1981 Los Angeles Times 500 - Results
Track Riverside International Raceway
City Riverside, CA
Type Roadcourse
Length 3.262 mi
| P | Driver | Nat | L | Time | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Mears |  | 95 | 2:53:43.000 | |
| 2 | Gordon Johncock | | 95 | 0:00:00.000 +-10423.000 | +-10423.000 |
| 3 | Bill Alsup | | 94 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap | +1 lap |
| 4 | Mike Chandler | | 94 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap | +0.000 |
| 5 | Bob Lazier | | 92 | 0:00:00.000 +3 laps | +2 laps |
| 6 | Dick Simon | | 90 | 0:00:00.000 +5 laps | +2 laps |
| 7 | Herm Johnson | | 88 | 0:00:00.000 +7 laps | +2 laps |
| 8 | Scott Brayton | | 87 | 0:00:00.000 +8 laps | +1 lap |
| 9 | Bobby Unser | | 84 | 0:00:00.000 +11 laps | +3 laps |
| 10 | Pancho Carter | | 0 | 0:00:00.000 +95 laps | +84 laps |
| 11 | Kevin Cogan | | 53 | 0:00:00.000 +42 laps | +-53 laps |
| 12 | Josele Garza |  | 52 | 0:00:00.000 +43 laps | +1 lap |
| 13 | Roger Rager | | 50 | 0:00:00.000 +45 laps | +2 laps |
| 14 | Al Unser | | 45 | 0:00:00.000 +50 laps | +5 laps |
| 15 | Steve Chassey | | 42 | 0:00:00.000 +53 laps | +3 laps |
| 16 | Larry Dickson | | 39 | 0:00:00.000 +56 laps | +3 laps |
| 17 | Vern Schuppan |  | 35 | 0:00:00.000 +60 laps | +4 laps |
| 18 | Dick Ferguson | | 32 | 0:00:00.000 +63 laps | +3 laps |
| 19 | Geoff Brabham | | 30 | 0:00:00.000 +65 laps | +2 laps |
| 20 | Phil Krueger | | 26 | 0:00:00.000 +69 laps | +4 laps |
| 21 | Johnny Rutherford | | 22 | 0:00:00.000 +73 laps | +4 laps |
| 22 | Jerry Karl | | 21 | 0:00:00.000 +74 laps | +1 lap |
| 23 | Ken Hamilton | | 14 | 0:00:00.000 +81 laps | +7 laps |
| 24 | Tom Sneva | | 12 | 0:00:00.000 +83 laps | +2 laps |
| 25 | Gordon Smiley | | 10 | 0:00:00.000 +85 laps | +2 laps |
| 26 | Hurley Haywood | | 9 | 0:00:00.000 +86 laps | +1 lap |
| 27 | John Mahler | | 8 | 0:00:00.000 +87 laps | +1 lap |
| 28 | Bill Tempero | | 7 | 0:00:00.000 +88 laps | +1 lap |