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1981 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Gold Crown Series race number 6 of 6 Sunday, May 30, 1982 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:05:09 Average speed: 162.026 mph Pole speed: 207.004 mph Cautions: 6 for 34 laps Margin of victory: .160 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 17 Glossary    1981 USAC Gold Crown Series results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 20   Gordon Johncock STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 200 271851 running 57 1000 2 1 1   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Ford 200 205151 running 77 800 3 10 3   Pancho Carter Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) March / Cosworth 199 96301 running 0   4 7 7   Tom Sneva Texaco Star   (Bignotti-Cotter) March / Cosworth 197 82851 engine 31 600 5 16 10   Al Unser Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Longhorn / Cosworth 197 55108 running 0   6 8 91   Don Whittington Simoniz Finish   (Whittington Brothers) March / Cosworth 196 52121 running 2 400 7 24 42   Jim Hickman Stroh's Beer   (Harry Schwartz) March / Cosworth 189 54236 running 0 300 8 12 5   Johnny Rutherford Pennzoil   (Chaparral Racing) Chaparral / Cosworth 187 45609 engine 0   9 14 28   Herm Johnson Menards / Cashway Lumber   (John Menard) Eagle / Chevy 186 48869 running 0 200 10 18 30   Howdy Holmes Domino's Pizza   (Douglas Shierson) March / Cosworth 186 44169 running 0 150 11 17 19   Bobby Rahal Red Roof Inns   (Jim Trueman) March / Cosworth 174 43548 engine 0 100 12 30 8   Gary Bettenhausen Kraco Car Stereo   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Cosworth 158 45054 engine 0 50 13 15 52   Hector Rebaque Carta Blanca / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) March / Cosworth 150 50804 pit fire 0 25 14 13 53   Danny Sullivan Forsythe-Brown   (Forsythe Racing) March / Cosworth 148 42643 crash 0 25 15 11 12   Chip Ganassi First Commercial Corp.   (Jack Rhoades) Wildcat / Cosworth 147 41630 engine 0 25 16 6 94   Bill Whittington Whittington / Hodgdon   (Whittington Brothers) March / Cosworth 121 39644 engine 0 25 17 22 68   Michael Chandler Freeman / Gurney   (Freeman Racing Associates) Eagle / Chevy 104 43935 gearbox 0 20 18 31 27   Tom Bigelow HBK Racing   (Rolla Vollstedt) Eagle / Chevy 96 40103 engine 0 20 19 3 14   A.J. Foyt Valvoline / Gilmore   (A.J. Foyt) March / Cosworth 95 66848 transmission 32 20 20 25 34   Johnny Parsons Silhouette Spas   (Herb Wysard) March / Cosworth 92 38970 crash 0 20 21 26 35   George Snider Cobre Tire   (Robert Fletcher) March / Cosworth 87 37619 transmission 0 15 22 9 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Interscope / Cosworth 62 37445 crash 1   23 28 69   Jerry Sneva Great American   (Dynamics Inc.) March / Cosworth 61 36998 crash 0 15 24 29 39   Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral Eagle / Cosworth 60 36728 body damage 0   25 32 66   Pete Halsmer Colonial Bread / Pay Less   (Frank Arciero) Eagle / Chevy 38 37385 transmission 0   26 27 16   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Provimi Veal   (H&R Racing) March / Cosworth 37 36669 crash 0 10 27 21 75   Dennis Firestone BCV Racing Eagle / Milodon 37 37430 rear end 0 10 28 20 21   Geoff Brabham Pentax Super   (Bignotti-Cotter) March / Cosworth 12 38168 engine 0 10 29 33 55   Josele Garza Schlitz Gusto   (Psachie Garza Racing) March / Cosworth 1 36783 