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1981 Hoosier Hundred Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post USAC Gold Crown Series race number 5 of 6 Saturday, September 12, 1981 at Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:09:57 Average speed: 85.757 mph Pole speed: 101.615 mph Cautions: 4 for 23 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1981 USAC Gold Crown Series results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 55   Larry Rice Pizza Hut of St. Louis   (G.E. Middleton) – 100 11640 running 100 400 2 9 3   Rich Vogler Aristocrat Products   (Johnny Vance) – 100 5094 running 0 320 3 2 14   Gary Bettenhausen Terre Haute 1st National Bank   (DelRose-Holt Racing) – 100 3770 running 0 280 4 3 97   Mark Alderson D.J. Construction   (Steve Enslow) – 100 2372 running 0   5 5 56   Tom Bigelow Genesee Beer   (Richard Hammond) – 100 2047 running 0 200 6 10 30   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Plastic Express   (Transportation Computer Systems) – 100 1723 running 0 160 7 18 34   Sheldon Kinser Mauri Amerling – 100 1448 running 0 120 8 25 41   George Snider Richardson-Kreig   (David LeFevre) – 100 1286 running 0 100 9 16 22   Jerry Nemire Leslie Oil   (Michael Syring) – 100 1180 running 0   10 14 20   Larry Martin Peterson-Niebel Racing – 100 1074 running 0   11 22 43   Greg Leffler Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) – 100 968 running 0   12 24 71   Chuck Amati Stenger Motorcraft   (BUF Racing) – 100 961 running 0   13 26 26   Jack Hewitt Club 30   (Jack Linsmeyer) – 100 755 running 0 10 14 11 1   Steve Chassey Terre Haute 1st National Bank   (DelRose-Holt Racing) – 100 649 running 0 10 15 19 54   Smokey Snellbaker Lloyd Racing Enterprises   (Charles Lloyd) – 98 543 engine 0   16 4 17   Johnny Parsons Smith Speed Shop   (Cecilia Smith) – 78 487 brakes 0 10 17 17 51   Paul Pitzer GCQ Racing – 51 431 oil leak 0   18 23 57   Jeff Bloom Roberts Steel Erection   (Lyle Roberts) – 51 416 engine 0   19 20 85   Jerry Miller Wayne Miller – 51 400 suspension 0   20 12 5   Bobby Olivero Moran Electric   (Ralph Wilke) – 46 395 engine 0   21 15 15   Chuck Gurney Kurtz-Digeronimo Brothers – 40 390 crash 0   22 7 33   Joe Saldana Johnson Sheet Metal   (Richard Johnson) – 21 385 crash 0 6 23 21 18   Larry Dickson Jo-Ol Racing   (Joe Conroy) – 16 385 engine 0 6 24 6 66   Jim McElreath Doc Kendrick   (E.D. Kendrick) – 13 385 engine 0 6 25 13 42   Steve Cannon Marcello Steel   (Frank Marcello) – 11 360 engine 0   26 8 28   Billy Engelhart Mattox Ice Co.   (Lloyd Weaver) – 10 360 rear end 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bill Tyler 7 LaGrande, Inc. Tracy Potter 24 Bill's Unclaimed Freight Duke Cook 25 Michael Aberle Bobby Marshall 26 Bob Marshall Mike Gregg 27 Roger Mauro Ferrari Sleepy Tripp 29 Louis Seymour Karl Busson 31 Mataka-Raceweld Charger Mel Kenyon 39 Rose Brothers Trucking Buzz Tappley 40 T&E Aerial Sprayers Gary Patterson 45 AAI-Maaco Johnny Coogan 50 Vetzel Moving & Storage Eddie Leavitt 53 Commercial Truck Components Jack Hewitt 58 Radio Hospital Bill Puterbaugh 59 David Robinson Jack Ziegler 59 Competition Racers Roger Rager 64 McCray Plastering Art Bisch, Jr. 72 Speed Sport West Steve Kinser 75 Bill King's Brake-O Special Al Unser, Jr. 75 Bill King Manny Rockhold 76 Automotive Machine Richard Powell 77 Comet Industries Lonnie Caruthers 78 Don Conrad & Sons Rickey Hood 80 Corsi Cabinet Gary Gray 83 Gapco Bud Wilmot 84 Madison Inn Billy Earl 88 The Betsy Mack McClellan 89 Soubiron Racing Ron Shuman 90 Oxman Publishing DC Bobby Adkins 26 Club 30 Jack Linsmeyer Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Larry Rice 1 100 100 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   George Snider 1380     2   Geoff Brabham 1300   -80   3   Tom Bigelow 1260   -120   4   A.J. Foyt 1025   -355   5   Mario Andretti 800   -580   6   Rich Vogler 760   -620   7   Larry Rice 730   -650   8   Vern Schuppan 720   -660   9   Jim McElreath 594   -786   10   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 568   -812   11   Sheldon Kinser 536   -844   12   Harry MacDonald 500   -880   13   Jack Hewitt 490   -890   14   Joe Saldana 366   -1014   15   Roger Rager 350   -1030   16   Gary Bettenhausen 316   -1064   17   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 300   -1080   18   Bill Henderson 150   -1230   18   Dennis Firestone 150   -1230   20   Johnny Parsons 131   -1249   21   Greg Leffler 80   -1300