1981 Can-Am season

The 1981 Can Am series season was the fourteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype-based series, and the fifth running of the revived series. Geoff Brabham was declared champion, despite only winning two races. Chevrolet again dominated the season. The dominant chassis manufacturers were March, Lola, Holbert, Frissbee, and VDS. IndyCar drivers Al Unser and Bobby Rahal also podiumed at Road America^[1] and Mosport,^[2] respectively.

The two liter class went to Jim Trueman in his Ralt.

The scoring system was 90-60-40-30-20-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points for the first fifteen classified drivers. All results counted.

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Round	Circuit	Winning driver	Team	Car
1	Mosport	Teo Fabi	Paul Newman Racing	March-Chevrolet
2	Mid-Ohio	Teo Fabi	Paul Newman Racing	March-Chevrolet
3	Watkins Glen	Al Holbert	Holbert Racing	Holbert-Chevrolet
4	Road America	Geoff Brabham	Racing Team VDS	Lola-Chevrolet
5	Edmonton	Geoff Brabham	Racing Team VDS	VDS-Chevrolet
6	Trois-Rivières	Al Holbert	Holbert Racing	Holbert-Chevrolet
7	Mosport	Teo Fabi	Paul Newman Racing	March-Chevrolet
8	Riverside	Al Holbert	Holbert Racing	Holbert-Chevrolet
9	Laguna Seca	Teo Fabi	Paul Newman Racing	March-Chevrolet
10	Caesars Palace	Danny Sullivan	Garvin Brown Racing	Frissbee-Chevrolet

1981 Can-Am season

Results

References

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