Pocono 500 Miles 1981 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: The World Comes To Pocono, Kenwood Stereo 500 Grand Prix		Date: 27.9.1981
Track: Pocono International Raceway (United States), 4.506 kms	Organiser: unknown
Pocono 500 Miles
Camel GT Championship (round 15) IMSA GTO (round 15) IMSA GTU (round 15) International Motor Sport Association (round 15)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	500 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	80
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	35
Finished:	25

Classes:	Start
IMSA GTX	11
IMSA GTO	10
IMSA GTU	14

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Race notes:
race was stopped because of rain

Winners:
Overall:	18	Porsche 935 JLP-3	Paul, Jr. / Paul
IMSA GTO:	25	BMW M1	Cowart / Miller
IMSA GTU:	98	Mazda RX-7	Bohren / Knoop
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	19	Lola T600 Chevrolet	Jim Adams (USA)	1:26.940	186.591 km/h	lap 78
IMSA GTO:	25	BMW M1	Kenper Miller (USA)	1:33.660	173.202 km/h	lap 35
IMSA GTU:	82	Mazda RX-7	Jim Cook (USA)	1:38.490	164.708 km/h	lap 56
Pole Positions:
Overall:	18	Porsche 935 JLP-3	John Paul, Jr. (USA)	1:25.186	190.432 km/h
IMSA GTO:	25	BMW M1	Kenper Miller (USA)	1:32.790	174.826 km/h
IMSA GTU:	82	Mazda RX-7	Jim Cook (USA)	1:37.903	165.696 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (11), Mazda (9), BMW (4), Chevrolet (4), Lola (2), Datsun (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), Mazda (9), Chevrolet (6), BMW (4), Datsun (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Mazda RX-7 (8), Porsche 935 (6), BMW M1 (3), Porsche 911 Carrera (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (65), GB (2)
Most used colours:	white (32%), red (20%), blue (18%), yellow (11%), black (8%), orange (7%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (51%), rear-engined (28%), mid-engined (21%)
Oldest known drivers:	Billy Hagan (49), Jim Cook (44), Brian Redman (44)
Youngest known drivers:	John Paul, Jr. (21), Bill Whittington (32), Hurley Haywood (33)
Female drivers:	Kathy Rude

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