Norton Michigan 500
Michigan International Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
250 Laps/500 Miles
July 25, 1981

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 4 Pancho Carter 5 Alex Foods Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 250 3:45:45 132.890 105
2 20 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 16 Provimi Veal McLaren Cosworth TC 250 3:45:47 132.870 80
3 3 Rick Mears 6 Gould Charge Penske PC-9B Cosworth TC 248 Flagged 70
4 7 Bill Alsup 7 ABDick Penske PC-9 Cosworth TC 247 Flagged 60
5 21 Tom Bigelow 56 Genesee Beer Penske PC-7 Chevy 247 Flagged 50
6 18 Gary Bettenhausen 12 Rhoades Racing Wildcat Cosworth TC 247 Flagged 40
7 31 Scott Brayton 37 Forsythe Industries Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 238 Flagged 30
8 37 Phil Caliva 47 Polaroid Time Zero McLaren Chevy 235 Flagged 25
9 24 Larry Dickson 31 Machinist Union Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 227 Flagged 20
10 17 Bob Lazier 35 Montgomery Ward Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 225 Engine 15
11 10 Al Unser 8 Longhorn Racing Longhorn LR-02 Cosworth TC 196 Engine 10
12 16 Larry Cannon 99 Kraco Car Stereo Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 190 Wrecked 5
13 32 Roger Rager 66 Seymour Enterprises Wildcat Chevy 185 Flagged 5
14 22 Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer Karl Chevy 178 Clutch 5
15 26 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 42 Steve Vukovich Racing Watson Offy TC 175 Engine 5
16 9 Bobby Unser 3 Norton Spirit Penske PC-9B Cosworth TC 162 Engine 5
17 5 Steve Krisiloff 40 STP Oil Treatment Wildcat Cosworth TC 153 Overheated 5
18 12 Mike Mosley 48 Pepsi Challenger Eagle Chevy 144 Engine 5
19 19 Josele Garza 55 Garza Racing Penske PC-9 Cosworth TC 141 Engine 5
20 34 Steve Chassey 64 Jet Engineering Eagle Chevy 131 Engine 5
21 36 Harry MacDonald 45 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth TC 120 Engine
22 2 Johnny Rutherford 1 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth TC 112 Cut tire, spun out
23 1 Tom Sneva 2 Blue Poly March Cosworth TC 107 Transmission 5
24 25 Vern Schuppan 33 Red Roof Inns McLaren Cosworth TC 95 Engine
25 33 Cliff Hucul 57 Metro Racing McLaren Offy TC 89 Engine
26 6 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Coyote Cosworth TC 80 Wrecked
27 14 Michael Chandler 72 National Engineering Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 79 Broken halfshaft
28 11 Kevin Cogan 32 O'Connell Racing Phoenix Cosworth TC 70 Engine
29 29 Chip Mead 49 Space Racing Eagle Cosworth TC 70 Engine
30 27 Dick Ferguson 96 Kraco Car Stereo Wildcat Offy TC 64 Engine
31 30 Dick Simon 22 Vermont American Watson Cosworth TC 63 Lost oil pressure
32 28 Salt Walther 21 Bignotti-Cotter Phoenix Cosworth TC 53 Engine
33 23 Herm Johnson 28 Menard Cashway Lumber Lightning Chevy 26 Pit fire
34 35 Bill Tempero 15 O'Hanlon McLaren Chevy 23 Engine
35 15 Bill Engelhart 29 Beaudoin Racing McLaren Cosworth TC 18 Bent valve
36 13 Gordon Johncock 20 STP Oil Treatment Wildcat Cosworth TC 4 Wrecked
37 8 Bill Whittington 94 Whittington Racing March Cosworth TC 4 Wrecked
-- -- Jim Buick 86 4B Racing Eagle Chevy -- Wrecked, qualifying race
-- -- Jerry Sneva 17 Escort Radar Detector Vollstedt Offy TC -- Wrecked, qualifying race
-- -- Bob Frey 71 B. U. F. Racing Eagle Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- John Mahler 92 Duke Racing Penske Offy TC -- DNS, too slow

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Pancho Carter 91 143-178, 196-250
Al Unser 46 112-142, 179-181, 184-195
Johnny Rutherford 38 5-9, 39-40, 81-111
Mike Mosley 34 38, 41-54, 57-75
Tom Sneva 32 1-4, 10-37
Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 5 76-80
Rick Mears 2 55-56
Bill Alsup 2 182-183

Qualifying Race Results:

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status Points
1 1 Steve Chassey 64 Jet Engineering Eagle Chevy 10 0:11:39 123.605
2 3 Harry MacDonald 45 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth TC 10 Finished
3 6 Phil Caliva 47 Polaroid Time Zero McLaren Chevy 10 Finished
4 7 Bob Frey 71 B. U. F. Racing Eagle Offy TC 9 Out of fuel
5 5 Jim Buick 86 4B Racing Eagle Chevy 8 Wrecked
6 4 Jerry Sneva 17 Escort Radar Detector Vollstedt Offy TC 8 Wrecked
7 8 John Mahler 92 Duke Racing Penske PC-6 Offy TC 4 Did not finish
8 2 Bill Tempero 15 O'Hanlon McLaren Chevy 1 Did not finish