1981 CART World Series season

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The 1981 CART World Series Season was the third CART World Series. It began on March 22, 1981 and it ended on October 31 after 11 races. For the 1981 season, the Indianapolis 500 was not held as part of the CART world series, even though most CART teams and drivers did compete at the brickyard.

[edit] Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1981 CART World Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers
Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral	Cosworth	Goodyear	1	Johnny Rutherford
Sugaripe Prune Bignotti-Cotter	Phoenix March	Cosworth	Goodyear	2	Tom Sneva
				21	Salt Walther
Team Penske	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	3	Bobby Unser
				6	Rick Mears
				7	Bill Alsup
Alex Foods	Penske Lightning	Cosworth	Goodyear	5	Pancho Carter
				75	Steve Chassey
Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	Goodyear	8	Al Unser
Rhoades Racing Intermedics	Wildcat	Cosworth	Goodyear	12	Dennis Firestone Gary Bettenhausen Gordon Smiley
Gilmore Racing	Coyote	Cosworth	Goodyear	14	A.J. Foyt
Zamboni Electric	McLaren	Chevrolet	Goodyear	15	Bill Tempero
Bettenhausen Racing Provimi Veal	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.
Leader Card	Watson Vollstedt	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	17	Jerry Sneva
				22	Dick Simon Spike Gehlhausen
Patrick Racing	Wildcat	Cosworth	Goodyear	20	Gordon Johncock
				40	Mario Andretti Steve Krisiloff
Space Racing	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	21/49	Chip Mead
Brayton Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	21	Mike Mosley
				37	Scott Brayton
McElreath Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	23	Jim McElreath
Luxury Racers	King	Chevrolet	Goodyear	24	Wally Pankratz
Buick Racing	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	26/86	Jim Buick
Menard Racing	Lightning	Chevrolet	Goodyear	28	Herm Johnson
Beaudoin Racing	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	29	Billy Engelhart
Machinists Union	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	31	Larry Dickson
O´Connell Racing	Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	32	Kevin Cogan
Thomas W. Barrett III -Private Entry-	McLaren March	Cosworth	Goodyear	33	Vern Schuppan
Wysard Motor Co.	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	34	Hurley Haywood Johnny Parsons
Fletcher Racing	Penske March	Cosworth	Goodyear	35	Bob Lazier
Tonco Trailer	McLaren Karl	Chevrolet	Goodyear	38	Jerry Karl
Alsup Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	41	Bill Alsup
Crossroads Inn	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	42/71	Bob Frey
Steve Vukovich Racing Rattlesnake Racing	Watson	Offy	Goodyear	42	Bill Vukovich II
Armstrong Mould	Lola Armstrong	Cosworth	Goodyear	43	Greg Leffler
				45	Harry MacDonald
CHC-Intersec	McLaren	Chevrolet	Goodyear	47	Phil Caliva
All American Racers	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	48	Mike Mosley Geoff Brabham Rocky Moran
Kraco Racing	Penske Wildcat	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	54	Geoff Brabham
				95	Herm Johnson
				95/99	Larry Cannon
				96	Tom Frantz
				96/99	Dick Ferguson
				99	John Cannon
Garza Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	54/55	Josele Garza
Genesee Beer Wagon	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	56	Tom Bigelow
Global Heat Exchanger Metro Racing Systems Nyloncraft Founder´s	McLaren	Offy	Goodyear	57	Cliff Hucul
Spirit of Idaho	Riley	Chevrolet	Goodyear	63	Ken Hamilton
Jet Engineering	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	64	Steve Chassey
Seymour Enterprises McCray Plastering	Wildcat	Chevrolet	Goodyear	66	Roger Rager Orio Trice
Hamilton Racing Mergard Racing	McLaren	Chevrolet	Goodyear	67	Phil Threshie Teddy Pilette
Warner Hodgdon	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	72/74	Michael Chandler
Davis Racing	Wildcat	Offy	Goodyear	77	Ross Davis
Joe Hunt Magneto	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	89	Phil Krueger
Duke Racing	Penske	Offy Chevrolet	Goodyear	92	John Mahler
Grupo-Acypsa	Penske	Offy	Goodyear	93	Michel Jourdain
Whittington Brothers Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	94	Bill Whittington
Vetrock Racing	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	-	Dean Vetrock
Ohio Racing Associates	Longhorn	Cosworth	Goodyear	-	Steve Krisiloff

