1981 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Copa Mexico 150 Race Results

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1981 - Copa Mexico 150 Race Results

Race Name - Copa Mexico 150
Date - 10/18/1981
Race Track - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Number of Starting Cars - 27
Laps Run - 59
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Bobby Unser / 125.807 mph
Cautions - 1 cautions for 10 laps
Average Race Speed - 104.363 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 4 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Bobby Unser
Race Number - 10

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	6	Rick Mears	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	123.038
2	5	Al Unser	Viceroy Longhorn	Longhorn	Cosworth	123.222
3	3	Gordon Johncock	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat	Cosworth	123.621
4	14	Bob Lazier	Montgomery Ward	March	Cosworth	117.313
5	10	Bill Alsup	ABDick	Penske	Cosworth	119.856
6	12	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	118.784
7	18	Mike Mosley	ZurnIndeck	Penske	Cosworth	116.288
8	9	Herm Johnson	Menard Cashway Lumber	Eagle	Chevrolet	121.346
9	2	Geoff Brabham	Pepsi Challenger	Eagle	Chevrolet	124.16
10	13	Dick Ferguson	Kraco Car Stereo	Penske	Cosworth	117.974
11	22	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Provimi Veal	Phoenix	Cosworth	115.057
12	24	Bill Tempero	OHanlonTempero	McLaren	Chevrolet	114.875
13	20	Jim McElreath	McElreath Racing	Eagle	Offenhauser	115.342
14	23	Phil Krueger	Joe Hunt Magneto	Eagle	Chevrolet	114.879
15	1	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	125.807
16	8	Mike Chandler	National Engineering	Penske	Cosworth	122.105
17	15	Hurley Haywood	Wysard Motors	Eagle	Cosworth	116.974
18	11	Josele Garza	Garza Racing	Penske	Cosworth	119.471
19	17	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailer	Karl	Chevrolet	116.357
20	4	Tom Sneva	Texaco Star	March	Cosworth	123.278
21	21	Vern Schuppan	Thomas Barrett III	McLaren	Cosworth	115.147
22	19	Larry Dickson	Machinist Union	Penske	Cosworth	115.478
23	16	Scott Brayton	ZurnIndeck	Penske	Cosworth	116.918
24	27	Michel Jourdain	GrupoAcypsa	Penske	Offenhauser	113.051
25	25	Dick Simon	Vermont American	Watson	Cosworth	114.872
26	7	Johnny Rutherford	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	122.115
27	26	Bill Vukovich Jr	Steve Vukovich Racing	Watson	Offenhauser	112.635