racing	John Paul junior John Paul senior	Porsche 935 JLP-3	150
2	GTX	7th	Cooke-Woods Racing	Brian Redman Ralph Kent-Cooke	Lola T600	150
3	GTX	1	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick Jim Busby	Porsche 935K3 / 80	148
4th	GTX	19th	Chris Cord Racing	Chris Cord Jim Adams	Lola T600	147
5	GTO	25th	Red Lobster Racing	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	BMW M1	145
6th	GTX	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Bruce Leven Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935/80	145
7th	GTO	54	Montura Racing	Tony Garcia Albert Naon	BMW M1	142
8th	GTU	98	Kent Racing	Walt Drill Rick Knoop	Mazda RX-7	137
9	GTU	92	Kent Racing	Lee Mueller Kathy Rude	Mazda RX-7	137
10	GTU	82	Trinity Racing	Jim Cook John Casey	Mazda RX-7	136
11	GTO	67	Joe Crevier	Joe Crevier Tom Winters	BMW M1	134
12	GTX	44	Stratagraph	Billy Hagan Gene Felton	Chevrolet Camaro	132
13	GTU	51		Doug Carmean Mike Pinney John O'Steen	Mazda RX-7	131
14th	GTO	40	Southard Motor Racing	Steve Southard Mark Altman Gary Altman	Porsche Carrera	130
15th	GTU	22nd	Personalized car dealership	Wayne Baker Robert Overby	Porsche 914/4	130
16	GTU	45	Wayne Darling	Wayne Darling Fred Darling	Chevrolet Camaro	130
17th	GTU	55	Mandeville Racing Ent.	Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson	Mazda RX-7	127
18th	GTU	50	Downing Atlanta	Jim Downing Irv Hoerr	Mazda RX-7	127
19th	GTO	60	Bob's Speed ​​Products	Bob Lee Guy Church	AMC AMX	125
20th	GTU	4th		Al Cosentino Bob Speakman	Mazda RX-7	124
21st	GTU	01	Roehrig Racing	Kurt Roehrig Dave White	BMW 320i	120
22nd	GTU	78	Bruce Nesbitt	Bruce Nesbitt Glen Johnson	Mazda RX-2	118
23	GTU	74	Numismatic Resources	Randy Pollock Nick Moore	Mazda RX-7	117
24	GTU	75	Bob Lengel	Bob Lengel Dave Nicholas	Mercury Capri	114
25th	GTO	93		Michael Oleyar Richard Weiss	Chevrolet Corvette	110
Failed
26th	GTO	49	RC Copeman Racing	Bob Copeman Lawrence Farmer	Porsche Carrera RSR	87
27	GTX	0	Interscope Racing	Ted Field Bill Whittington	Porsche 935 K3 / 80	76
28	GTU	71	Charles Morgan	Charles Morgan	Datsun 280ZX	71
29	GTO	72		Jean Kjoller Jay Kjoller	Porsche Carrera	70
30th	GTX	14th	Del Russo Taylor	Del Russo Taylor Janis Taylor	Chevron GTP	68
31	GTX	5	Akin Motor Racing	Bob Akin Craig Siebert	Porsche 935K3 / 80	60
32	GTU	32	Alderman Datsun	George Alderman Carson Baird	Datsun 240Z	51
33	GTX	6th		Volkert Merl Ray Ratcliff	Porsche 935K3 / 80	47
34	GTO	91	Electrodyne	Chester Vincentz	Porsche 934	32
35	GTO	81		Dave Horchler	Chevrolet Corvette	14th
Not started
36	GTX	00	Interscope Racing	Ted Field Bill Whittington	Lola T600	1

