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1981 Watkins Glen Champ Cars

1981 Watkins Glen Champ Cars is 35th CART race. Passed at the Watkins Glen circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position, Rick Mears won this race. Johnny Rutherford and Bill Alsup also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 60 laps (326 km).

Previous race: 1981 Michigan Champ Cars
Next race: 1981 Mexico City Champ Cars
Race Start: 4th October 1981

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1981 Watkins Glen Champ Cars

20th victory for the Penske Racing team
8th victory for the Rick Mears
20th podium for the Rick Mears
17th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
3rd podium for the Bill Alsup

Penske PC9B - 1981 Watkins Glen Champ Cars winner

Penske PC9B #6 - 1981 Watkins Glen Champ Cars winner

1981 Watkins Glen Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	40	1h 52m 17s	Penske Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	32	59 laps	Chaparral Racing
3	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	28	59 laps	Alsup Racing
4	Bob Lazier	Penske PC7, #35	24	58 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
5	Steve Chassey	Eagle ? 1981, #64	20	56 laps	Jet Engineering
6	Rocky Moran	Eagle 81, #48	16	55 laps Out of fuel	All-American Racers
7	Larry Dickson	Penske PC7, #31	12	55 laps	Machinists Union Racing
8	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Phoenix 80, #16	10	54 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
9	Herm Johnson	Eagle ? 1981, #28	8	54 laps	Team Menard
10	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	6	52 laps	Patrick Racing
11	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	4	50 laps	Leader Card Racers
12	Hurley Haywood	Eagle ? 1981, #34	2	48 laps	Wysard Motor Co
13	Ross Davis	Wildcat ? 1981, #77	2	44 laps Engine	Davis Racing
14	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	2	30 laps Engine	Longhorn Racing
15	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1981, #5	2	32 laps	Alex Foods Racing
16	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	6	25 laps Gearbox	Patrick Racing
17	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	2	23 laps Piston	Penske Racing
18	Gordon Smiley	Wildcat Mk8, #12	2	22 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
19	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	2	22 laps Stalled	Jerry Karl
20	Scott Brayton	Penske PC7, #37	2	20 laps Gearbox	Forsythe Racing
21	Tom Sneva	March 81C, #2	0	20 laps Gearbox	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
22	Teddy Pilette	McLaren ? 1981, #67	0	14 laps Gearbox	Mergard Racing
23	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	0	11 laps Engine	Bill Tempero
24	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	0	9 laps Accident	Psachie-Garza Racing
0	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1981, #23	0		McElreath Racing
0	Roger Rager	Wildcat ? 1981, #66	0		Roger Rager

Qualifying Results for the 1981 Watkins Glen Champ Cars on the Watkins Glen circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	1m 56.167s	Patrick Racing
2	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	1m 58.348s	Longhorn Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	1m 59.818s	Penske Racing
4	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	2m 0.117s	Chaparral Racing
5	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	2m 1.03s	Patrick Racing
6	Herm Johnson	Eagle ? 1981, #28	2m 3.827s	Team Menard
7	Rocky Moran	Eagle 81, #48	2m 8.228s	All-American Racers
8	Scott Brayton	Penske PC7, #37	2m 8.835s	Forsythe Racing
9	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	2m 9.116s	Alsup Racing
10	Bob Lazier	Penske PC7, #35	2m 9.132s	Fletcher Racing Team
11	Tom Sneva	March 81C, #2	2m 10.228s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
12	Teddy Pilette	McLaren ? 1981, #67	2m 10.304s	Mergard Racing
13	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	2m 11.344s	Leader Card Racers
14	Hurley Haywood	Eagle ? 1981, #34	2m 13.881s	Wysard Motor Co
15	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	2m 14.191s	Penske Racing
16	Josele Garza	Penske PC9, #55	2m 15.653s	Psachie-Garza Racing
17	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	2m 15.766s	Bill Tempero
18	Larry Dickson	Penske PC7, #31	2m 16.57s	Machinists Union Racing
19	Steve Chassey	Eagle ? 1981, #64	2m 20.175s	Jet Engineering
20	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Phoenix 80, #16	2m 20.88s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
21	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	2m 20.997s	Jerry Karl
22	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1981, #5	2m 24.154s	Alex Foods Racing
23	Ross Davis	Wildcat ? 1981, #77	2m 24.486s	Davis Racing
24	Gordon Smiley	Wildcat Mk8, #12	2m 53.717s	Patrick Racing
25	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1981, #23		McElreath Racing
26	Roger Rager	Wildcat ? 1981, #66		Roger Rager