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AB Dick/Tony Bettenhausen 200

Saturday, September 5, 1981


Track:   Milwaukee, WI
Track Type:   Paved Oval Lap Distance: 1.000 Mile
Race Distance:   200 Miles Margin of Victory: 4.000 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Johnny Rutherford 135.890 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   3   2   Tom Sneva   March   0:26.613   200   1:41:41 118.013
  Bignotti-Cotter   CoswTC   135.272 mph  
  2   4   6   Rick Mears   PC-9B/81   0:26.762   200   1:41:45 117.94
  Gould Charge   CoswTC   134.519 mph  
  3   2   3   Bobby Unser   PC-9B/81   0:26.592   199   Flagged
  Norton Spirit   CoswTC   135.379 mph  
  4   1   1   Johnny Rutherford   Chaparral   0:26.492   198   Flagged
  Pennzoil   CoswTC   135.890 mph  
  5   5   8   Al Unser   LR-2   0:26.832   197   Flagged
  Longhorn Racing   CoswTC   134.832 mph  
  6   6   20   Gordon Johncock   Wildcat   0:27.141   197   Flagged
  STP Oil Treatment   CoswTC   132.641 mph  
  7   7   40   Steve Krisiloff   Wildcat   0:27.312   194   Flagged
  STP Oil Treatment   CoswTC   131.810 mph  
  8   11   55   Josele Garza   PC-9/80   0:27.884   193   Flagged
  Garza Racing   CoswTC   129.106 mph  
  9   23   29   Bill Engelhart   McLaren   0:29.194   191   Flagged
  Beaudoin Racing   CoswTC   123.313 mph  
  10   10   5   Pancho Carter   PC-7/79   0:27.657   190   Wrecked turn 3
  Alex Foods   CoswTC   130.166 mph  
  11   8   7   Bill Alsup   PC-9/80   0:27.524   190   Flagged
  ABDick   CoswTC   130.795 mph  
  12   13   31   Larry Dickson   PC-7/79   0:28.151   189   Flagged
  Machinist Union   CoswTC   127.882 mph  
  13   24   28   Herm Johnson   Lightning   0:29.196   186   Flagged
  Menard Cashway Lumber   Chevy   123.305 mph  
  14   14   16   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   LR-1   0:28.244   186   Flagged
  Provimi Veal   CoswTC   127.461 mph  
  15   19   64   Steve Chassey   Eagle   0:28.685   185   Flagged
  Jet Engineering   Chevy   125.501 mph  
  16   21   35   Bob Lazier   March   0:27.870   182   Wrecked turn 3
  Montgomery Ward   CoswTC   129.171 mph  
  17   18   15   Bill Tempero   McLaren   0:28.661   178   Flagged
  Zamboni Electric   Chevy   125.606 mph  
  18   22   66   Roger Rager   Wildcat   0:28.816   149   Lost brakes
  McCray Plastering   Chevy   124.931 mph  
  19   12   12   Gary Bettenhausen   Wildcat   0:27.989   127   Turbocharger
  Rhoades Aviation   CoswTC   128.622 mph  
  20   17   92   John Mahler   PC-6/78   0:28.646   117   Broken timing gear
  Duke Racing   OffyTC   125.646 mph  
  21   25   37   Scott Brayton   PC-7/79   : .   91   Broken timing gear
  Forsythe-Brayton   CoswTC      
  22   16   22   Dick Simon   Watson   0:28.479   80   Turbocharger
  Vermont American   OffyTC   126.409 mph  
  23   9   32   Kevin Cogan   Phoenix   0:27.579   36   Wrecked
  O'Connell Racing   CoswTC   130.534 mph  
  24   15   56   Tom Bigelow   PC-7/79   0:28.342   33   Wrecked turn 4
  Genesee Beer   Chevy   127.020 mph  
  25   20   38   Jerry Karl   Karl   0:28.712   1   Ignition
  Tonco Trailer   Chevy   125.383 mph  

Race Information

1) Yellow flags: 34-41 Bigelow wrecked turn 4 195-199 Carter, Lazier wrecked turn 3 2) Lazier started alternate car at back 3) Margin of victory 4 seconds

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Johnny Rutherford 1 1
Rick Mears 1 103
Gordon Johncock 5 104-108
Bobby Unser 7 166-172
Tom Sneva 186 2-102,109-165,173-200
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