Road America 500 Miles 1981 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Pabst 500 Road America		Date: 23.8.1981
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
World Championship for Drivers and Makes (round 14) Camel GT Championship (round 13) IMSA GTO (round 13) IMSA GTU (round 13) International Motor Sport Association (round 13)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	12:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	500 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	64
Practiced:	58
Qualified:	57
Started:	50
Finished:	27

Classes:	Pract	Start
IMSA GTX	19	16
IMSA GTO	19	17
IMSA GTU	19	17

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
There were 7 lead changes during the race.

Pre-race sessions:
1 non-qualifying practice sessions held on 21/8
2 qualifying sessions held on 21-22/8
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	3	Porsche 935 M16	Stommelen / Grohs
IMSA GTO:	11	BMW M1	Aase / Kendall / Smith
IMSA GTU:	92	Mazda RX-7	Bohren / Mueller
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	18	Porsche 935 JLP-3	John Paul, Jr. (USA)	2:10.250	177.924 km/h	lap 13
IMSA GTO:	83	Datsun 280ZX Turbo	Don Devendorf (USA)	2:20.340	165.132 km/h	lap 34
IMSA GTU:	92	Mazda RX-7	Walt Bohren (USA)	2:29.880	154.621 km/h	lap 16
Pole Positions:
Overall:	18	Porsche 935 JLP-3	Paul, Jr. / Paul	2:08.578
IMSA GTO:	25	BMW M1	Kenper Miller (USA)	2:18.511	167.312 km/h
IMSA GTU:	16	Toyota Celica	George Follmer (USA)	2:28.715	155.831 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (17), Chevrolet (10), Mazda (6), Datsun (6), BMW (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (16), Chevrolet (12), Mazda (6), Datsun (6), BMW (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 935 (11), Chevrolet Corvette (8), Mazda RX-7 (5), Datsun 280ZX (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (92), GB (4), D (3)
Most used colours:	white (32%), red (19%), yellow (16%), blue (16%), orange (5%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (48%), rear-engined (28%), mid-engined (24%)
Oldest known drivers:	Billy Hagan (49), George Follmer (47), Jim Cook (44)
Youngest known drivers:	Scott Schmidt (19), John Paul, Jr. (21), Bobby Rahal (28)
Female drivers:	Karen Erstad

Official Race Programme:

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