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1981 Detroit News Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 8 of 11 Sunday, September 20, 1981 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 75 laps* on a 2.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:10:30 Average speed: 125.957 mph Pole speed: 200.111 mph Cautions: 4 for 24 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1981 CART results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 6   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 74 19015 running 22 21 2 3 40   Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 74 15365 running 24 17 3 10 8   Al Unser Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Eagle / Cosworth 74 11540 running 4 14 4 6 41   Bill Alsup AB Dick Penske / Cosworth 74 9165 running 0 12 5 22 20   Gordon Johncock STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 74 8515 running 0 10 6 11 99   Dick Ferguson Kraco Car Stereo Penske / Cosworth 74 7665 running 0 8 7 2 3   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 74 6915 running 0 6 8 13 31   Larry Dickson Machinists Union Penske / Cosworth 73 6165 running 0 5 9 17 56   Tom Bigelow Genesee Beer Penske / Chevrolet 73 6415 running 0 4 10 15 16   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Provimi Veal Phoenix / Cosworth 73 5265 running 0 3 11 16 23   Jim McElreath McElreath Racing   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Chevrolet 72 5190 running 0 2 12 23 64   Steve Chassey Jet Engineering Eagle / Chevrolet 71 1875 running 0 1 13 14 35   Bob Lazier Montgomery Ward March / Cosworth 71 5040 running 0 1 14 20 42   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Steve Vukovich Racing Watson / Offy 71 4665 running 0 1 15 26 15   Bill Tempero O'Hanlon-Tempero McLaren / Chevrolet 70 2800 running 0 1 16 24 77   Ross Davis Davis Racing   (Davis Racing) Wildcat / Offy 67 1125 running 0 1 17 7 49   Steve Krisiloff Ohio Racing Associates Longhorn / Cosworth 62 4290 running 0 1 18 5 5   Pancho Carter Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Penske / Cosworth 59 4290 crash 0 1 19 21 2   Tom Sneva Texaco Star   (Bignotti-Cotter) March / Cosworth 43 4290 crash 21 1 20 4 1   Johnny Rutherford Pennzoil   (Chaparral Racing) Chaparral / Cosworth 34 4290 piston 3 1 21 18 66   Roger Rager McCray Plastering Wildcat / Chevrolet 20 4490 rear end 0   22 25 57   Cliff Hucul Nyloncraft Founders McLaren / Offy 19 1125 oil leak 0   23 9 55   Josele Garza Garza Racing   (Josele Garza) Penske / Cosworth 2 4290 oil leak 0   24 12 37   Scott Brayton Forsythe-Brayton Penske / Cosworth 2 4290 crash 0   25 19 22   Dick Simon Vermont American Watson / Offy 0 4290 clutch 0   26 8 48   Mike Mosley Pepsi Challenger Eagle / Chevrolet 0 5090 gear 0   * Race shortened to 74 laps due to scoring error.

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mario Andretti 1 15 15   Tom Sneva 16 19 4   Johnny Rutherford 20 22 3   Tom Sneva 23 25 3   Al Unser 26 29 4   Tom Sneva 30 43 14   Mario Andretti 44 44 1   Rick Mears 45 65 21   Mario Andretti 66 73 8   Rick Mears 74 74 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rick Mears 239     2   Pancho Carter 146   -93   3   Bill Alsup 136   -103   4   Gordon Johncock 108   -131   5   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 94   -145   6   Johnny Rutherford 88   -151   7   Bobby Unser 77   -162   8   Tom Sneva 74   -165   9   Al Unser 72   -167   10   Mario Andretti 63   -176   11   Tom Bigelow 58   -181   12   Bob Lazier 55   -184   12   Scott Brayton 55   -184   14   Gary Bettenhausen 42   -197   15   Larry Dickson 37   -202   16   Michael Chandler 36   -203   17   Dick Simon 33   -206   18   Phil Caliva 27   -212   19   Mike Mosley 26   -213   20   Kevin Cogan 23   -216   21   Josele Garza 21   -218