1981 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Los Angeles Times 500 Race Results

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1981 - Los Angeles Times 500 Race Results

Race Name - Los Angeles Times 500
Date - 8/30/1981
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 95
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Geoff Brabham / 129.559 mph
Cautions - N/A cautions for N/A laps
Average Race Speed - 108.3 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 2 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Rick Mears
Race Number - 6

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	3	Rick Mears	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	126.95
2	5	Gordon Johncock	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat	Cosworth	124.997
3	10	Bill Alsup	ABDick	Penske	Cosworth	122.565
4	9	Mike Chandler	National Engineering	Penske	Cosworth	122.949
5	23	Bob Lazier	Montgomery Ward	Penske	Cosworth	117.265
6	22	Dick Simon	Vermont American	Watson	Cosworth	117.817
7	12	Herm Johnson	Menard Cashway Lumber	Lightning	Chevrolet	121.42
8	20	Scott Brayton	ForsytheBrayton	Penske	Cosworth	118.301
9	4	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	126.28
10	14	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	120.359
11	8	Kevin Cogan	OConnell Racing	Phoenix	Cosworth	123.733
12	11	Josele Garza	Garza Racing	Penske	Cosworth	122.353
13	27	Roger Rager	McCray Plastering	Wildcat	Chevrolet	113.542
14	2	Al Unser	Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	127.318
15	21	Steve Chassey	Jet Engineering	Eagle	Chevrolet	117.991
16	17	Larry Dickson	Machinist Union	Penske	Cosworth	119.228
17	13	Vern Schuppan	Thomas Barrett III	March	Cosworth	120.626
18	18	Dick Ferguson	Kraco Car Stereo	Penske	Cosworth	119.165
19	1	Geoff Brabham	Pepsi Challenger	Eagle	Chevrolet	129.559
20	25	Phil Krueger	Joe Hunt Magneto	Eagle	Chevrolet	115.201
21	6	Johnny Rutherford	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	124.913
22	19	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailer	Karl	Chevrolet	119.003
23	26	Ken Hamilton	Spirit of Idaho	Riley	Chevrolet	114.655
24	7	Tom Sneva	BignottiCotter	March	Cosworth	124.729
25	15	Gordon Smiley	Intermedics	Wildcat	Cosworth	120.058
26	16	Hurley Haywood	Wysard Motors	Eagle	Cosworth	119.303
27	28	John Mahler	Trench Shoring	Penske	Offenhauser	113.317
28	24	Bill Tempero	OHanlonTempero	McLaren	Chevrolet	115.895