¹ not started

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
37	GTX	00	Interscope Racing		Porsche 935
38	GTO	04	T&R Racing	Rene Rodriguez	Porsche Carrera RSR
39	GTU	3	Bill Partridge	Bill Partridge	Datsun 200SX
40	GTU	4th	Tom Walker	Tom Walker	Datsun 610
41	GTO	5	Dennis Wilson	Dennis Wilson	BMW M1
42	GTU	8th	Paul Romano	Paul Romano	Mazda RX-2
43	GTX	8th	JLP Racing	John Paul John Paul junior	Porsche 935 JLP-2
44	GTU	10	Dale Caldwell	Dale Caldwell	Dodge Colt
45	GTX	10	Fuchs-Whitaker Racing	Jimmy Tumbleston	Chevrolet Camaro
46	GTU	11	Dan Veach	Dan Veach	Mazda RX-7
47	GTU	12	Alan Martin	Alan Martin	Toyota Corolla
48	GTO	12	Ford Smith	Ford Smith	Chevrolet Corvette
49	GTO	14th	Casey Mollett	Casey Mollett	Datsun 280ZX
50	GTU	15th	George Follmer	George Follmer	Toyota Celica
51	GTU	16	George Follmer	George Follmer	Toyota Celica
52	GTX	17th	Pepe Romero	Pepe Romero	Porsche 935M16
53	GTU	18th	Rob Dyson	Rob Dyson	Datsun 200SX
54	GTO	21st	Lloyd Frink	Lloyd Frink	Chevrolet Corvette
55	GTX	22nd	Marty Hinze	Marty Hinze Preston Henn	Porsche 935
56	GTU	23	Raytown Datsun	Frank Carney Dick Davenport	Datsun 280ZX
57	GTU	26th	Eleven-Tenths Racing	Ernie Smith	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT
58	GTU	27	John Morgan	John Morgan	Datsun Z
59	GTU	28	Korman Autoworks	Ray Korman	BMW 320i
60	GTX	30th	Momo / penthouse	Giampiero Moretti Bobby Rahal	Porsche 935 / 78-81
61	GTO	31	Midwest Team Corvette	Larry Trotter	Chevrolet Corvette
62	GTU	33	Jim Fitzgerald	Jim Fitzgerald	Datsun 280ZX
63	GTU	34	Drolsom Racing	George Drolsom	Porsche 924 Carrera
64	GTU	36	Jack Buchinger	Jack Buchinger	Datsun 280ZX
65	GTO	37	Kendco Ent. Ed Kuhel	Dick Neland	Chevrolet Camaro
66	GTO	38	Ron Case	Ron Case	Porsche Carrera
67	GTU	41	Rick Henschel	Rick Henschel	Mercury Capri 2000
68	GTU	42	Dan Robson	Dan Robson	Datsun B210
69	GTU	46	DeNarvaez Ent.	Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 935J
70	GTX	47	Dan Furey	Dan Furey	Furey Mk.1
71	GTU	54	Michael Guffey	Michael Guffey	Datsun Z
72	GTU	56	Norman Frame	Norman Frame	Datsun 510
73	GTO	61	CC Canada	CC Canada	Chevrolet Corvette
74	GTU	63	Bob Burgess	Bob Burgess	Datsun 510
75	GTU	66	Jack Dunham	Jack Dunham	Mazda RX-7
76	GTX	77	Larry Stephens	Larry Stephens	Chevrolet Corvette
77	GTO	79	Tom Winters	Tom Winters	Porsche 924 Carrera
78	GTO	83	Electromotive	Don Devendorf	Datsun 280ZX Turbo
79	GTU	85	Logan Blackburn	Logan Blackburn	Datsun 280ZX
80	GTO	88	Woodson bros.	Peter Minogue Gene Felton	Chevrolet Corvette
81	GTO	93	David Frellsen	David Frellsen	Datsun 510

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTX	John Paul	John Paul Junior	Porsche 935 JLP-3	Overall victory
GTO	Dave Cowart	Kenper Miller	BMW M1	Rank 5
GTU	Walt Drilling	Rick knoop	Mazda RX-7	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 81
• Started: 35
• Valued: 25
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 4.506 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:02: 12,400 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 150
• Total distance of the winning team: 675.925 km
• Winner's average: 168.823 km / h
• Pole position: John Paul junior - Porsche 935 JLP-3 (# 18) - 1: 25.186 - 190.432 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jim Adams - Lola T600 (# 19) - 1: 26.940 - 186.591 km / h
• Racing series: 21st 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