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1981 Kraco Car Stereo 150 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 1 of 11 Sunday, March 22, 1981 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 150 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:17:08 Average speed: 116.681 mph Pole speed: 143.055 mph Cautions: 5 for 28 laps Margin of victory: 22 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1981 CART results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 1   Johnny Rutherford Pennzoil   (Chaparral Racing) Chaparral / Cosworth 150 18336 running 68 21 2 1 3   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 150 14036 running 50 17 3 6 2   Tom Sneva Sugaripe Prunes Phoenix / Cosworth 149 11136 running 1 14 4 5 6   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 147 9086 running 0 12 5 7 41   Bill Alsup Alsup Racing   (Bill Alsup) Penske / Cosworth 145 8286 running 1 10 6 2 20   Gordon Johncock STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 144 7386 fuel pump 0 8 7 8 5   Pancho Carter Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Penske / Cosworth 144 7086 running 0 6 8 14 38   Jerry Karl Tonco Trailers   (William Compton) McLaren / Chevrolet 144 6686 running 0 5 9 10 54   Geoff Brabham Kraco Car Stereo Penske / Cosworth 144 6386 running 0 4 10 12 22   Dick Simon Vermont American   (Leader Card) Watson / Cosworth 140 6086 running 0 3 11 4 40   Mario Andretti Patrick Petroleum   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 139 5986 fuel pump 30 2 12 13 35   Bob Lazier Montgomery Ward   (Fletcher Racing) Penske / Cosworth 136 5886 running 0 1 13 20 42   Bob Frey Crossroads Inn Eagle / Offy 136 5786 running 0 1 14 18 89   Phil Krueger Joe Hunt Magneto   (Joe Hunt) Eagle / Chevrolet 133 5686 running 0 1 15 16 37   Scott Brayton Brayton Racing   (Lee Brayton) Penske / Cosworth 127 5586 running 0 1 16 21 26   Jim Buick 4B Racing   (Jim Buick) Eagle / Chevrolet 53 5486 throttle cable 0 1 17 11 8   Al Unser Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Longhorn / Cosworth 38 5486 handling 0 1 18 15 15   Bill Tempero Zamboni Electric McLaren / Chevrolet 30 5486 vibration 0 1 19 17 23   Jim McElreath McElreath Racing   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 27 5486 engine 0 1 20 19 95   Larry Cannon Kraco Car Stereo Wildcat / Offy 8 5486 piston 0 1 21 9 55   Josele Garza Banco Mercantil Penske / Cosworth 1 5386 crash 0   22 22 96   Tom Frantz Kraco Car Stereo Wildcat / Offy 0 5386 turbocharger 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Unser 1 43 43   Bill Alsup 44 44 1   Mario Andretti 45 74 30   Johnny Rutherford 75 90 16   Tom Sneva 91 91 1   Bobby Unser 92 98 7   Johnny Rutherford 99 150 52 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Johnny Rutherford 21     2   Bobby Unser 17   -4   3   Tom Sneva 14   -7   4   Rick Mears 12   -9   5   Bill Alsup 10   -11   6   Gordon Johncock 8   -13   7   Pancho Carter 6   -15   8   Jerry Karl 5   -16   9   Geoff Brabham 4   -17   10   Dick Simon 3   -18   11   Mario Andretti 2   -19   12   Bob Lazier 1   -20   12   Larry Cannon 1   -20   12   Jim McElreath 1   -20   12   Bill Tempero 1   -20   12   Al Unser 1   -20   12   Jim Buick 1   -20   12   Scott Brayton 1   -20   12   Phil Krueger 1   -20   12   Bob Frey 1   -20