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Norton Michigan 500

Saturday, July 25, 1981


Track:   Brooklyn, MI
Track Type:   Paved Oval Lap Distance: 2.000 Miles
Race Distance:   500 Miles Margin of Victory: 2.000 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Tom Sneva 201.359 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   4   5   Pancho Carter   PC-7/79   0:36.129   250   3:45:45 132.890
  Alex Foods   CoswTC   199.285 mph  
  2   20   16   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   McLaren   0:37.795   250   3:45:47 132.870
  Provimi Veal   CoswTC   190.501 mph  
  3   3   6   Rick Mears   PC-9B/81   0:35.967   248   Flagged
  Gould Charge   CoswTC   200.183 mph  
  4   7   7   Bill Alsup   PC-9/80   0:36.484   247   Flagged
  ABDick   CoswTC   197.346 mph  
  5   21   56   Tom Bigelow   PC-7/79   0:37.961   247   Flagged
  Genesee Beer   Chevy   189.668 mph  
  6   18   12   Gary Bettenhausen   Wildcat   0:37.662   247   Flagged
  Rhoades Racing   CoswTC   191.174 mph  
  7   31   37   Scott Brayton   PC-7/79   0:38.934   238   Flagged
  Forsythe Industries   CoswTC   184.948 mph  
  8   37   47   Phil Caliva   McLaren       235   Flagged
  Polaroid Time Zero   Chevy      
  9   24   31   Larry Dickson   PC-7/79   0:38.502   227   Flagged
  Machinist Union   CoswTC   187.003 mph  
  10   17   35   Bob Lazier   PC-7/79   0:37.617   225   Engine
  Montgomery Ward   CoswTC   191.402 mph  
  11   10   8   Al Unser   LR-2   0:37.076   196   Engine
  Longhorn Racing   CoswTC   194.195 mph  
  12   16   99   Larry Cannon   PC-7/79   0:37.593   190   Wrecked
  Kraco Car Stereo   CoswTC   191.525 mph  
  13   32   66   Roger Rager   Wildcat   0:39.247   185   Flagged
  Seymour Enterprises   Chevy   183.453 mph  
  14   22   38   Jerry Karl   Karl   0:38.173   178   Clutch
  Tonco Trailer   Chevy   188.614 mph  
  15   26   42   Billy Vukovich   Watson   0:39.133   175   Engine
  Steve Vukovich Racing   OffyTC   183.987 mph  
  16   9   3   Bobby Unser   PC-9B/81   0:36.974   162   Engine
  Norton Spirit   CoswTC   194.731 mph  
  17   5   40   Steve Krisiloff   Wildcat   0:36.266   153   Overheated
  STP Oil Treatment   CoswTC   198.533 mph  
  18   12   48   Mike Mosley   Eagle   0:37.358   144   Engine
  Pepsi Challanger   Chevy   192.729 mph  
  19   19   55   Josele Garza   PC-9/80   0:37.744   141   Engine
  Garza Racing   CoswTC   190.758 mph  
  20   34   64   Steve Chassey   Eagle   0:39.911   131   Engine
  Jet Engineering   Chevy   180.401 mph  
  21   36   45   Harry McDonald   Lola   : .   120   Engine
  Armstrong Mold   CoswTC      
  22   2   1   Johnny Rutherford   Chaparral   0:35.840   112   Cut tire, spun out
  Pennzoil   CoswTC   200.892 mph  
  23   1   2   Tom Sneva   March   0:35.757   107   Transmission
  Blue Poly   CoswTC   201.359 mph  
  24   25   33   Vern Schuppan   McLaren   0:38.594   95   Engine
  Red Roof Inns   CoswTC   186.557 mph  
  25   33   57   Cliff Hucul   McLaren   0:39.780   89   Engine
  Metro Racing   OffyTC   180.995 mph  
  26   6   14   A.J. Foyt   Coyote   0:36.324   80   Wrecked
  Gilmore Racing   CoswTC   198.216 mph  
  27   14   72   Michael Chandler   PC-7/79   0:37.440   79   Broken halfshaft
  National Engineering   CoswTC   192.307 mph  
  28   11   32   Kevin Cogan   Phoenix   0:37.322   70   Engine
  O'Connell Racing   CoswTC   192.915 mph  
  29   29   21   Chip Mead   Eagle   0:38.734   70   Engine
  Space Racing   CoswTC   187.734 mph  
  30   27   96   Dick Ferguson   Wildcat   0:39.523   64   Engine
  Kraco Car Stereo   OffyTC   182.172 mph  
  31   30   22   Dick Simon   Watson   0:38.643   63   Lost oil pressure
  Vermont American   CoswTC   186.320 mph  
  32   28   21   Salt Walther   Phoenix   0:37.876   53   Engine
  Bignotti-Cotter   CoswTC   183.876 mph  
  33   23   28   Herm Johnson   Lightning   0:38.370   26   Pit fire
  Menard Cashway Lumber   Chevy   187.646 mph  
  34   35   15   Bill Tempero   McLaren   0:40.006   23   Engine
  O'Hanlon   Chevy   179.973 mph  
  35   15   29   Bill Engelhart   McLaren   0:37.494   18   Bent Valve
  Beaudoin Racing   CoswTC   192.030 mph  
  36   13   20   Gordon Johncock   Wildcat   0:37.372   4   Wrecked
  STP Oil Treatment   CoswTC   192.657 mph  
  37   8   94   Bill Whittington   March   0:36.681   4   Wrecked
  Whittington Racing   CoswTC   196.286 mph  

Race Information

1) Yellow flags: (2-3) Cannon spun, (5-8) Johncock,Whittington wreck, (26-29) Dickson spun, (30-34) restart after red, (53-56) Walther engine, (74-79) Cogan tow-in, (81-94) Foyt wreck, (103-105) Cogan oil leak, (112-120) Rutherford spun, (145-149) MacDonald blew engine, (184-190) Vukovich oil leak, (216-224) Cannon lost wheel

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Bill Alsup 2 182-183
Rick Mears 2 55-56
Tony, Jr Bettenhausen 5 76-80
Tom Sneva 32 1-4,10-37
Mike Mosley 34 38,41-54,57-75
Johnny Rutherford 38 5-9,39-40,81-111
Al Unser 46 112-142,179-181,184-195
Pancho Carter 91 143-178,196-250
Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved

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