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1981 Riverside Champ Cars

1981 Riverside Champ Cars is 32nd CART race. Passed at the Riverside circuit. Geoff Brabham won the pole position, Rick Mears won this race. Gordon Johncock and Bill Alsup also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 95 laps (505 km).

Previous race: 1981 Michigan 500
Next race: 1981 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Race Start: 30th August 1981

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1981 Riverside Champ Cars

18th victory for the Penske Racing team
6th victory for the Rick Mears
17th podium for the Rick Mears
9th podium for the Gordon Johncock
2nd podium for the Bill Alsup

Penske PC9B - 1981 Riverside Champ Cars winner

Penske PC9B #6 - 1981 Riverside Champ Cars winner

1981 Riverside Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	63	2h 43m 40.98s	Penske Racing
2	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	48	2h 43m 42.37s	Patrick Racing
3	Bill Alsup	Penske PC9B, #7	42	94 laps	Penske Racing
4	Michael Chandler	Penske PC7, #74	36	94 laps	National Engineering
5	Bob Lazier	Penske PC7, #35	30	92 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
6	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	24	90 laps	Leader Card Racers
7	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1981, #28	18	88 laps	Team Menard
8	Scott Brayton	Penske PC7, #37	15	87 laps	Forsythe Racing
9	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	12	84 laps	Penske Racing
10	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	9	63 laps Engine	Alex Foods Racing
11	Kevin Cogan	Phoenix 80, #32	6	53 laps Spun	Jerry O'Connell Racing
12	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	3	52 laps Fuel injection	Psachie-Garza Racing
13	Roger Rager	Wildcat ? 1981, #66	3	50 laps Accident	Roger Rager
14	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	3	45 laps Gearbox	Longhorn Racing
15	Steve Chassey	Eagle ? 1981, #64	3	42 laps Engine	Jet Engineering
16	Larry Dickson	Penske PC7, #31	3	39 laps Engine	Machinists Union Racing
17	Vern Schuppan	March 81C, #33	3	35 laps Accident	Theodore Racing Team
18	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC7, #99	3	32 laps Fire	Kraco Racing
19	Geoff Brabham	Eagle 81, #48	6	30 laps Handling	All-American Racers
20	Phil Krueger	Eagle ? 1981, #89	3	26 laps Engine	Joe Hunt
21	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	0	22 laps Accident	Chaparral Racing
22	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	0	21 laps Accident	Jerry Karl
23	Ken Hamilton	Riley ? 1981, #63	0	14 laps Engine	Hamilton Racing
24	Tom Sneva	March 81C, #2	0	12 laps Engine	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
25	Gordon Smiley	Wildcat Mk8, #12	0	10 laps Accident	Patrick Racing
26	Hurley Haywood	Eagle ? 1981, #34	0	9 laps Brakes	Wysard Motor Co
27	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	0	8 laps Engine	Duke Racing
28	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	0	7 laps Gearbox	Bill Tempero

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Geoff Brabham	Eagle 81, #48	1m 31.695s	All-American Racers
2	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	1m 33.309s	Longhorn Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	1m 33.58s	Penske Racing
4	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	1m 34.076s	Penske Racing
5	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	1m 35.042s	Patrick Racing
6	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	1m 35.106s	Chaparral Racing
7	Tom Sneva	March 81C, #2	1m 35.246s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
8	Kevin Cogan	Phoenix 80, #32	1m 36.013s	Jerry O'Connell Racing
9	Michael Chandler	Penske PC7, #74	1m 36.625s	National Engineering
10	Bill Alsup	Penske PC9B, #7	1m 36.928s	Penske Racing
11	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	1m 37.096s	Psachie-Garza Racing
12	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1981, #28	1m 37.842s	Team Menard
13	Vern Schuppan	March 81C, #33	1m 38.486s	Theodore Racing Team
14	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	1m 38.704s	Alex Foods Racing
15	Gordon Smiley	Wildcat Mk8, #12	1m 38.952s	Patrick Racing
16	Hurley Haywood	Eagle ? 1981, #34	1m 39.578s	Wysard Motor Co
17	Larry Dickson	Penske PC7, #31	1m 39.641s	Machinists Union Racing
18	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC7, #99	1m 39.693s	Kraco Racing
19	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	1m 39.829s	Jerry Karl
20	Scott Brayton	Penske PC7, #37	1m 40.421s	Forsythe Racing
21	Steve Chassey	Eagle ? 1981, #64	1m 40.686s	Jet Engineering
22	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	1m 40.834s	Leader Card Racers
23	Bob Lazier	Penske PC7, #35	1m 41.309s	Fletcher Racing Team
24	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	1m 42.506s	Bill Tempero
25	Phil Krueger	Eagle ? 1981, #89	1m 43.124s	Joe Hunt
26	Ken Hamilton	Riley ? 1981, #63	1m 43.615s	Hamilton Racing
27	Roger Rager	Wildcat ? 1981, #66	1m 44.63s	Roger Rager
28	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	1m 44.838s	Duke Racing