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1981 / CART IndyCar World Series

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Races

Date Circuit Q Race
March 22 Phoenix International Raceway 1981 CART Kraco Car Stereo 200
May 24 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1981 CART Indianapolis 500
June 7 The Milwaukee Mile Speedway 1981 CART Gould-Rex Mays 150
June 14 Pocono Raceway 1981 USAC Van Scoy 500
June 21 Atlanta Motor Speedway 1981 CART Kraco Twin 125 (Race 1)
June 22 Atlanta Motor Speedway 1981 CART Kraco Twin 125 (Race 2)
July 25 Michigan International Speedway 1981 CART Norton Michigan 500
August 30 Riverside International Raceway 1981 CART Los Angeles Times 500
September 5 The Milwaukee Mile Speedway 1981 CART Tony Bettenhausen 200
September 20 Michigan International Speedway 1981 CART Detroit News Grand Prix
October 4 Watkins Glen International 1981 CART Watkins Glen 200
October 18 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1981 CART II Copa Mexico 150
October 31 Phoenix International Raceway 1981 CART Miller High Life 150

Standings

1 Rick Mears 304
2 Bill Alsup 175
3 Pancho Carter 166
4 Gordon Johncock 142
5 Johnny Rutherford 120
6 Tony Bettenhausen 107
7 Bobby Unser 99
8 Tom Sneva 96
9 Bob Lazier 92
10 Al Unser 90
11 Mario Andretti 81
12 Tom Bigelow 60
13 Scott Brayton 57
14 Larry Dickson 49
15 Gary Bettenhausen 42
16 Dick Simon 38
16 Herm Johnson 38
18 Michael Chandler 37
19 Mike Mosley 32
20 Steve Chassey 31
21 Josele Garza 30
22 Phil Caliva 27
23 Kevin Cogan 23
24 Dick Ferguson 20
25 Steve Krisiloff 18
26 Rocky Moran 16
27 Geoff Brabham 14
28 Jerry Karl 13
29 Billy Engelhart 11
30 Roger Rager 10
30 Larry Cannon 10
32 Bill Tempero 7
33 Billy Vukovich II 6
33 Phil Krueger 6
35 Gordon Smiley 5
36 Jim Buick 4
36 Jim McElreath 4
36 Vern Schuppan 4
36 Ross Davis 4
40 Hurley Haywood 3
41 John Mahler 2
41 Spike Gehlhausen 2
41 Bob Frey 2
44 Phil Threshie 1
44 Jerry Sneva 1
44 Dennis Firestone 1
44 Chip Mead 1
44 Johnny Parsons Jr. 1