Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1981

The 6-hour race of Watkins Glen 1981 , also Glen Six Hours of Endurance, Budweiser / SCCA Can-Am, Robert Bosch / VW Super Vee (14th Annual Glen Six Hours of Endurance), Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit , took place on 12 July in Watkins Glen and was the eleventh round of the Sports Car World Championship this year.

The race

The eleventh round of the sports car world championship in 1981 ended after 940 kilometers with a one-two victory for the Lancia works team . Riccardo Patrese and Michele Alboreto won in their Lancia Beta Montecarlo ahead of their brand colleagues Andrea de Cesaris and Henri Pescarolo . Third was Bob Garretson , who shared the cockpit of a Porsche 935K3 with the two multiple Indianapolis 500 winners Rick Mears and Johnny Rutherford .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Group 5	1	Martini Racing	Riccardo Patrese Michele Alboreto	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	173
2	group	5	Martini Racing	Andrea de Cesaris Henri Pescarolo	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	171
3	Group 5	9	Garretson Racing	Rick Mears Bob Garretson Johnny Rutherford	Porsche 935K3	168
4th	Group 5	11	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick Jim Busby	Porsche 935K3 / 80	160
5	Group 5	22nd	Marty Hinze Racing	Marty Hinze Dale Whittington Preston Henn	Porsche 935K3	157
6th	Group 5	30th	Momo Accessories Inc.	Giampiero Moretti Bobby Rahal	Porsche 935 / 78-81	157
7th	GTO	91	Electrodyne Inc.	Chester Vincentz Lance Van Every John Wood	Porsche 934	156
8th	Group 5	43	Bob Akin Motor Racing Inc.	Bob Akin Craig Siebert Vivian Candy	Porsche 935K3 / 80	146
9	GTO	13	Southard Motor Racing	Steve Southard Mark Altman Gary Altman	Porsche 911 Carrera	146
10	GTO	26th	Roe Selby Racing	Tom Selby Earl Roe	Porsche 911SC	138
Disqualified
11	GTU	3	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	Anatoly Arutunoff José Marina	Lancia Stratos HF	16
12	GTU	23	Stephen Lax Racing	Stephen Lax Herman Lausberg	Porsche 911	12
Failed
13	AAGT	44	Stratagraph Inc.	Billy Hagan Bill Cooper	Chevrolet Camaro	137
14th	GTO	10	Tom Frank	Tom Frank Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Camaro	135
15th	GTU	47	Loud car racing	Jim Mullen Walt Drill	Mazda RX-7	127
16	Group 5	2	BMW Motorsports GmbH BMW North America	David Hobbs Marc Surer	BMW M1	113
17th	Group 5	4th	Martini Racing	Piercarlo Ghinzani Beppe Gabbiani	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	109
18th	Group 5	0	Interscope IMSA Racing Inc.	Bill Whittington Ted Field	Porsche 935K3 / 80	95
19th	Group 5	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Hurley Haywood Bruce Leven	Porsche 935K3	80
20th	Group 5	7th	Heimrath Racing	Ludwig Heimrath senior Ludwig Heimrath junior	Porsche 935/80	64
21st	GTP	60	Banco Occidental Ultramar Team Lola	Emilio de Villota Guy Edwards	Lola T600	57
22nd	GTU	21st	Alps Restoration Inc.	Peter Aschenbrenner Tom Moennick	Porsche 914/6	27
23	GTO	79	Promotion Ltd. Whitehall Capital	Tom Winters Bob Bergstrom	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	23
24	Group 5	18th	JLP Racing	John Paul junior John Paul senior	Porsche 935JLP-3	19th
25th	GTO	33	Toyota Village	Werner Frank Rudy Bartling	Porsche 934	9
26th	GTO	74		George Hulse Bob Speakman	Porsche 911	8th
27	GTO	36	Herman and Miller Porsche-Audi	Paul Miller Kenper Miller	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	4th
28	Group 5	95	EMKA Productions	Derek Bell Steve O'Rourke	BMW M1	3
29	GTO	90	Rynone Industries	Dave Kicask Thomas Rynone	Chevrolet Corvette	1
30th	GTO	12	David Jones	David Jones Ted Sullivan	Chevrolet Corvette	1
Not started
31	GTO	93	Little Foreign Car Shop Inc.	Michael Oleyar Bill Craine Kerry Hitt	Chevrolet Corvette	1
32	GTO	98	Tom Frank	Tom Frank Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette	2

¹ not started ² withdrawn

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
33	Group 5	00	Interscope IMSA Racing Inc.	Ted Field Bill Whittington	Porsche 935K3 / 80
34	Group 5	8th	JLP Racing	John Paul junior John Paul	Porsche 935JLP-2
35	GTP	2	BMW North America	David Hobbs Marc Surer	BMW M-1 / C
36	Group 5	6th	Jolly Club	Giorgio Pianta Giorgio Nice	Lancia Beta Montecarlo
37	GTO	19th	Spirit of American Racing	Kerry Hitt Orlon Rice	Chevrolet Corvette 427
38	GTO	64	Auto Barn Endurance Racing Enterprises	Bob Baechle Craig Carter	Chevrolet Corvette

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Group 5	Riccardo Patrese	Michele Alboreto		Lancia Beta Montecarlo	Overall victory
GTP	no participant in the finish
AAGT	no participant in the finish
GTO	Chester Vincentz	Lance Van Every	John Wood	Porsche 934	Rank 7
GTU	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 38
• Started: 30
• Valued: 10
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 5.435 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 28.053 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 173
• Total distance of the winning team: 940.213 km
• Winner's average: 156.499 km / h
• Pole position: Bill Whittington - Porsche 935K3 / 80 (# 0) - 1.48.583 - 180.185 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Paul junior - Porsche 935JLP-2 (# 18) - 1.52.831 - 173.402 km / h
• Racing series: 11th round of the sports car world championship 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 6 Hours of Daytona 1981

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps in 1981