1981 Detroit News Grand Prix

Race 8 of 11

Michigan
74 laps
Time of race: 1:10:30
Average speed of winner: 125.957 mph
Margin of victory: unknown
Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 24 laps
Lap leaders: Mears pole, Andretti 1-15, Sneva 16-19, Rutherford 20-22, Sneva 23-25, A. Unser 26-29, Sneva 30-43, Andretti 44, Mears 45-65, Andretti 66-73, Mears 74

Race notes: Finale for Cliff Hucul and Roger Rager.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Rick Mears	6	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	200.111	74	2	22	flagged	21
2	3	Mario Andretti	40	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	198.725	74	3	24	flagged	17
3	10	Al Unser	8	Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hillin	192.467	74	1	4	flagged	14
4	6	Bill Alsup	41	ABDick	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	194.337	74	0	0	flagged	12
5	22	Gordon Johncock	20	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	193.102	74	0	0	flagged	10
6	11	Dick Ferguson	99	Kraco Car Stereo	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Kraco	190.749	74	0	0	flagged	8
7	2	Bobby Unser	3	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	199.264	74	0	0	flagged	6
8	13	Larry Dickson	31	Machinist Union	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	189.549	73	0	0	flagged	5
9	17	Tom Bigelow	56	Genesee Beer	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Gohr	184.417	73	0	0	flagged	4
10	15	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	16	Provimi Veal	Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	H and R	186.543	73	0	0	flagged	3
11	16	Jim McElreath	23	McElreath Racing	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	McElreath	184.431	72	0	0	flagged	2
12	23	Steve Chassey	64	Jet Engineering	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear		177.091	71	0	0	flagged	1
13	14	Bob Lazier	35	Montgomery Ward	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Fletcher	187.096	71	0	0	flagged	1
14	20	Bill Vukovich, Jr.	42	Steve Vukovich Racing	Watson	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Vukovich	178.081	71	0	0	flagged	1
15	26	Bill Tempero	15	O'Hanlon-Tempero	McLaren	Chevrolet	Goodyear		144.517	70	0	0	flagged	1
16	24	Ross Davis	77	Davis Racing	Wildcat	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Ross Davis	170.628	67	0	0	flagged	1
17	7	Steve Krisiloff	0	Ohio Racing Associates	Longhorn	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hillin	194.023	62	0	0	flagged	1
18	5	Pancho Carter	5	Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Morales	194.826	59	0	0	accident	1
19	21	Tom Sneva	2	Texaco Star	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bignotti	196.480	43	3	21	accident	1
20	4	Johnny Rutherford	1	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hall	196.068	34	1	3	piston	1
21	18	Roger Rager	66	McCray Plastering	Wildcat	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Seymour	183.922	20	0	0	rear end	0
22	25	Cliff Hucul	57	Nyloncraft Founder's	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Metro	179.856	19	0	0	oil leak	0
23	9	Josele Garza	55	Garza Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Garza	193.278	2	0	0	oil leak	0
24	12	Scott Brayton	37	Forsythe-Brayton	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Brayton	190.693	2	0	0	accident	0
25	19	Dick Simon	22	Vermont American	Watson	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Leader Card	181.607	0	0	0	clutch	0
26	8	Mike Mosley	48	Pepsi Challenger	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	AAR	193.939	0	0	0	gear	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Rick Mears	239	7	1	4	6
2	Pancho Carter	148	8	0	1	1
3	Bill Alsup	138	7	0	0	1
4	Gordon Johncock	108	8	1	0	1
5	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	94	6	0	0	1
6	Johnny Rutherford	88	8	2	1	3
7	Bobby Unser	77	8	1	0	2
8	Tom Sneva	74	6	1	1	2
9	Al Unser	72	8	0	0	1
10	Mario Andretti	63	5	0	0	4
11	Tom Bigelow	58	4	0	0	0
12	Bob Lazier	55	8	0	0	0
13	Scott Brayton	55	8	0	0	0
14	Gary Bettenhausen	42	2	0	0	0
15	Larry Dickson	37	7	0	0	0
16	Mike Chandler	36	2	0	0	0
17	Dick Simon	33	6	0	0	0
18	Phil Caliva	27	3	0	0	0
19	Mike Mosley	26	3	0	1	1
20	Kevin Cogan	23	5	0	0	1
21	Herm Johnson	21	6	0	0	0
22	Josele Garza	21	8	0	0	0
23	Steve Krisiloff	18	3	0	0	0
24	Billy Engelhart	13	3	0	0	0
25	Dick Ferguson	11	3	0	0	0