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Tony Bettenhausen 100

USAC Indy Car/Silver Crown race
Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
August 15, 1981
100 laps on 1 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	9	George Snider	41	David LeFevre	1975 LeFevre/Chevrolet	100	8,775	running	23
2	11	Larry Rice	55	George Middleton	King/Chevrolet	100	4,750	running	0
3	21	Jim McElreath	75	Bill King		100	3,050	running	0
4	18	Jack Hewitt	58	Ralph DePalma		99	2,200	running	0
5	6	Joe Saldana	33	Richard Johnson		97	1,900	out of fuel	0
6	16	Chuck Amati	71	Tom Stenger		97	1,600	running	0
7	24	Johnny Coogan	50	Miller Vetzel Racing		97	1,450	running	0
8	4	Roger Rager	64	J.F. McCray		93	1,350	out of fuel	12
9	20	Greg Leffler	43	Sherman Armstrong		88	1,100	drive line	0
10	26	Art Bisch Jr.	72	G.S. Brzoziwski		77	1,000	engine	0
11	8	Rich Vogler	3	Johnny Vance		68	900	accident	0
12	1	Tom Bigelow	56	Richard Hammond		68	2,300	accident	65
13	15	Gary Gray	83	Gapco		68	700	accident	0
14	22	Tracy Potter	24	Steven MacPherson		57	600	radius rod	0
15	5	Ron Shuman	90	Larry Howard		53	500	drive line	0
16	3	Ken Schrader	39	Damon Fortune		47	450	engine	0
17	23	Billy Vukovich	30	Junior Kurtz		33	400	fuel line	0
18	25	Bobby Olivero	5	Ralph Wilke	1978 Watson	32	385	timing gear	0
19	19	Mark Alderson	97	Steve Enslow		23	375	torsion bar	0
20	2	Gary Bettenhausen	1	DelRose-Holt Racing		22	870	rear end	0
21	13	Larry Dickson	18	Joe Conroy		21	365	ignition	0
22	7	Sheldon Kinser	11	Ben Leyba		15	360	engine	0
23	17	Larry Martin	20	Peterson-Niebel Racing		10	360	sway bar	0
24	10	Johnny Parsons	17	Cecilia Smith		0	360	accident	0
25	12	Manny Rockhold	76	Manuel Rockhold		0	360	accident	0
26	14	Steve Chassey	49	Mason Cook		0	360	accident	0
27	27	Jack Ziegler	59	David Robinson		0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Smokey Snellbaker	54	Charles Lloyd		0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Steve Cannon	57	Lyle Roberts		0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Billy Engelhart	28	Lloyd Weaver		0		did not qualify	0
31	31	Gary Patterson	45	John Aden		0		did not qualify	0
32	32	Arnold Knepper	35	Tom Fischer		0		did not qualify	0
33	33	Gary Hieber	47	E.W.H. Service		0		did not qualify	0
34	34	Eddie Leavitt	53	Lowell Schmidt		0		did not qualify	0
35	35	Lennie Waldo	81	Tom Stenger	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
36	36	Bill Tyler	7	Doug Lang		0		did not qualify	0
37	37	Richard Powell	77	Powell		0		did not qualify	0
38	38	Bud Wilmot	84	Steve Wilmot		0		did not qualify	0
39	39	Rick Hood	80	Corsi		0		did not qualify	0
40	40	Ronnie Burke	32	Robert Johnson		0		did not qualify	0
41	41	Ron Fuller	66	E.D. Kendrick		0		did not qualify	0
42	42	Mack McClellan	89	Richard Soubiron		0		did not qualify	0
43	43	Paul Pitzer	51	GCQ Racing		0		did not qualify	0
44	44	Duke Cook	25	Michael Aberle		0		did not qualify	0
45	45	Karl Busson	31	William Mataka		0		did not qualify	0
		Steve Kinser	75	Bill King		0		practiced car	0

Pole Speed: 32.66 seconds
5 cautions for 24 laps
Race Purse: $ 50,045