1981-82 USAC Gold Crown Championship

George Snider - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
5/24/81 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Indianapolis 500 PO Bobby Unser
6/21/81 Van Scoy Diamond Mines 500 Pocono 305 PO A. J. Foyt
8/15/81 Tony Bettenhausen 100 Springfield 100 DO George Snider
8/30/81 Ted Horn 100 DuQuoin 100 DO Rich Vogler
9/12/81 Hoosier Hundred ISF 100 DO Larry Rice
5/30/82 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Indianapolis 500 PO Gordon Johncock

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 George Snider 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1395
2 Geoff Brabham 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1310
3 Tom Bigelow 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1280
4 A. J. Foyt 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1045
5 Gordon Johncock 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1000
6 Mario Andretti 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 805
7 Rick Mears 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 800
8 Rich Vogler 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 760
9 Larry Rice 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 730
10 Vern Schuppan 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 720
11 Tom Sneva 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 635
12 Jim McElreath 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 594
13 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 568
14 Sheldon Kinser 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 536
15 Harry MacDonald 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 500
16 Jack Hewitt 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 490
17 Don Whittington 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 405
18 Gary Bettenhausen 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 366
19 Joe Saldana 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 366
20 Roger Rager 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 350
21 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 310
22 Jim Hickman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 300
23 Herm Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 200
24 Dennis Firestone 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 160
25 Johnny Parsons 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 151
26T Bill Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 150
26T Howdy Holmes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 150
28 Bobby Rahal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 100
29 Greg Leffler 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 80
30 Michael Chandler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 70
31 Bill Whittington 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 40
32 Larry Dickson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 32
33 Héctor Rebaque 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 25
34T Steve Ball 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 25
34T Tim Richmond 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 25
34T Danny Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 25
37T Chip Ganassi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 25
37T Jerry Karl 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 25
39 Jerry Sneva 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 25
40 Richard Hubbard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 20
41 Dick Simon 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 20
42 Josele Garza 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 20
43 Dean Vetrock 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 15
44 Steve Chassey 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 14
45 Salt Walther 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 10
46 Bobby Olivero 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 8
47 Kevin Cogan 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
48T Tom Klausler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 5
48T Jan Sneva 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 5
50T Roger Mears 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 5
50T Mike Mosley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 5
NR Bobby Unser 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
NR Pancho Carter 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
NR Mark Alderson 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
NR Bill Tyler 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NR Al Unser 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NR Chuck Amati 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
NR Jerry Nemire 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
NR Johnny Coogan 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
NR Johnny Rutherford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
NR Steve Krisiloff 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
NR Jerry Miller 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR Chip Mead 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR Paul Pitzer 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
NR Larry Martin 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
NR Art Bisch, Jr. 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
NR Ken Schrader 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR Bill Alsup 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR Jerry Weeks 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
NR Smokey Snellbaker 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Gary Gray 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Jeff Bloom 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Tracy Potter 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Ron Shuman 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Scott Brayton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Sleepy Tripp 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Bob Lazier 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
NR Bill Engelhart 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0
NR Chuck Gurney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR Danny Ongais 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Gary Hieber 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Gordon Smiley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Pete Halsmer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Chet Fillip 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Arnie Knepper 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Steve Cannon 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0
NR Manny Rockhold 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0
NR Duke Cook 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0
NR Dale Whittington 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0
NR Bobby Adkins 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tom Bagley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Pat Bedard 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Neil Bonnett 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Buddie Boys 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Karl Busson 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jim Buick 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Phil Caliva 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Barry Camp 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Earle Canavan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Larry Cannon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Lonnie Caruthers 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Compton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Wally Dallenbach 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Billy Earl 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dick Ferguson 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ron Fieller 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bobby Fisher 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tom Frantz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Frey 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Spike Gehlhausen 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tom Gloy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Mike Gregg 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tom Grunnah 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ken Hamilton 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Harkey 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Hurley Haywood 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Rick Hood 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jim Hurtubise 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Gary Irvin 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bubby Jones 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Mel Kenyon 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Steve Kinser 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Phil Krueger 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Lee Kunzman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Eddie Leavitt 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ray Lipper 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Al Loquasto 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR John Mahler 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bobby Marshall 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR John Martin 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Mack McClellan 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Danny Milburn 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Gary Patterson 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Teddy Pilette 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jerry Potter 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Richard Powell 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Puterbaugh 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Rusty Schmidt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Billy Scott 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Brian Seidel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dean Shirley 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jerry Stone 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Sammy Swindell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Robert Tapply 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Tempero 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Phil Threshie 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Al Unser, Jr. 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Leroy Van Conett 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Lennie Waldo 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Frank Weiss 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bud Wilmot 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Desiré Wilson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jack Ziegler 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
 
Debuts Farewells
Bobby Adkins Ken Hamilton Manny Rockhold
Mark Alderson Jack Hewitt Rusty Schmidt
Chuck Amati Gary Hieber Ken Schrader
Steve Ball Rick Hood Brian Seidel
Pat Bedard Richard Hubbard Dean Shirley
Art Bisch, Jr. Steve Kinser Smokey Snellbaker
Jeff Bloom Tom Klausler Jerry Stone
Barry Camp Eddie Leavitt Sammy Swindell
Steve Cannon Harry MacDonald Robert Tapply
Lonnie Caruthers Bobby Marshall Sleepy Tripp
Kevin Cogan Larry Martin Bill Tyler
Bill Compton Mack McClellan Al Unser, Jr.
Johnny Coogan Danny Milburn Lennie Waldo
Ron Fieller Jerry Nemire Jerry Weeks
Chet Fillip Paul Pitzer Dale Whittington
Bobby Fisher Jerry Potter Bud Wilmot
Gary Gray Tracy Potter Desiré Wilson
Mike Gregg Richard Powell Jack Ziegler
Tom Grunnah    
Bobby Adkins Bill Henderson Billy Scott
Art Bisch, Jr. Jim Hurtubise Dean Shirley
Neil Bonnett Bubby Jones Gordon Smiley
Buddie Boys Mel Kenyon Jan Sneva
Karl Busson Ray Lipper Jerry Stone
Earle Canavan Bobby Marshall Robert Tapply
Lonnie Caruthers John Martin Sleepy Tripp
Bill Compton Jerry Miller Bill Tyler
Wally Dallenbach Gary Patterson Bobby Unser
Billy Earl Paul Pitzer Leroy Van Conett
Ron Fieller Jerry Potter Dean Vetrock
Bobby Fisher Richard Powell Lennie Waldo
Tom Grunnah Tim Richmond Frank Weiss
Hurley Haywood Rusty Schmidt Jack Ziegler