1981 Mosport 6-hour race

Route of the Mosport International Raceway

The 1981 Mosport 6-hour race , also known as the Molson 1000 (6 Hours of IMSA Camel GT and World Endurance Drivers' Championships), Mosport , took place on August 16 at Mosport International Raceway and was the 13th race of the World Sports Car Championship this year. The race was also the 17th round of the IMSA GTP series and was held as the Molson 1000 .

The race

The 6-hour race in Mosport was the only race of the sports car world championship that took place in Canada in 1981 . The race only counted towards the drivers' standings and ended with the victory of Rolf Stommelen and Harald Grohs in a Porsche 935M16 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTX	3	Anidal Masters Racing	Rolf Stommelen Harald Grohs	Porsche 935M16	229
2	GTX	7th	Cooke Woods Racing	Brian Redman Eppie Wietzes	Lola T600	229
3	GTX	0	Interscope IMSA Racing	Ted Field Bill Whittington	Porsche 935K3 / 80	222
4th	GTX	09	Preston Henn	Preston Henn Edgar Dören	Porsche 935K3	219
5	GTO	25th	Red Lobster Racing	Kenper Miller Dave Cowart	BMW M1	218
6th	GTX	1	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick Jim Busby	Porsche 935K3 / 80	217
7th	GTX	46	Mauricio de Narváez	Mauricio de Narváez Bob Garretson	Porsche 935J	215
8th	GTO	54	Montura Racing	Tony Garcia Albert Naon Hiram Cruz	BMW M1	210
9	GTU	92	Kent Racing	Walt Drilling Lee Mueller	Mazda RX-7	209
10	GTX	84	Scorpio Racing	Enrique Molins Eduardo Galdamez	Porsche 935M16	206
11	GTU	23	Raytown Datsun Don Preston	Dick Davenport Frank Carney	Datsun 280ZX	206
12	GTX	5	Bob Akin Racing	Skeeter McKitterick Bob Akin	Porsche 935K3 / 80	205
13	GTO	79	Whitehall Capital Promotions Limited	Tom Winters Bob Bergstrom	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	203
14th	GTO	07	Heimrath Racing	Ludwig Heimrath senior Ludwig Heimrath junior	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	186
15th	GTX	17th	Pepe Romero	Pepe Romero Diego Felbes	Porsche 935M16	185
16	GTU	27	Alps Restoration	Peter Aschenbrenner Peter Tescher	Porsche 914/6	182
17th	GTO	42	Peter Bulkowski	Peter Bulkowski Luc Berhar	Triumph TR8	182
18th	GTO	40	David Deacon Racing	David Deacon Mike Freberg	BMW M1	168
20th	GTU	88	Russell Porsche	Jan Kjoller Jay Kjoller	Porsche Carrera	123
Failed
21st	GTX	2	BMW Motorsport	David Hobbs Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M1	192
22nd	GTO	53	Fritz Hochreuter	Rudy Bartling Fritz Hochreuter Norm Ridgley	Porsche Carrera	170
23	GTO	91	Electrodyne Racing	Derek Bell Chester Vincentz	Porsche 934	145
24	GTU	21st	Stephen Lax Racing	Stephen Lax Herman Landsberg Peter Moennick	Porsche 911	141
25th	GTU	85	Logan Blackburn Columbus Racing	Logan Blackburn David Frellsen	Datsun 280ZX	122
26th	GTX	30th	Momo penthouse	Giampiero Moretti Bobby Rahal	Porsche 935 / 78-81	105
27	GTX	88	Maurice Carter Racing	Maurice Carter Bill Adam	Chevrolet Camaro	105
28	GTU	22nd	Personalized car dealership	Wayne Baker Robert Overby	Porsche 914/4	95
29	GTX	19th	Chris Cord Racing	Chris Cord Jim Adams	Lola T600	56
30th	GTX	18th	JLP Racing	John Paul junior John Paul senior	Porsche 935JLP-3	41
31	GTO	39	Z & W Enterprises	Fred Stiff Pierre Honegger Sam Posey	Mazda RX-7	34
32	GTX	74	Janis Taylor	Del Russo Taylor Janis Taylor	Chevron GTP	4th
33	GTU	73	Hi-Fi Express	Rick Bye Uli Bieri	Porsche 911	1
Not started
34	GTX	00	Interscope IMSA Racing	Ted Field Bill Whittington	Porsche 935K3 / 80	1
35	GTO	04	T&R Racing	Rene Rodríguez Ernesto Soto	Porsche Carrera RSR	2
36	GTO	10	Clay Young	Clay Young	Pontiac Grand Am	3
37	GTO	33	Rainer Brezinka	Rainer Brezinka Gary Hirsch	Porsche Carrera	4th
38	GTX	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Hurley Haywood Bruce Leven	Porsche 935/80	5
39	GTX	00T	Interscope IMSA Racing	Ted Field Bill Whittington	Lola T600	6th

¹ Replacement car ² Engine failure in training ³ not started ⁴ not started ⁵ Accident in training ⁶ only used in training

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
40	GTX	2	BMW Motorsport	David Hobbs Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M-1 / C
41	GTX	8th	JLP Racing	John Paul John Paul junior	Porsche 935 JLP-2
42	GTX	8th	JLP Racing	John Paul John Paul junior	Lola T600
43	GTO	28	NTS Racing	Fred Stiff Sam Posey	Datsun 280ZX
44	GTO	34	Drolsom Racing	George Drolsom Bill Johnson	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR
45	GTX	44	Stratagraph	Billy Hagan Bob Mitchell	Chevrolet Camaro
46	GTO	50	Peerless Racing Ent.	Craig Carter	Chevrolet Camaro
47	GTU	82	Trinity Racing	Jim Cook John Casey	Mazda RX-7

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTX	Rolf Stommelen	Harald Grohs	Porsche 935M16	Overall victory
GTO	Kenper Miller	Dave Cowart	BMW M1	Rank 5
GTU	Walt Drilling	Lee Mueller	Mazda RX-7	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 47
• Started: 33
• Rated: 20
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold and dry
• Route length: 3.957 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 43.972 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 229
• Total distance of the winning team: 906.239 km
• Winner's average: 150.733 km / h
• Pole position: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 936M16 (# 3) - 1.18.956 - 180.436 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Bill Whittington - Porsche 935K3 / 80 (# 0) - 1.20.657 - 176.632 km / h
• Racing series: Round 13 of the Sports Car World Championship in 1981
• Racing series: 17th 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

• Race results at wspr

Previous race of the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1981

Sports car world championship

Successor to Road America 500 Mile Race in 1981