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1981 Norton Michigan 500

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CART race number 5 of 11
Saturday, July 25, 1981 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:45:45
Average Speed: 132.89 mph
Pole Speed: 201.359 mph

Cautions: 12 for 72 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 15

Glossary 1981 CART results / 1981 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	5	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Penske / Cosworth	250	92,855	running	91	105
2	20	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Provimi Veal	McLaren / Cosworth	250	49,305	running	5	80
3	3	6	Rick Mears	Gould Charge (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	248	30,955	running	2	70
4	7	7	Bill Alsup	AB Dick	Penske / Cosworth	247	20,380	running	2	60
5	21	56	Tom Bigelow	Genesee Beer (Gohr Distributing Co.)	Penske / Chevrolet	247	16,530	running	0	50
6	18	12	Gary Bettenhausen	Rhoades Racing	Wildcat / Cosworth	247	13,180	running	0	40
7	31	37	Scott Brayton	Forsythe Industries	Penske / Cosworth	238	12,180	running	0	30
8	37	47	Phil Caliva	Polaroid Time Zero	McLaren / Chevrolet	235	7,000	running	0	25
9	24	31	Larry Dickson	Machinists Union	Penske / Cosworth	229	11,180	running	0	20
10	17	35	Bob Lazier	Montgomery Ward	Penske / Cosworth	225	12,680	engine	0	15
11	10	8	Al Unser	Longhorn Racing (Bobby Hillin)	Longhorn / Cosworth	196	13,930	engine	46	10
12	16	99	Larry Cannon	Kraco Car Stereo	Penske / Cosworth	190	10,080	crash	0	5
13	32	66	Roger Rager	Seymour Enterprises	Wildcat / Chevrolet	185	10,980	running	0	5
14	22	38	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailers	Karl / Chevrolet	178	9,280	clutch	0	5
15	26	42	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Steve Vukovich Racing	Watson / Offy	175	8,880	engine	0	5
16	9	3	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	162	8,480	engine	0	5
17	5	40	Steve Krisiloff	STP Oil Treatment (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / Cosworth	153	8,380	overheating	0	5
18	12	48	Mike Mosley	Pepsi Challenger	Eagle / Chevrolet	144	11,730	engine	34	5
19	19	55	Josele Garza	Garza Racing (Josele Garza)	Penske / Cosworth	141	8,080	engine	0	5
20	34	64	Steve Chassey	Jet Engineering	Eagle / Chevrolet	131	3,300	engine	0	5
21	36	45	Harry MacDonald	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Lola / Cosworth	120	3,200	engine	0
22	2	1	Johnny Rutherford	Pennzoil (Chaparral Racing)	Chaparral / Cosworth	112	10,630	crash	38
23	1	2	Tom Sneva	Blue Poly	March / Cosworth	107	15,080	transmission	32	5
24	25	33	Vern Schuppan	Red Roof Inns	McLaren / Cosworth	95	7,580	engine	0
25	33	57	Cliff Hucul	Metro Racing	McLaren / Offy	89	7,480	engine	0
26	6	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Cosworth	80	7,380	crash	0
27	14	72	Michael Chandler	National Engineering Co.	Penske / Cosworth	79	7,280	halfshaft	0
28	11	32	Kevin Cogan	O'Connell Racing (Jerry O'Connell)	Phoenix / Cosworth	70	7,180	engine	0
29	29	49	Chip Mead	Space Racing	Eagle / Chevrolet	70	7,080	engine	0
30	27	96	Dick Ferguson	Kraco Car Stereo	Wildcat / Offy	64	6,980	engine	0
31	30	22	Dick Simon	Vermont American	Watson / Cosworth	63	6,880	oil pressure	0
32	28	21	Salt Walther	Bignotti-Cotter (Bignotti-Cotter)	Phoenix / Cosworth	53	6,780	engine	0
33	23	28	Herm Johnson	Menard Cashway Lumber	Lightning / Chevrolet	26	7,180	pit fire	0
34	35	15	Bill Tempero	O'Hanlon Racing	McLaren / Chevrolet	23	4,700	engine	0
35	15	29	Billy Engelhart	Beaudoin Racing	McLaren / Cosworth	18	6,680	valve	0
36	13	20	Gordon Johncock	STP Oil Treatment (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / Cosworth	4	6,680	crash	0
37	8	94	Bill Whittington	Whittington Brothers	March / Cosworth	4	8,180	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tom Sneva	1	4	4
Johnny Rutherford	5	9	5
Tom Sneva	10	37	28
Mike Mosley	38	38	1
Johnny Rutherford	39	40	2
Mike Mosley	41	54	14
Rick Mears	55	56	2
Mike Mosley	57	75	19
Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	76	80	5
Johnny Rutherford	81	111	31
Al Unser	112	142	31
Pancho Carter	143	178	36
Al Unser	179	181	3
Bill Alsup	182	183	2
Al Unser	184	195	12
Pancho Carter	196	250	55

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Pancho Carter	132
2	Rick Mears	123	-9
3	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	89	-43
4	Bill Alsup	80	-52
5	Johnny Rutherford	61	-71
6	Tom Bigelow	54	-78
7	Mario Andretti	46	-86
8	Scott Brayton	40	-92
9	Gary Bettenhausen	40	-92
10	Al Unser	35	-97
11	Gordon Johncock	34	-98
12	Bobby Unser	31	-101
13	Tom Sneva	31	-101
14	Larry Dickson	27	-105
15	Phil Caliva	27	-105
16	Mike Mosley	26	-106
17	Bob Lazier	22	-110
18	Kevin Cogan	17	-115
19	Jerry Karl	10	-122
20	Larry Cannon	10	-122

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