1981 Road America 500 mile race
The 500-mile race at Road America in 1981 , even Pabst 500 (Camel GT), Road America, Elkhart Lake , found on August 23 at the circuit of Road America instead and was the 14th championship round of the World Sportscar Championship and the 18 . the IMSA GT Championship this year.
The race
The Road America 500-mile race was one of the drivers' championships in the World Sports Car Championship in 1981. Like the 6-hour race in Mosport a week before, the race event ended with the overall victory of Rolf Stommelen and Harald Grohs in a Porsche 935M16 . Second came Brian Redman and Sam Posey , who drove a Lola T600 .
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GTX | 3 | Anidal Masters Racing |
Rolf Stommelen Harald Grohs |
Porsche 935M16 | 125 | ||
2 | GTX | 7th | Cooke Woods Racing |
Brian Redman Sam Posey |
Lola T600 | 125 | ||
3 | GTX | 19th | Chris Cord Racing |
Chris Cord Jim Adams |
Lola T600 | 121 | ||
4th | GTX | 9 | Garretson Racing Style Auto Racing |
Tom Gloy Bob Garretson |
Porsche 935K3 | 119 | ||
5 | GTX | 30th | Momo penthouse |
Giampiero Moretti Bobby Rahal |
Porsche 935 / 78-81 | 118 | ||
6th | GTX | 1 | Fitzpatrick Racing |
John Fitzpatrick Jim Busby |
Porsche 935K3-80 | 118 | ||
7th | GTX | 0 | Interscope Racing |
Ted Field Bill Whittington |
Porsche 935K3-80 | 111 | ||
8th | GTU | 92 | Kent Racing |
Walt Drilling Lee Mueller
|
Mazda RX-7 | 111 | ||
9 | GTO | 11 | Kendall Racing Enterprises |
Dennis Aase Chuck Kendall Pete Smith
|
BMW M1 | 110 | ||
10 | GTU | 85 | Columbus Datsun Logan Blackburn |
Logan Blackburn David Frellsen
|
Datsun 280ZX | 109 | ||
11 | GTU | 22nd | Personalized car dealership |
Wayne Baker Robert Overby
|
Porsche 914/6 | 106 | ||
12 | GTU | 71 | Morgan Performance Group |
Charles Morgan Jim Miller
|
Datsun 280ZX | 105 | ||
13 | GTU | 55 | Mandeville Racing Enterprises |
Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson |
Mazda RX-7 | 104 | ||
14th | GTU | 15th | George Follmer |
Mike Follmer Rameau Johnson George Follmer |
Toyota Celica | 103 | ||
15th | GTO | 26th | Roe Selby Racing |
Tim Shelby Earl Roe
|
Porsche 911 Carrera | 103 | ||
16 | GTX | 44 | Stratagraph |
Billy Hagan Bob Mitchell
|
Chevrolet Camaro | 102 | ||
17th | GTO | 41 | Corvettes Unlimited |
Rusty Schmidt Scott Schmidt
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 100 | ||
18th | GTU | 12 | Corp Racing Ltd. |
Douglas Grunnet Jim Burt
|
Mazda RX-7 | 99 | ||
19th | GTU | 78 | American Revolution |
Bruce Nesbitt Glen Johnson
|
Mazda RX-2 | 98 | ||
20th | GTU | 50 | Downing Atlanta |
Jim Downing Irv Hoerr
|
Mazda RX-7 | 95 | ||
21st | GTO | 54 | Montura Racing |
Tony Garcia Albert Naon Hiram Cruz
|
BMW M1 | 95 | ||
22nd | GTU | 23 | Raytown Datsun |
Frank Carney Dick Davenport
|
Datsun 280ZX | 93 | ||
23 | GTU | 13 | Anatoly Arutunoff |
Anatoly Arutunoff José Marina
|
Lancia Stratos HF | 88 | ||
24 | GTX | 46 | De Narvaez Enterprises |
Derek Bell Mauricio de Narváez |
Porsche 935J | 85 | ||
25th | GTO | 75 | Dale Kreider Racing |
Dale Kreider Bill Nelson
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 82 | ||
26th | GTX | 84 | Scorpio Racing |
Karen Erstrad Eduardo Galdamez
|
Porsche 935M16 | 66 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
27 | GTX | 18th | JLP Racing |
John Paul junior John Paul senior |
Porsche 935JLP-3 | 104 | ||
28 | GTO | 79 | Promotion Ltd. Whitehall Capital |
Tom Winters Bob Bergstrom
|
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | 94 | ||
29 | GTU | 82 | Trinity Racing |
Jim Cook John Casey
|
Mazda RX-7 | 92 | ||
30th | GTU | 27 | John Morgan |
John Morgan Charles Moseley
|
Datsun Z | 74 | ||
31 | GTO | 04 | T&R Racing |
Rene Rodríguez Ernesto Soto |
Porsche Carrera RSR | 71 | ||
32 | GTO | 48 | Dynasales |
John Carruso Phil Currin
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 69 | ||