engine 0 5 30 2 4   Kevin Cogan Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Ford 0 40525 crash 0 5 31 4 40   Mario Andretti STP / Intermedics   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 0 40394 crash 0 5 32 19 31   Roger Mears Machinists Union   (Machinist Union Racing Team) Penske / Cosworth 0 38040 crash 0 5 33 23 95   Dale Whittington Whittington / Hodgdon   (Whittington Brothers) March / Cosworth 0 36530 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bill Alsup 2 AB Dick Pacemaker Gary Bettenhausen 8 Hopkins Steve Chassey 11 Hubler / Q95 John Martin 17 Vollstedt Billy Vukovich, Jr. 18 Kraco Car Stereo Dick Simon 22 Vermont American Rusty Schmidt 27 Vollstedt Jerry Karl 32 Purcell Racer Desire Wilson 33 Theodore Racing Hurley Haywood 34 Wysard Racing Steve Krisiloff 34, 72 Wysard Racing, Indiana Coal Bob Lazier 34 Wysard Racing Patrick Bedard 36 Escort Radar Detector Scott Brayton 37 Brayton Racing Vern Schuppan 37, 99 Brayton Racing, Kraco Car Stereo Phil Caliva 38 CHC / Intersec Chet Fillip 39 Circle Bar Truck Corral Chip Mead 40 Arizona International Greg Leffler 43 Armstrong Molding Leroy Van Conett 46 McCray Racing Spike Gehlhausen 47 Jamieson Racing Mike Mosley 48 All American Racers Josele Garza 50 Schlitz Tom Bigelow 56 Genesee Beer Joe Saldana 58 Genesee Beer Billy Engelhart 59 Beaudoin Racing Ken Hamilton 63 Eagle Aircraft Flyer Bob Frey 64 Jet Engineering Teddy Pilette 67 Mergard Dean Vetrock 71 Vetco Racing Roger Rager 72 Indiana Coal Tom Frantz 77 Burger King Bob Harkey 79 C & H Racing Roger Mears 80 Machinists Union Bill Scott 88 Frito Lay Phil Krueger 89 Crysen Corp. Gary Irvin 90 Swingler John Mahler 92 PWS Racing Jan Sneva 92 PWS Racing Jim McElreath 98 Giuffre Brothers Crane DC Gordon Smiley 35 Intermedics WD Neil Bonnett 74 Warner Hodgdon Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 39 39     40 45 6   #16 accident frontstretch   46 62 17     63 70 8   #25,69 accident turn 2   71 95 25     96 102 7   #35 stalled on track   103 131 29     132 135 4   #34 spun turn 2   136 137 2     138 141 4   #34 stalled turn 3   142 153 12     154 158 5   #53 accident turn 3   159 200 42       Percent of race run under caution: 17.0%             Average green flag run: 23.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 22 22   Gordon Johncock 23 23 1   Don Whittington 24 25 2   Danny Ongais 26 26 1   A.J. Foyt 27 35 9   Rick Mears 36 41 6   Tom Sneva 42 59 18   Rick Mears 60 63 4   A.J. Foyt 64 64 1   Rick Mears 65 94 30   Gordon Johncock 95 108 14   Rick Mears 109 127 19   Gordon Johncock 128 128 1   Rick Mears 129 141 13   Tom Sneva 142 154 13   Rick Mears 155 159 5   Gordon Johncock 160 200 41 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   George Snider 1395     2   Geoff Brabham 1310   -85   3   Tom Bigelow 1280   -115   4   A.J. Foyt 1045   -350   5   Gordon Johncock 1000   -395   6   Mario Andretti 805   -590   7   Rick Mears 800   -595   8   Rich Vogler 760   -635   9   Larry Rice 730   -665   10   Vern Schuppan 720   -675   11   Tom Sneva 635   -760   12   Jim McElreath 594   -801   13   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 568   -827   14   Sheldon Kinser 536   -859   15   Harry MacDonald 500   -895   16   Jack Hewitt 490   -905   17   Don Whittington 405   -990   18   Gary Bettenhausen 366   -1029   18   Joe Saldana 366   -1029   20   Roger Rager 350   -1045   21   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 310   -1085