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1981 Michigan Champ Cars in CART at the Michigan circuit. Full information

1981 Michigan Champ Cars

1981 Michigan Champ Cars is 34th CART race. Passed at the Michigan circuit. Rick Mears won the pole position and this race. Mario Andretti and Al Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 74 laps (238 km).

Previous race: 1981 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Next race: 1981 Watkins Glen Champ Cars
Race Start: 20th September 1981

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1981 Michigan Champ Cars

19th victory for the Penske Racing team
7th victory for the Rick Mears
19th podium for the Rick Mears
8th podium for the Mario Andretti
6th podium for the Al Unser

Penske PC9B - 1981 Michigan Champ Cars winner

Penske PC9B #1 - 1981 Michigan Champ Cars winner

1981 Michigan Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #1	21	1h 10m 30s	Penske Racing
2	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	17	74 laps	Patrick Racing
3	Al Unser	Eagle 81, #8	14	74 laps	Longhorn Racing
4	Bill Alsup	Penske PC9B, #41	12	74 laps	Penske Racing
5	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	10	74 laps	Patrick Racing
6	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC7, #99	8	74 laps	Kraco Racing
7	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	6	74 laps	Penske Racing
8	Larry Dickson	Penske PC7, #31	5	73 laps	Machinists Union Racing
9	Tom Bigelow	Penske PC7, #56	4	73 laps	Gohr Racing
10	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Phoenix 80, #16	3	73 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
11	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1981, #23	2	72 laps	McElreath Racing
12	Steve Chassey	Eagle ? 1981, #64	1	71 laps	Jet Engineering
13	Bob Lazier	March 81C, #35	1	71 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
14	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1981, #42	1	71 laps	Rattlesnake Racing
15	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	1	70 laps	Bill Tempero
16	Ross Davis	Wildcat ? 1981, #77	1	67 laps	Davis Racing
17	Steve Krisiloff	Longhorn LR02, #7	1	62 laps	Ohio Racing Associates
18	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	1	59 laps Accident	Alex Foods Racing
19	Tom Sneva	March 81C, #2	1	43 laps Accident	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
20	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	1	34 laps Piston	Chaparral Racing
21	Roger Rager	Wildcat ? 1981, #66	0	20 laps Suspension	Roger Rager
22	Cliff Hucul	McLaren ? 1981, #57	0	19 laps Oil leak	Hucul Racing
23	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	0	2 laps Oil leak	Psachie-Garza Racing
24	Scott Brayton	Penske PC7, #37	0	2 laps Accident	Forsythe Racing
25	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	0	Clutch	Leader Card Racers
26	Mike Mosley	Eagle 81, #48	0	Gearbox	All-American Racers

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #1	35.98s	Penske Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	36.133s	Penske Racing
3	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	36.231s	Patrick Racing
4	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	36.722s	Chaparral Racing
5	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	36.956s	Alex Foods Racing
6	Bill Alsup	Penske PC9B, #41	37.049s	Penske Racing
7	Steve Krisiloff	Longhorn LR02, #7	37.109s	Ohio Racing Associates
8	Mike Mosley	Eagle 81, #48	37.125s	All-American Racers
9	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	37.252s	Psachie-Garza Racing
10	Al Unser	Eagle 81, #8	37.409s	Longhorn Racing
11	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC7, #99	37.736s	Kraco Racing
12	Scott Brayton	Penske PC7, #37	37.757s	Forsythe Racing
13	Larry Dickson	Penske PC7, #31	37.985s	Machinists Union Racing
14	Bob Lazier	March 81C, #35	38.483s	Fletcher Racing Team
15	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Phoenix 80, #16	38.597s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
16	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1981, #23	39.039s	McElreath Racing
17	Tom Bigelow	Penske PC7, #56	39.042s	Gohr Racing
18	Roger Rager	Wildcat ? 1981, #66	39.147s	Roger Rager
19	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	39.646s	Leader Card Racers
20	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1981, #42	40.431s	Rattlesnake Racing
21	Tom Sneva	March 81C, #2	36.645s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
22	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	37.286s	Patrick Racing
23	Steve Chassey	Eagle ? 1981, #64	40.657s	Jet Engineering
24	Ross Davis	Wildcat ? 1981, #77	42.197s	Davis Racing
25	Cliff Hucul	McLaren ? 1981, #57	40.032s	Hucul Racing
26	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	49.821s	Bill Tempero