Race Results for the 1981 Indianapolis 500

Finish	Start	Car Num.	Driver	Car Name/Entrant*	Make/Model	Status	Laps	Led	Winnings
1	1	3	Bobby Unser (W)	Norton Spirit	Penske/Cosworth	139.184	200	89	$299,124
2	32	40	Mario Andretti (W)	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat/Cosworth	139.029	200	12	$128,974
3	18	33	Vern Schuppan	Red Roof Inns	McLaren/Cosworth	Running	199	0	$87,974
4	12	32	Kevin Cogan (R)	Jerry O'Connell Racing	Phoenix/Cosworth	Running	197	0	$59,024
5	15	50	Geoff Brabham (R)	Psachie/Garza/ESSO	Penske/Cosworth	Running	197	0	$55,684
6	23	81	Sheldon Kinser	Sergio Valente Jeans	Longhorn/Cosworth	Running	195	0	$44,754
7	16	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr. (R)	Provimi Veal	McLaren/Cosworth	Running	195	0	$44,064
8	17	53	Steve Krisiloff	Psachie/Garza/ESSO	Penske/Cosworth	Running	194	0	$39,986
9	4	20	Gordon Johncock (W)	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat/Cosworth	Engine	194	52	$62,501
10	28	4	Dennis Firestone	Rhoades Aircraft Sales	Wildcat/Cosworth	Engine	193	0	$36,376
11	7	7	Bill Alsup (R)	AB Dick Pacemaker	Penske/Cosworth	Running	193	0	$35,632
12	25	74	Michael Chandler (R)	National Engineering Co.	Penske/Cosworth	Running	192	0	$34,116
13	3	14	A.J. Foyt (W)	Valvoline-Gilmore	Coyote/Cosworth	Running	191	0	$35,795
14	33	84	Tim Richmond	UNO/WTTV/Guarantee Auto	Parnelli/Cosworth	Running	191	0	$33,612
15	31	38	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailer	McLaren/Chevrolet	Running	189	0	$35,480
16	29	37	Scott Brayton (R)	Forsythe Industries	Penske/Cosworth	Engine	173	0	$32,176
17	9	88	Al Unser (W)	Valvoline-Longhorn	Longhorn/Cosworth	Running	166	0	$31,600
18	19	31	Larry Dickson	Machinist Union	Penske/Cosworth	Piston	165	0	$30,652
19	13	35	Bob Lazier (R)	Montgomery Ward Auto Club	Penske/Cosworth	Engine	154	0	$33,732
20	14	56	Tom Bigelow	Genesee Beer	Penske/Chevrolet	Engine	152	0	$30,140
21	27	90	Bill Whittington	Kraco Car Stereo	March/Cosworth	Stalled	146	0	$31,243
22	8	60	Gordon Smiley	Intermedics	Wildcat/Cosworth	Accident	141	1	$29,240
23	6	55	Josele Garza (R)	Psachie/Garza/ESSO	Penske/Cosworth	Accident	138	13	$40,282
24	24	79	Pete Halsmer (R)	Hubler Chevrolet/KISS 99/Colonial Bread	Penske/Cosworth	Accident	123	0	$30,702
25	20	2	Tom Sneva	Blue Poly	March/Cosworth	Clutch	96	25	$38,000
26	11	8	Gary Bettenhausen	Hopkins	Lightning/Cosworth	Rod	69	0	$27,976
27	21	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	Interscope/Cosworth	Accident	64	4	$30,380
28	10	5	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Penske/Cosworth	Compression	63	0	$27,712
29	30	51	Tom Klausler (R)	IDS Idea	Schkee/Chevrolet	Gearbox	60	0	$27,972
30	22	6	Rick Mears (W)	The Gould Charge	Penske/Cosworth	Pit fire	58	1	$28,560
31	26	91	Don Whittington	Whittington Brothers	March/Cosworth	Accident	32	0	$28,743
32	5	1	Johnny Rutherford (W)	Pennzoil	Chaparral/Cosworth	Fuel pump	25	3	$29,620
33	2	48	Mike Mosley	Pepsi Challenger	Eagle/Chevrolet	Radiator	16	0	$31,392

* - complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
(R) - Indicated Rookie
(W) - Indicates Past Winner