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Los Angeles Times 500

Sunday, August 30, 1981


Track:   Riverside, CA
Track Type:   Road Course Lap Distance: 3.300 Miles
Race Distance:   500 Miles Margin of Victory: 0.000 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Geoff Brabham 129.559 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   3   6   Rick Mears   PC-9B/81   1:33.580   95   2:43:40.98 108.300
  Gould Charge   CoswTC   126.950 mph  
  2   5   20   Gordon Johncock   Wildcat   1:35.042   95   Finished
  STP Oil Treatment   CoswTC   124.997 mph  
  3   10   7   Bill Alsup   PC-9/80   1:36.928   94   Flagged
  ABDick   CoswTC   122.565 mph  
  4   9   74   Michael Chandler   PC-7/79   1:36.625   94   Flagged
  National Engineering   CoswTC   122.949 mph  
  5   23   35   Bob Lazier   PC-7/79   1:41.309   92   Flagged
  Montgomery Ward   CoswTC   117.265 mph  
  6   22   22   Dick Simon   Watson   1:40.834   90   Flagged
  Vermont American   CoswTC   117.817 mph  
  7   12   28   Herm Johnson   Lightning   1:37.842   88   Flagged
  Menard Cashway Lumber   Chevy   121.420 mph  
  8   20   37   Scott Brayton   PC-7/79   1:40.421   87   Flagged
  Forsythe-Brayton   CoswTC   118.301 mph  
  9   4   3   Bobby Unser   PC-9B/81   1:34.076   84   Flagged
  Norton Spirit   CoswTC   126.280 mph  
  10   14   5   Pancho Carter   PC-7/79   1:38.704   63   Engine
  Alex Foods   CoswTC   120.359 mph  
  11   8   32   Kevin Cogan   Phoenix   1:36.013   53   Spun out
  O'Connell Racing   CoswTC   123.733 mph  
  12   11   55   Josele Garza   PC-9/80   1:37.096   52   Injector problem
  Garza Racing   CoswTC   122.353 mph  
  13   27   66   Roger Rager   Wildcat   1:44.630   50   Wrecked
  McCray Plastering   Chevy   113.542 mph  
  14   2   8   Al Unser   LR-2   1:33.309   45   Gearbox
  Longhorn Racing   CoswTC   127.318 mph  
  15   21   64   Steve Chassey   Eagle   1:40.686   42   Engine
  Jet Engineering   Chevy   117.991 mph  
  16   17   31   Larry Dickson   PC-7/79   1:39.641   39   Engine
  Machinist Union   CoswTC   119.228 mph  
  17   13   33   Vern Schuppan   March   1:38.486   35   Wrecked, turn 1
  Thomas Barrett III   CoswTC   120.626 mph  
  18   18   99   Dick Ferguson   PC-7/79   1:39.693   32   Pit fire
  Kraco Car Stereo   CoswTC   119.165 mph  
  19   1   48   Geoff Brabham   Eagle   1:31.695   30   Poor handling
  Pepsi Challanger   Chevy   129.559 mph  
  20   25   89   Phil Krueger   Eagle   1:43.124   26   Engine
  Joe Hunt Magneto   Chevy   115.201 mph  
  21   6   1   Johnny Rutherford   Chaparral   1:35.106   22   Wrecked
  Pennzoil   CoswTC   124.913 mph  
  22   19   38   Jerry Karl   Karl   1:39.829   21   Wrecked
  Tonco Trailer   Chevy   119.003 mph  
  23   26   63   Ken Hamilton   Riley   1:43.615   14   Engine
  Spirit of Idaho   Chevy   114.655 mph  
  24   7   2   Tom Sneva   March   1:35.246   12   Engine
  Bignotti-Cotter   CoswTC   124.729 mph  
  25   15   12   Gordon Smiley   Wildcat   1:38.952   10   Wrecked
  Intermedics   CoswTC   120.058 mph  
  26   16   34   Hurley Haywood   Eagle   1:39.578   9   Lost brakes
  Wysard Motors   CoswTC   119.303 mph  
  27   28   92   John Mahler   PC-7/79   1:44.838   8   Engine
  Trench Shoring   OffyTC   113.317 mph  
  28   24   15   Bill Tempero   McLaren   1:42.506   7   Gearbox
  O'Hanlon-Tempero   Chevy   115.895 mph  
          16   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   McLaren   1:42.101   0   Wrecked practice
  Provimi Veal   CoswTC   116.355 mph  
          24   Wally Pankratz   King   1:47.722   0   Blown head
  Luxury Cars   Chevy   110.283 mph  
          42   Billy Vukovich   Watson   1:47.793   0   DNQ, too slow
  Rattlesnake Racing   OffyTC   110.210 mph  
          77   Ross Davis   Wildcat   3:17.702   0   DNQ, too slow
  Davis Racing   Chevy   60.090 mph  
          47   Phil Caliva   McLaren   : .   0   Wrecked practice
  CHC-Intersec   Chevy      

Race Information

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Geoff Brabham 17 1-17
Al Unser 27 18-44
Rick Mears 51 45-95
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