Copa México 150
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
2.48 Mile Road Course
59 Laps/146.32 Miles
October 18, 1981

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

Points
1 6 Rick Mears 6 Gould Charge Penske PC-9B Cosworth TC 59 1:24:48 104.363 20
2 5 Al Unser 8 Viceroy Longhorn Longhorn LR-02 Cosworth TC 59 1:24:53 104.26 16
3 3 Gordon Johncock 20 STP Oil Treatment Wildcat Cosworth TC 59 Finished 14
4 14 Bob Lazier 35 Montgomery Ward March Cosworth TC 59 Finished 12
5 10 Bill Alsup 7 ABDick Penske PC-9 Cosworth TC 58 Flagged 10
6 12 Pancho Carter 5 Alex Foods Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 58 Flagged 8
7 18 Mike Mosley 21 Zurn/Indeck Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 58 Flagged 6
8 9 Herm Johnson 28 Menard Cashway Lumber Eagle Chevy 58 Flagged 5
9 2 Geoff Brabham 48 Pepsi Challenger Eagle Chevy 57 Flagged 4
10 13 Dick Ferguson 99 Kraco Car Stereo Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 57 Flagged 3
11 22 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 Provimi Veal Phoenix Cosworth TC 56 Flagged 2
12 24 Bill Tempero 15 O'Hanlon-Tempero McLaren Chevy 55 Flagged 1
13 20 Jim McElreath 23 McElreath Racing Eagle Offy TC 55 Flagged 1
14 23 Phil Krueger 89 Joe Hunt Magneto Eagle Chevy 54 Flagged 1
15 1 Bobby Unser 3 Norton Spirit Penske PC-9B Cosworth TC 52 Wrecked 3
16 8 Michael Chandler 74 National Engineering Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 51 Wrecked 1
17 15 Hurley Haywood 34 Wysard Motors Eagle Cosworth TC 47 Flagged 1
18 11 Josele Garza 55 Garza Racing Penske PC-9 Cosworth TC 38 Flagged 1
19 17 Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer Karl Chevy 36 Engine 1
20 4 Tom Sneva 2 Texaco Star March Cosworth TC X Broken rear end 1
21 21 Vern Schuppan 33 Thomas Barrett III McLaren Cosworth TC 26 Engine
22 19 Larry Dickson 31 Machinist Union Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 23 Broken clutch line
23 16 Scott Brayton 37 Zurn-Indeck Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 23 Broken gearbox
24 26 Michel DonovanJourdain 93 Grupo-Acypsa Penske PC-6 Offy TC 18 Broken oil line
25 25 Dick Simon 22 Vermont American Watson Cosworth TC 16 Broken fuel pump
26 7 Johnny Rutherford 1 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth TC 9 Piston
27 27 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 42 Steve Vukovich Racing Watson Offy TC 4 Lost oil pressure
-- -- Orlo Trice 66 McCray Plastering Wildcat Chevy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Teddy Pilette 67 Machinists Union IAM Donovan -- Did not start

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bobby Unser 34 1-25, 32-40
Rick Mears 23 26-29, 41-59
Al Unser 2 30-31