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1981 Atlanta Champ Cars Race 2 in CART at the Atlanta circuit. Full information

1981 Atlanta Champ Cars

1981 Atlanta Champ Cars is 30th CART race. Passed at the Atlanta circuit. Johnny Rutherford won the pole position, Rick Mears won this race. Johnny Rutherford and Mario Andretti also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 83 laps (203 km).

Previous race: 1981 Atlanta Champ Cars
Next race: 1981 Michigan 500
Race Start: 28th June 1981

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1981 Atlanta Champ Cars

17th victory for the Penske Racing team
5th victory for the Rick Mears
15th podium for the Rick Mears
16th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
7th podium for the Mario Andretti

Penske PC9B - 1981 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

Penske PC9B #6 - 1981 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

1981 Atlanta Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	20	51m 29s	Penske Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	18	51m 32s	Chaparral Racing
3	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	14	83 laps	Patrick Racing
4	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	12	83 laps	Patrick Racing
5	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	10	83 laps	Alex Foods Racing
6	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	8	83 laps	Longhorn Racing
7	Tony Bettenhausen jr	McLaren M24B, #16	6	82 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
8	Bill Alsup	Penske PC9B, #7	5	82 laps	Penske Racing
9	Scott Brayton	Penske PC7, #37	4	82 laps	Forsythe Racing
10	Larry Dickson	Penske PC7, #31	3	81 laps	Machinists Union Racing
11	Larry Cannon	Penske PC7, #99	2	81 laps	Kraco Racing
12	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	1	81 laps	Psachie-Garza Racing
13	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	1	81 laps	Penske Racing
14	Spike Gehlhausen	Watson ? 1981, #22	1	80 laps	Leader Card Racers
15	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	1	75 laps	Bill Tempero
16	Kevin Cogan	Phoenix 80, #32	1	72 laps Piston	Jerry O'Connell Racing
17	Bob Lazier	Penske PC7, #35	1	72 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
18	Dennis Firestone	Wildcat Mk8, #12	1	37 laps Accident	Rhoades Racing
19	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16E, #47	1	21 laps Electrics	Intersec Security
20	Jim Buick	Eagle ? 1981, #86	1	17 laps Vibration	Buick Racing
21	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	0	12 laps Accident	Jerry Karl
22	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1981, #28	0	11 laps Accident	Team Menard
23	Steve Chassey	Eagle ? 1981, #64	0	5 laps Engine	Jet Engineering
0	Ross Davis	Wildcat ? 1981, #77	0		Davis Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1981 Atlanta Champ Cars on the Atlanta circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	27.326s	Chaparral Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	27.578s	Penske Racing
3	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	27.623s	Patrick Racing
4	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	27.999s	Alex Foods Racing
5	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	28.092s	Longhorn Racing
6	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	28.266s	Patrick Racing
7	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	28.38s	Penske Racing
8	Bill Alsup	Penske PC9B, #7	28.898s	Penske Racing
9	Kevin Cogan	Phoenix 80, #32	28.939s	Jerry O'Connell Racing
10	Scott Brayton	Penske PC7, #37	29.186s	Forsythe Racing
11	Tony Bettenhausen jr	McLaren M24B, #16	29.332s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
12	Larry Cannon	Penske PC7, #99	29.373s	Kraco Racing
13	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	29.493s	Jerry Karl
14	Larry Dickson	Penske PC7, #31	29.545s	Machinists Union Racing
15	Dennis Firestone	Wildcat Mk8, #12	29.741s	Rhoades Racing
16	Steve Chassey	Eagle ? 1981, #64	29.955s	Jet Engineering
17	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	30.112s	Psachie-Garza Racing
18	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1981, #28	30.14s	Team Menard
19	Spike Gehlhausen	Watson ? 1981, #22	30.559s	Leader Card Racers
20	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16E, #47	31.38s	Intersec Security
21	Jim Buick	Eagle ? 1981, #86	31.89s	Buick Racing
22	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	33.304s	Bill Tempero
23	Bob Lazier	Penske PC7, #35		Fletcher Racing Team
24	Ross Davis	Wildcat ? 1981, #77		Davis Racing