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1981 Phoenix Champ Cars

1981 Phoenix Champ Cars is 37th CART race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Tom Sneva won this race. Bobby Unser and Gordon Johncock also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (241 km).

Previous race: 1981 Mexico City Champ Cars
Next race: 1982 Phoenix Champ Cars
Race Start: 31st October 1981

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1981 Phoenix Champ Cars

2nd victory for the Bignotti-Cotter Racing team
3rd victory for the Tom Sneva
11th podium for the Tom Sneva
21st podium for the Bobby Unser
11th podium for the Gordon Johncock

March 81C - 1981 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

March 81C #2 - 1981 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

1981 Phoenix Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Tom Sneva	March 81C, #2	21	1h 20m 10s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	17	1h 20m 11s	Penske Racing
3	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	14	150 laps	Patrick Racing
4	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	12	150 laps	Patrick Racing
5	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	10	148 laps	Alex Foods Racing
6	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	8	148 laps	Psachie-Garza Racing
7	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC7, #99	6	148 laps	Kraco Racing
8	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	5	145 laps	Penske Racing
9	Herm Johnson	Eagle ? 1981, #28	4	144 laps	Team Menard
10	Gordon Smiley	Wildcat Mk8, #12	3	144 laps	Patrick Racing
11	Tom Bigelow	Penske PC7, #56	2	143 laps	Gohr Racing
12	Jerry Sneva	Vollstedt ? 1981, #17	1	143 laps	Leader Card Racers
13	Bob Lazier	March 81C, #35	1	143 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
14	Chip Mead	Eagle ? 1981, #49	1	142 laps	Space Racing
15	Vern Schuppan	McLaren M24B, #33	1	139 laps	Theodore Racing Team
16	Phil Krueger	Eagle ? 1981, #89	1	126 laps	Joe Hunt
17	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #7	1	116 laps Fuel pump	Penske Racing
18	Johnny Parsons jr	Eagle ? 1981, #34	1	116 laps Piston	Wysard Motor Co
19	Tony Bettenhausen jr	McLaren M24B, #16	1	111 laps Gearbox	Bettenhausen Motorsports
20	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	1	101 laps Accident	Leader Card Racers
21	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	0	31 laps Fire	Chaparral Racing
22	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	0	29 laps Ignition	Longhorn Racing
23	Greg Leffler	Armstrong ? 1981, #43	0	25 laps Engine	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
24	Mike Mosley	Eagle 81, #48	0	11 laps Gearbox	All-American Racers

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	24.211s	Penske Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	24.332s	Chaparral Racing
3	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	24.521s	Patrick Racing
4	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	24.572s	Patrick Racing
5	Tom Sneva	March 81C, #2	24.61s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
6	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	24.655s	Longhorn Racing
7	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	24.897s	Penske Racing
8	Chip Mead	Eagle ? 1981, #49	25.19s	Space Racing
9	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	25.518s	Alex Foods Racing
10	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	25.637s	Psachie-Garza Racing
11	Bob Lazier	March 81C, #35	25.7s	Fletcher Racing Team
12	Mike Mosley	Eagle 81, #48	25.764s	All-American Racers
13	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC7, #99	25.818s	Kraco Racing
14	Greg Leffler	Armstrong ? 1981, #43	25.851s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
15	Herm Johnson	Eagle ? 1981, #28	25.926s	Team Menard
16	Tony Bettenhausen jr	McLaren M24B, #16	25.952s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
17	Tom Bigelow	Penske PC7, #56	26.048s	Gohr Racing
18	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	26.084s	Leader Card Racers
19	Johnny Parsons jr	Eagle ? 1981, #34	26.102s	Wysard Motor Co
20	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #7	26.122s	Penske Racing
21	Phil Krueger	Eagle ? 1981, #89	26.274s	Joe Hunt
22	Gordon Smiley	Wildcat Mk8, #12	26.331s	Patrick Racing
23	Vern Schuppan	McLaren M24B, #33	26.499s	Theodore Racing Team
24	Jerry Sneva	Vollstedt ? 1981, #17	26.522s	Leader Card Racers