33 | GTX | 5 | Bob Akin Motor Racing |
Skeeter McKitterick Bob Akin |
Porsche 935K3 / 80 | 62 | ||
34 | GTO | 25th | Red Lobster Racing |
Kenper Miller Dave Cowart |
BMW M1 | 60 | ||
35 | GTO | 73 | Tracy Wolf |
Clark Howey Dale Cook
|
Chevrolet Camaro | 52 | ||
36 | GTX | 09 | Thunderbird Swap Shop |
Danny Sullivan Edgar Dören |
Porsche 935K3 | 50 | ||
37 | GTO | 83 | Electramotive Inc. |
Don Devendorf Tony Adamowicz |
Datsun 280ZX | 46 | ||
38 | GTO | 03 | Werner Frank |
Rudy Bartling Werner Frank
|
Porsche 934 | 45 | ||
39 | GTX | 74 | Janis Taylor |
Del Russo Taylor Janis Taylor
|
Chevron GTP | 41 | ||
40 | GTO | 67 | Joe Crevier |
Al our junior Joe Crevier
|
BMW M1 | 40 | ||
41 | GTU | 57 | Personalized car dealership |
Jeff Scott David Finch
|
Porsche 914/6 | 39 | ||
42 | GTO | 49 | Jim Moyer |
Jim Moyer Phil Godfather
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 37 | ||
43 | GTX | 17th | Pepe Romero |
Joe Varde Pepe Romero
|
Porsche 935M16 | 36 | ||
44 | GTU | 16 | George Follmer |
George Follmer Michael Follmer Rameau Johnson
|
Toyota Celica | 25th | ||
45 | GTO | 28 |
Robert Kivela Ray Irwin
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 24 | |||
46 | GTO | 88 |
Robert Overby Herb Forrest
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 22nd | |||
47 | GTX | 2 | BMW Motorsport |
David Hobbs Vern Schuppan |
BMW M-1 / C | 22nd | ||
48 | GTO | 60 | Blink & Nod Racing |
Roger Blink Dan Schott
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 10 | ||
49 | GTU | 38 | Jack Buchinger |
Jack Buchinger Michael Guffey
|
Datsun 280ZX | 9 | ||
50 | GTU | 81 | Dave Horchler Emerald Racing |
Dave Horchler Don Yenko Jerry Thompson
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 1 | ||
Not started | ||||||||
51 | GTX | 00 | Interscope Racing |
Ted Field Bill Whittington
|
Lola T600 | 1 | ||
52 | GTU | 6th | David Miller |
David Miller Peter Bollenbach Buzz Fyhrie
|
Datsun 240Z | 2 | ||
53 | GTU | 21st |
Steve Gentile Leo Franchi
|
Datsun B210 | 3 | |||
54 | GTO | 40 | David Deacon | David Deacon | BMW M1 | 4th | ||
55 | GTO | 42 | Cotrone Racing Enterprises |
Joe Cotrone Emory Donaldson
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 5 | ||
56 | GTX | 86 | Bayside Disposal Racing |
Hurley Haywood Bruce Leven |
Porsche 935/80 | 6th | ||
57 | GTX | 90 | Paul Canary |
Paul Canary Richard Valentine
|
McLaren M12 GT | 7th | ||
58 | GTX | 00T | Interscope Racing |
Ted Field Bill Whittington
|
Porsche 935K3 / 80 | 8 } |
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
59 | GTX | 8th | JLP Racing | John Paul | Lola T600 |
60 | GTO | 10 | Gordon Oftedahl | Chevrolet Camaro | |
61 | GTO | 28 | NTS Racing |
Fred Stiff Sam Posey
|
Datsun 280ZX |
62 | GTX | 32 | Wolf Engines |
Dan Darnell Tracy Wolf
|
Chevrolet Monza |
63 | GTO | 34 | Drolsom Racing | George Drolsom | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR |
64 | GTU | 62 | Golden Eagle Racing |
Bill Koll Jeff Kline |
Porsche 911S |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 64
- Started: 50
- Valued: 26
- Race classes: 3
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: cold and dry
- Route length: 6.437 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 4: 44: 35.380 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 125
- Total distance of the winning team: 804.672 km
- Winner's average: 169.649 km / h
- Pole position: John Paul junior - Porsche 936JLP-3 (# 18) - 2.08.578
- Fastest race lap: John Paul Junior - Porsche 935JLP-3 (# 18) - 10/2250 - 177.924 km / h
- Racing series: 14th round of the sports car world championship in 1981
- Racing series: 18th round of the IMSA GTP series in 1981
literature
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
Web links
Previous race of the 6-hour Mosport race in 1981 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor 1000 km race at Brands Hatch 1981 |