[edit] Grands Prix

Rd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date
1	Kraco Car Stereo 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	March 22
2	Gould-Rex Mays 150	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 7
3	Kraco Twin 125 (R1)	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, Georgia	June 21
4	Kraco Twin 125 (R2)	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, Georgia	June 21
5	Norton Michigan 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 25
6	Los Angeles Times 500	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	August 30
7	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	September 5
8	Detroit News Grand Prix	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	September 20
9	Watkins Glen 150	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	October 4
10	II Copa Mexico 150	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	Mexico City, Mexico	October 18
11	Miller High Life 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	October 31

[edit] Full Series Results

[edit] Race Results

Rd	Name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Kraco Car Stereo 200	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
2	Gould-Rex Mays 150	Gordon Johncock	Unknown	Mike Mosley	All American Racers	Report
3	Kraco Twin 125 (R1)	Johnny Rutherford	Unknown	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Report
4	Kraco Twin 125 (R2)	Unknown	Unknown	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Report
5	Norton Michigan 500	Tom Sneva	Unknown	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Report
6	Los Angeles Times 500	Geoff Brabham	Unknown	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Report
7	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Johnny Rutherford	Unknown	Tom Sneva	Bignotti-Cotter	Report
8	Detroit News Grand Prix	Rick Mears	Unknown	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Report
9	Watkins Glen 200	Mario Andretti	Unknown	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Report
10	II Copa Mexico 150	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Report
11	Miller High Life 150	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Tom Sneva	Bignotti-Cotter	Report

Point Scoring System: Still to come...

[edit] Drivers

Pos Driver PHO R1 MIL R1 AMS R1 AMS R2 MIC R1 RIV INT MIL R2 MIC R2 WKG INT MEX CIT PHO R2 Pts 1 Rutherford 4,723 2 B. Unser 3,714 3 T. Sneva 2,930 4 Ri. Mears 2,866 5 Carter 1,855 6 Johncock 1,572 7 Alsup 1,214 8 A. Unser 1,153 9 G. Bettenhausen 1,057 10 Schuppan 806 11 Bagley 794 12 Firestone 743 13 Kinser 697 14 Gloy 680 15 Ongais 601 16 Andretti 580 17 Gehlhausen 473 18 Rager 381 19 Muther 356 20 Tempero 331 21 Ferguson 315 22 Holmes 314 23 Cannon 299 24 Johnson 272 24 Ro. Mears 272 26 Bigelow 260 27 Engelhart 246 28 McElreath 240 29 Karl 215 30 Richmond 209 31 Simon 185 32 Leffler 184 33 Smiley 176 34 Kunzman 150 35 Je. Sneva 149 36 Halsmer 128 37 Vukovich II 96 38 Hucul 90 39 Caliva 70 40 Ja. Sneva 60 41 Martin 56 41 Mosley 56 43 Saldana 50 44 Foyt 45 45  Shuman 40 46 Parsons 36 47 Mahler 35 48 D. Whittington 25 48 Wood 25 48 Chandler 25 48 Snider 25 52 Haywood 20 53 Threshie 15 54 Dickson 10 55  Muñiz 8 55 Miller 8 57 Harvey 6 57 Frey 6 57 Bolaños 6 57 Jourdain 6 57  Davis 6 57 Walther 6 63 Loquasto 5 63 B. Whittington 5 63 Mead 5 63 T. Bettenhausen Jr 5 63 Heywood 5 -  Hill - - Guthrie - - Harper - - Harkey - - Vetrock - - Garza - - Rice - Pos Driver PHO R1 MIL R1 AMS R1 AMS R2 MIC R1 RIV INT MIL R2 MIC R2 WKG INT MEX CIT PHO R2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

