1981 Los Angeles Times 500

Race 6 of 11

Riverside
95 laps
Time of race: 2:43:40.98
Average speed of winner: 108.300 mph
Margin of victory: unknown
Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Brabham 1-17, A. Unser 18-44, Mears 45-95

Race notes: Only pole for Geoff Brabham. Debut for Ken Hamilton. Rick Mears took the points lead from Pancho Carter.

Video links: Finish/Post-race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	3	Rick Mears	6	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	126.950	95	1	51	flagged	63
2	5	Gordon Johncock	20	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	124.997	95	0	0	flagged	48
3	10	Bill Alsup	7	ABDick	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	122.565	94	0	0	flagged	42
4	9	Mike Chandler	74	National Engineering	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hodgdon	122.949	94	0	0	flagged	36
5	23	Bob Lazier	35	Montgomery Ward	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Fletcher	117.265	92	0	0	flagged	30
6	22	Dick Simon	22	Vermont American	Watson	Cosworth	Goodyear	Leader Card	117.817	90	0	0	flagged	24
7	12	Herm Johnson	28	Menard Cashway Lumber	Lightning	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Menard	121.420	88	0	0	flagged	18
8	20	Scott Brayton	37	Forsythe-Brayton	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Brayton	118.301	87	0	0	flagged	15
9	4	Bobby Unser	3	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	126.280	84	0	0	flagged	12
10	14	Pancho Carter	5	Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Morales	120.359	63	0	0	engine	9
11	8	Kevin Cogan	32	O'Connell Racing	Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	O Connell	123.733	53	0	0	spun out	6
12	11	Josele Garza	55	Garza Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Garza	122.353	52	0	0	injector	3
13	27	Roger Rager	66	McCray Plastering	Wildcat	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Seymour	113.542	50	0	0	accident	3
14	2	Al Unser	8	Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hillin	127.318	45	1	27	gearbox	3
15	21	Steve Chassey	64	Jet Engineering	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear		117.991	42	0	0	engine	3
16	17	Larry Dickson	31	Machinist Union	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	119.228	39	0	0	engine	3
17	13	Vern Schuppan	33	Thomas Barrett III	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Theodore	120.626	35	0	0	accident	3
18	18	Dick Ferguson	99	Kraco Car Stereo	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Kraco	119.165	32	0	0	fire	3
19	1	Geoff Brabham	48	Pepsi Challenger	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	AAR	129.559	30	1	17	handling	6
20	25	Phil Krueger	89	Joe Hunt Magneto	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Joe Hunt	115.201	26	0	0	engine	3
21	6	Johnny Rutherford	1	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hall	124.913	22	0	0	accident	0
22	19	Jerry Karl	38	Tonco Trailer	Karl	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Karl	119.003	21	0	0	accident	0
23	26	Ken Hamilton	63	Spirit of Idaho	Riley	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Spirit of Idaho	114.655	14	0	0	engine	0
24	7	Tom Sneva	2	Bignotti-Cotter	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bignotti	124.729	12	0	0	engine	0
25	15	Gordon Smiley	12	Intermedics	Wildcat	Cosworth	Goodyear	Rhoades	120.058	10	0	0	accident	0
26	16	Hurley Haywood	34	Wysard Motors	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	Wysard	119.303	9	0	0	brakes	0
27	28	John Mahler	92	Trench Shoring	Penske	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Duke	113.317	8	0	0	engine	0
28	24	Bill Tempero	15	O'Hanlon-Tempero	McLaren	Chevrolet	Goodyear		115.895	7	0	0	gearbox	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Rick Mears	186	5	0	3	4
2	Pancho Carter	141	6	0	1	1
3	Bill Alsup	122	5	0	0	1
4	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	89	4	0	0	1
5	Gordon Johncock	82	6	1	0	1
6	Johnny Rutherford	61	6	1	1	3
7	Scott Brayton	55	6	0	0	0
8	Tom Bigelow	54	2	0	0	0
9	Bob Lazier	52	6	0	0	0
10	Mario Andretti	46	4	0	0	3
11	Bobby Unser	43	6	1	0	1
12	Gary Bettenhausen	40	1	0	0	0
13	Al Unser	38	6	0	0	0
14	Mike Chandler	36	2	0	0	0
15	Dick Simon	33	4	0	0	0
16	Tom Sneva	31	4	1	0	1
17	Larry Dickson	30	5	0	0	0
18	Phil Caliva	27	3	0	0	0
19	Mike Mosley	26	2	0	1	1
20	Kevin Cogan	23	4	0	0	1
21	Herm Johnson	19	5	0	0	0
22	Josele Garza	11	6	0	0	0
23	Jerry Karl	10	6	0	0	0
24	Geoff Brabham	10	2	1	0	0
25	Larry Cannon	10	5	0	0	0