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1981 Norton Michigan 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 5 of 11 Saturday, July 25, 1981 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:45:45 Average speed: 132.89 mph Pole speed: 201.359 mph Cautions: 12 for 72 laps Margin of victory: 2 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1981 CART results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 5   Pancho Carter Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Penske / Cosworth 250 92855 running 91 105 2 20 16   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Provimi Veal McLaren / Cosworth 250 49305 running 5 80 3 3 6   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 248 30955 running 2 70 4 7 7   Bill Alsup AB Dick Penske / Cosworth 247 20380 running 2 60 5 21 56   Tom Bigelow Genesee Beer   (Gohr Distributing Co.) Penske / Chevrolet 247 16530 running 0 50 6 18 12   Gary Bettenhausen Rhoades Racing Wildcat / Cosworth 247 13180 running 0 40 7 31 37   Scott Brayton Forsythe Industries Penske / Cosworth 238 12180 running 0 30 8 37 47   Phil Caliva Polaroid Time Zero McLaren / Chevrolet 235 7000 running 0 25 9 24 31   Larry Dickson Machinists Union Penske / Cosworth 229 11180 running 0 20 10 17 35   Bob Lazier Montgomery Ward Penske / Cosworth 225 12680 engine 0 15 11 10 8   Al Unser Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Longhorn / Cosworth 196 13930 engine 46 10 12 16 99   Larry Cannon Kraco Car Stereo Penske / Cosworth 190 10080 crash 0 5 13 32 66   Roger Rager Seymour Enterprises Wildcat / Chevrolet 185 10980 running 0 5 14 22 38   Jerry Karl Tonco Trailers Karl / Chevrolet 178 9280 clutch 0 5 15 26 42   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Steve Vukovich Racing Watson / Offy 175 8880 engine 0 5 16 9 3   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 162 8480 engine 0 5 17 5 40   Steve Krisiloff STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 153 8380 overheating 0 5 18 12 48   Mike Mosley Pepsi Challenger Eagle / Chevrolet 144 11730 engine 34 5 19 19 55   Josele Garza Garza Racing   (Josele Garza) Penske / Cosworth 141 8080 engine 0 5 20 34 64   Steve Chassey Jet Engineering Eagle / Chevrolet 131 3300 engine 0 5 21 36 45   Harry MacDonald Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 120 3200 engine 0   22 2 1   Johnny Rutherford Pennzoil   (Chaparral Racing) Chaparral / Cosworth 112 10630 crash 38   23 1 2   Tom Sneva Blue Poly   (Bignotti-Cotter) March / Cosworth 107 15080 transmission 32 5 24 25 33   Vern Schuppan Red Roof Inns McLaren / Cosworth 95 7580 engine 0   25 33 57   Cliff Hucul Metro Racing McLaren / Offy 89 7480 engine 0   26 6 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Cosworth 80 7380 crash 0   27 14 72   Michael Chandler National Engineering Co. Penske / Cosworth 79 7280 halfshaft 0   28 11 32   Kevin Cogan O'Connell Racing   (Jerry O'Connell) Phoenix / Cosworth 70 7180 engine 0   29 29 49   Chip Mead Space Racing Eagle / Chevrolet 70 7080 engine 0   30 27 96   Dick Ferguson Kraco Car Stereo Wildcat / Offy 64 6980 engine 0   31 30 22   Dick Simon Vermont American Watson / Cosworth 63 6880 oil pressure 0   32 28 21   Salt Walther Bignotti-Cotter   (Bignotti-Cotter) Phoenix / Cosworth 53 6780 engine 0   33 23 28   Herm Johnson Menard Cashway Lumber Lightning / Chevrolet 26 7180 pit fire 0   34 35 15   Bill Tempero O'Hanlon Racing McLaren / Chevrolet 23 4700 engine 0   35 15 29   Billy Engelhart Beaudoin Racing McLaren / Cosworth 18 6680 valve 0   36 13 20   Gordon Johncock STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 4 6680 crash 0   37 8 94   Bill Whittington Whittington Brothers March / Cosworth 4 8180 crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tom Sneva 1 4 4   Johnny Rutherford 5 9 5   Tom Sneva 10 37 28   Mike Mosley 38 38 1   Johnny Rutherford 39 40 2   Mike Mosley 41 54 14   Rick Mears 55 56 2   Mike Mosley 57 75 19   Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 76 80 5   Johnny Rutherford 81 111 31   Al Unser 112 142 31   Pancho Carter 143 178 36   Al Unser 179 181 3   Bill Alsup 182 183 2   Al Unser 184 195 12   Pancho Carter 196 250 55 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Pancho Carter 132     2   Rick Mears 123   -9   3   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 89   -43   4   Bill Alsup 80   -52   5   Johnny Rutherford 61   -71   6   Tom Bigelow 54   -78   7   Mario Andretti 46   -86   8   Gary Bettenhausen 40   -92   8   Scott Brayton 40   -92   10   Al Unser 35   -97   11   Gordon Johncock 34   -98   12   Bobby Unser 31   -101   12   Tom Sneva 31   -101   14   Larry Dickson 27   -105   14   Phil Caliva 27   -105   16   Mike Mosley 26   -106   17   Bob Lazier 22   -110   18   Kevin Cogan 17   -115   19   Larry Cannon 10   -122   19   Jerry Karl 10   -122   21   Dick Simon 9   -123