[edit] Driver Breakdown

Pos	Driver	Team	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Top 5's	Top 10's	Poles	Points
1	Rutherford	Chaparral Cars Inc.	12	5	8	10	10	3	4,723
2	B. Unser	Team Penske	11	4	8	8	8	3	3,714
3	T. Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	12	1	4	6	9	0	2,930
4	Ri. Mears	Team Penske	12	1	5	8	9	0	2,866
5	Carter	Alex Foods	12	0	1	2	8	0	1,855
6	Johncock	Patrick Racing Team Penske	11	0	3	5	5	1	1,572
7	Alsup	Alsup Racing	11	0	1	2	7	0	1,214
8	A. Unser	Longhorn Racing	12	0	1	3	4	2	1,153
9	G. Bettenhausen	Armstrong Mould	9	0	2	2	3	0	1,149
10	Schuppan	Wysard Motor Co.	4	0	0	2	3	0	806
11	Bagley	Patrick Racing	11	0	0	2	5	0	794
12	Firestone	Scientific Drilling	6	0	0	2	3	0	743
13	Kinser	Leader Card	11	0	0	1	3	0	697
14	Gloy	Team Penske	3	0	0	1	3	0	680
15	Ongais	Armstrong Mould Interscope Racing	9	0	0	1	2	0	601
16	Andretti	Team Penske	4	1	2	2	2	3	580
17	Gehlhausen	Fletcher Racing	6	0	0	2	2	0	473
18	Rager	Advance Clean Sweep	8	0	0	0	2	0	381
19	Muther	Pacific Coast Racing	6	0	0	0	2	0	356
20	Tempero	Wood Power	10	0	0	0	2	0	331
21	Ferguson	Galles Racing Cargo Master	4	0	0	0	2	0	315
22	Holmes	Armstrong Mould O'Hanlon Racing	5	0	0	0	1	0	314
23	Cannon	Kraco Racing	7	0	0	0	2	0	299
24	Johnson	Menard Racing	8	0	0	0	1	0	272
24	Ro. Mears	King Racing	4	0	0	1	2	0	272
26	Bigelow	Armstrong Mould	2	0	0	0	1	0	260
27	Engelhart	Beaudoin Racing	6	0	0	0	2	0	246
28	McElreath	McElreath Racing	5	0	0	0	2	0	240
29	Karl	Tonco Trailer	10	0	0	0	1	0	215
30	Richmond	Richmond Racing Mach I Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	209
31	Simon	Simon Racing	10	0	0	0	1	0	185
32	Leffler	Armstrong Mould	4	0	0	0	1	0	184
33	Smiley	Patrick Racing Fletcher Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	176
34	Kunzman	O'Hanlon Racing	1	0	0	0	1	0	150
35	Je. Sneva	Armstrong Mould O'Hanlon Racing	7	0	0	0	1	0	149
36	Halsmer	Wysard Motor Co.	2	0	0	0	1	0	128
37	Vukovich II	Leader Card	7	0	0	0	0	0	96
38	Hucul	Armstrong Mould	1	0	0	0	1	0	90
39	Caliva	Alsup Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	70
40	Ja. Sneva	1st National Bank of Peru	1	0	0	0	1	0	60
41	Martin	JJ Enterprises	5	0	0	0	0	0	56
41	Mosley	All American Racers	5	0	0	0	0	0	56
43	Saldana	Hoffman Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	50
44	Foyt	Gilmore Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	45
45	Shuman	Stanton	1	0	0	0	0	0	40
46	Parsons	Hopkins Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	36
47	Mahler	Parts Washer Service	5	0	0	0	0	0	35
48	D. Whittington	Sun Systems	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Wood	Mergard Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Chandler	National Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Snider	Gilmore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
52	Haywood	Guarantee	1	0	0	0	0	0	20
53	Threshie	Machinists Union	2	0	0	0	0	0	15
54	Dickson	Machinists Union	2	0	0	0	0	0	10
55	Muñiz	Pronosticos Deportivos	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
55	Miller	King Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
57	Harvey	King Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Frey	Hoffman Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Bolaños	- Private Entry -	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Jourdain	Shade Tree Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Davis	The Enterprise	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Walther	Walmotor	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
63	Loquasto	Pacific Coast Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	B. Whittington	Sun Systems	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	Mead	Parts Washer Service	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	T. Bettenhausen Jr.	Vita Fresh Orange Juice Medlin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	Heywood	Pacific Coast Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5