Los Angeles Times 500
Riverside International Raceway
3.3 Mile Road Course
95 Laps/313.5 Miles
August 30, 1981

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 3 Rick Mears 6 Gould Charge Penske PC-9B Cosworth TC 95 2:43:40.98 108.300 63
2 5 Gordon Johncock 20 STP Oil Treatment Wildcat Cosworth TC 95 Finished 48
3 10 Bill Alsup 7 ABDick Penske PC-9 Cosworth TC 94 Flagged 42
4 9 Michael Chandler 74 National Engineering Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 94 Flagged 36
5 23 Bob Lazier 35 Montgomery Ward Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 92 Flagged 30
6 22 Dick Simon 22 Vermont American Watson Cosworth TC 90 Flagged 24
7 12 Herm Johnson 28 Menard Cashway Lumber Lightning Chevy 88 Flagged 18
8 20 Scott Brayton 37 Forsythe-Brayton Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 87 Flagged 15
9 4 Bobby Unser 3 Norton Spirit Penske PC-9B Cosworth TC 84 Flagged 12
10 14 Pancho Carter 5 Alex Foods Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 63 Engine 9
11 8 Kevin Cogan 32 O'Connell Racing Phoenix Cosworth TC 53 Spun out 6
12 11 Josele Garza 55 Garza Racing Penske PC-9 Cosworth TC 52 Injector problem 3
13 27 Roger Rager 66 McCray Plastering Wildcat Chevy 50 Wrecked 3
14 2 Al Unser 8 Longhorn Racing Longhorn LR-02 Cosworth TC 45 Gearbox 3
15 21 Steve Chassey 64 Jet Engineering Eagle Chevy 42 Engine 3
16 17 Larry Dickson 31 Machinist Union Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 39 Engine 3
17 13 Vern Schuppan 33 Thomas Barrett III March Cosworth TC 35 Wrecked, turn 1 3
18 18 Dick Ferguson 99 Kraco Car Stereo Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 32 Pit fire 3
19 1 Geoff Brabham 48 Pepsi Challenger Eagle Chevy 30 Poor handling 6
20 25 Phil Krueger 89 Joe Hunt Magneto Eagle Chevy 26 Engine 3
21 6 Johnny Rutherford 1 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth TC 22 Wrecked
22 19 Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer Karl Chevy 21 Wrecked
23 26 Ken Hamilton 63 Spirit of Idaho Riley Chevy 14 Engine
24 7 Tom Sneva 2 Bignotti-Cotter March Cosworth TC 12 Engine
25 15 Gordon Smiley 12 Intermedics Wildcat Cosworth TC 10 Wrecked
26 16 Hurley Haywood 34 Wysard Motors Eagle Cosworth TC 9 Lost brakes
27 28 John Mahler 92 Trench Shoring Penske PC-7 Offy TC 8 Engine
28 24 Bill Tempero 15 O'Hanlon-Tempero McLaren Chevy 7 Gearbox
-- -- Phil Caliva 47 CHC-Intersec McLaren Chevy -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Ross Davis 77 Davis Racing Wildcat Chevy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 Provimi Veal McLaren Cosworth TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Billy Vukovich, Jr. 42 Rattlesnake Racing Watson Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Wally Pankratz 24 Luxury Cars King Chevy -- Blown head practice
-- -- Vern Schuppan 33 Thomas Barrett III McLaren M24 Cosworth TC -- Did not qualify

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Rick Mears 51 45-95
Al Unser 27 18-44
Geoff Brabham 17 1-17

 

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