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1981 Miller High Life 150 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 11 of 11 Saturday, October 31, 1981 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 150 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:20:10 Average speed: 112.266 mph Pole speed: 148.693 mph Cautions: 5 for 25 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1981 CART results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 2   Tom Sneva Texaco Star   (Bignotti-Cotter) March / Cosworth 150 19840 running 84 21 2 1 3   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 150 16440 running 55 17 3 3 20   Gordon Johncock STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 150 12890 running 0 14 4 4 40   Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 150 10540 running 4 12 5 9 5   Pancho Carter Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Penske / Cosworth 148 9790 running 0 10 6 10 55   Josele Garza Garza Racing   (Josele Garza) Penske / Cosworth 148 9040 running 0 8 7 13 99   Dick Ferguson Kraco Car Stereo Penske / Cosworth 148 8290 running 0 6 8 7 6   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 145 7540 running 0 5 9 15 28   Herm Johnson Menard Cashway Lumber Eagle / Chevrolet 144 6790 running 0 4 10 22 12   Gordon Smiley Intermedics Wildcat / Cosworth 144 6640 running 0 3 11 17 56   Tom Bigelow Genesee Beer Penske / Chevrolet 143 6565 running 0 2 12 24 17   Jerry Sneva Leader Card Vollstedt / Offy 143 1875 running 0 1 13 11 35   Bob Lazier Montgomery Ward March / Cosworth 143 6415 running 0 1 14 8 49   Chip Mead Sharp Ford Eagle / Chevrolet 142 6040 running 0 1 15 23 33   Vern Schuppan Thomas Barrett III McLaren / Cosworth 139 1500 running 0 1 16 21 89   Phil Krueger Joe Hunt Magneto Eagle / Offy 126 5665 running 0 1 17 20 7   Bill Alsup AB Dick Penske / Cosworth 116 5665 fuel pump 0 1 18 19 34   Johnny Parsons Wysard Motors   (Herb Wysard) Eagle / Cosworth 116 5665 piston 0 1 19 16 16   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Provimi Veal McLaren / Cosworth 111 5665 gearbox 0 1 20 18 22   Dick Simon Vermont American Watson / Cosworth 101 5665 crash 0 1 21 2 1   Johnny Rutherford Pennzoil   (Chaparral Racing) Chaparral / Cosworth 31 5665 cockpit fire 7   22 6 8   Al Unser Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Longhorn / Cosworth 29 5665 ignition 0   23 14 43   Greg Leffler Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Armstrong / Cosworth 25 5665 engine 0   24 12 48   Mike Mosley Pepsi Challenger Eagle / Chevrolet 11 5665 gearbox 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bill Tempero 15 O'Hanlon / Tempero McLaren / Chevy Chip Ganassi 21 Zurn / Indeck Penske / Cosworth Jim McElreath 23 McElreath Racing Jim McElreath Eagle / Offy Larry Dickson 31 Machinst Union Penske / Cosworth Scott Brayton 37 Zurn / Indeck Penske / Cosworth Roger Rager 44 McCray Plastering Wildcat / Chevy Phil Caliva 47 J&B Backhoe McLaren / Chevy Ken Hamilton 63 Spirit of Idaho Riley / Chevy Steve Chassey 64 Jet Engineering Eagle / Chevy Wally Pankratz 65 Luxury Racers King / Chevy Michael Chandler 74 National Engineering National Engineering Co. Penske / Cosworth Ross Davis 77 Davis Racing Wildcat / Offy John Mahler 93 Duke Racing Penske / Chevy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Unser 1 24 24   Johnny Rutherford 25 31 7   Bobby Unser 32 62 31   Tom Sneva 63 94 32   Mario Andretti 95 98 4   Tom Sneva 99 150 52 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rick Mears 304     2   Bill Alsup 175   -129   3   Pancho Carter 166   -138   4   Gordon Johncock 142   -162   5   Johnny Rutherford 120   -184   6   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 107   -197   7   Bobby Unser 99   -205   8   Tom Sneva 96   -208   9   Bob Lazier 92   -212   10   Al Unser 90   -214   11   Mario Andretti 81   -223   12   Tom Bigelow 60   -244   13   Scott Brayton 57   -247   14   Larry Dickson 49   -255   15   Gary Bettenhausen 42   -262   16   Herm Johnson 38   -266   16   Dick Simon 38   -266   18   Michael Chandler 37   -267   19   Mike Mosley 32   -272   20   Steve Chassey 31   -273   21   Josele Garza 30   -274