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1981 Los Angeles Times 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post CART race number 6 of 11 Sunday, August 30, 1981 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 3.300 mile road course (313.500 miles) Time of race: 2:43:40 Average speed: 108.3 mph Pole speed: 129.559 mph Cautions: 2 for 12 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1981 CART results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 6   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 95 30915 running 51 63 2 5 20   Gordon Johncock STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 95 23665 running 0 48 3 10 7   Bill Alsup AB Dick Penske / Cosworth 94 17715 running 0 42 4 9 74   Michael Chandler National Engineering Penske / Cosworth 94 16365 running 0 36 5 23 35   Bob Lazier Montgomery Ward Penske / Cosworth 92 12515 running 0 30 6 22 22   Dick Simon Vermont American Watson / Cosworth 90 10665 running 0 24 7 12 28   Herm Johnson Menard Cashway Lumber Lightning / Chevrolet 88 9415 running 0 18 8 20 37   Scott Brayton Forsythe-Brayton Penske / Cosworth 87 8165 running 0 15 9 4 3   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 84 6915 running 0 12 10 14 5   Pancho Carter Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Penske / Cosworth 63 6665 engine 0 9 11 8 32   Kevin Cogan O'Connell Racing   (Jerry O'Connell) Phoenix / Cosworth 53 6540 crash 0 6 12 11 55   Josele Garza Garza Racing   (Josele Garza) Penske / Cosworth 52 6290 fuel injector 0 3 13 27 66   Roger Rager McCray Plastering Wildcat / Chevrolet 50 3125 crash 0 3 14 2 8   Al Unser Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Longhorn / Cosworth 45 5665 gearbox 27 3 15 21 64   Steve Chassey Jet Engineering Eagle / Chevrolet 42 5665 engine 0 3 16 17 31   Larry Dickson Machinists Union Penske / Cosworth 39 5040 engine 0 3 17 13 33   Vern Schuppan Thomas Barrett III March / Cosworth 35 4728 crash 0 3 18 18 99   Dick Ferguson Kraco Car Stereo Penske / Cosworth 32 4728 pit fire 0 3 19 1 48   Geoff Brabham Pepsi Challenger   (All American Racers) Eagle / Chevrolet 30 4728 handling 17 6 20 25 89   Phil Krueger Joe Hunt Magneto   (Joe Hunt) Eagle / Chevrolet 26 1563 engine 0 3 21 6 1   Johnny Rutherford Pennzoil   (Chaparral Racing) Chaparral / Cosworth 22 4415 crash 0   22 19 38   Jerry Karl Tonco Trailers Karl / Chevrolet 21 4415 crash 0   23 26 63   Ken Hamilton Spirit of Idaho Riley / Chevrolet 14 1250 engine 0   24 7 2   Tom Sneva Bignotti-Cotter March / Cosworth 12 4415 engine 0   25 15 12   Gordon Smiley Intermedics Wildcat / Cosworth 10 4415 crash 0   26 16 34   Hurley Haywood Wysard Motors   (Herb Wysard) Eagle / Cosworth 9 4415 brakes 0   27 28 92   John Mahler Trench Shoring Penske / Offy 8 1250 engine 0   28 24 15   Bill Tempero O'Hanlon-Tempero McLaren / Chevrolet 7 4415 gearbox 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 Provimi Veal McLaren / Cosworth Wally Pankratz 24 Luxury Cars King / Chevy Vern Schuppan 33 Thomas Barrett III McLaren / Cosworth Billy Vukovich, Jr. 42 Rattlesnake Racing Watson / Offy Phil Caliva 47 CHC / Intersec McLaren / Chevy Ross Davis 77 Davis Racing Wildcat / Chevy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoff Brabham 1 17 17   Al Unser 18 44 27   Rick Mears 45 95 51 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rick Mears 186     2   Pancho Carter 141   -45   3   Bill Alsup 122   -64   4   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 89   -97   5   Gordon Johncock 82   -104   6   Johnny Rutherford 61   -125   7   Scott Brayton 55   -131   8   Tom Bigelow 54   -132   9   Bob Lazier 52   -134   10   Mario Andretti 46   -140   11   Bobby Unser 43   -143   12   Gary Bettenhausen 40   -146   13   Al Unser 38   -148   14   Michael Chandler 36   -150   15   Dick Simon 33   -153   16   Tom Sneva 31   -155   17   Larry Dickson 30   -156   18   Phil Caliva 27   -159   19   Mike Mosley 26   -160   20   Kevin Cogan 23   -163   21   Herm Johnson 19   -167