Links for this race (some data may be unavailable): Race Results Qualifying Results Loop Data Stats Pit Stops Comments (7) Video Links (0) Crew Chiefs

1981 Tony Bettenhausen 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Gold Crown Series race number 3 of 6 Saturday, August 15, 1981 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: n/a Average speed: n/a Pole speed: 110.227 mph Cautions: 5 for 24 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: n/a Glossary    1981 USAC Gold Crown Series results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 41   George Snider Dick Krieg Motor Home Rentals   (David LeFevre) – 100 8775 running 23 400 2 11 55   Larry Rice Pizza Hut of St. Louis   (G.E. Middleton) – 100 4750 running 0 320 3 21 75   Jim McElreath Stanton-King Brake-O   (Bill King) – 100 3050 running 0 280 4 18 58   Jack Hewitt Coons Construction   (Radio Hospital) – 99 2200 running 0 240 5 6 33   Joe Saldana Johnson Sheet Metal   (Richard Johnson) – 97 1900 out of fuel 0 200 6 16 71   Chuck Amati Stenger Motorcraft   (BUF Racing) – 97 1600 running 0   7 24 50   Johnny Coogan Vetzel Moving and Storage   (Miller-Vetzel Racing) – 97 1450 running 0   8 4 64   Roger Rager McCray Plastering   (J.F. McCray) – 93 1350 out of fuel 12 100 9 20 43   Greg Leffler Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) – 88 1100 drive line 0 80 10 26 72   Art Bisch, Jr. Speed Sport West   (G.S. Brzoziwski) – 77 1000 engine 0   11 8 3   Rich Vogler Aristocrat Products   (Johnny Vance) – 68 900 crash 0 40 12 1 56   Tom Bigelow Genesee Beer   (Richard Hammond) – 68 2300 crash 65 20 13 15 83   Gary Gray Gapco   (Rufus Gray) – 68 700 crash 0   14 22 24   Tracy Potter Bill's Unclaimed Freight   (Steven MacPherson) – 57 600 radius rod 0   15 5 90   Ron Shuman Oxman Publishing   (Larry Howard) – 53 500 drive line 0   16 3 39   Ken Schrader Rose Brothers Trucking   (Damon Fortune) – 47 450 engine 0   17 23 30   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Plastic Express   (Transportation Computer Systems) – 33 400 fuel line 0 8 18 25 5   Bobby Olivero Moran Electric   (Ralph Wilke) – 32 385 timing gear 0 8 19 19 97   Mark Alderson D.J. Construction   (Steve Enslow) – 23 375 torsion bar 0   20 2 1   Gary Bettenhausen Terre Haute 1st National Bank   (DelRose-Holt Racing) – 22 870 rear end 0 8 21 13 18   Larry Dickson Jo-Ol Racing   (Joe Conroy) – 21 365 ignition 0 6 22 7 11   Sheldon Kinser Ben's Tire Clinic   (Ben Leyba) – 15 360 engine 0 6 23 17 20   Larry Martin Peterson-Niebel Racing – 10 360 sway bar 0   24 10 17   Johnny Parsons Smith Speed Shop   (Cecilia Smith) – 0 360 crash 0 6 25 12 76   Manny Rockhold Automotive Machine   (Manny Rockhold) – 0 360 crash 0   26 14 49   Steve Chassey Cook-Stapp Racing   (Mason Cook) – 0 360 crash 0 4

Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Geoff Brabham 1300     2   A.J. Foyt 1025   -275   3   George Snider 1000   -300   4   Mario Andretti 800   -500   5   Tom Bigelow 740   -560   6   Vern Schuppan 720   -580   7   Jim McElreath 580   -720   8   Harry MacDonald 500   -800   9   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 408   -892   10   Sheldon Kinser 406   -894   11   Roger Rager 350   -950   12   Larry Rice 320   -980   13   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 300   -1000   14   Jack Hewitt 240   -1060   15   Joe Saldana 200   -1100   16   Dennis Firestone 150   -1150   16   Bill Henderson 150   -1150   18   Greg Leffler 80   -1220   19   Michael Chandler 50   -1250   20   Rich Vogler 40   -1260   21   Tom Sneva 35   -1265