The Los Angeles Times Grand Prix was a sports car race held at the Riverside International Raceway . The race was held throughout the track's existence, from 1957 until 1987. The race was sponsored by the Los Angeles Times to raise money for its charities. The Special Events director was Glenn Davis , the winner of the 1946 Heisman Trophy . During the early 1970s, the event was the season ending race for the Can-Am series.
6-463: ^A The 1981 event was also a part of the World Sportscar Championship . This motorsport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Los Angeles is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1981 World Sportscar Championship season The 1981 World Sportscar Championship season was the 29th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured
12-525: A 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the top ten places in each Division at each race. Only the best placed car of each make in each division at each race was eligible to score points. Cars from groups not included in the championship (e.g. FIA Group 6 cars) were disregarded when assessing divisional positions for championship purposes. Only half points were awarded for the shortened Nurburgring race. The best five round results could be retained by each make. The overall World Endurance Championship of Makes title
18-551: The 1981 FIA World Endurance Championship which was contested over a fifteen race series which ran from 31 January to 27 September. The former World Challenge for Endurance Drivers was renamed to the World Endurance Championship of Drivers for 1981 and the World Championship of Makes was renamed to the World Endurance Championship of Makes. Bob Garretson won the World Endurance Championship of Drivers and Lancia
24-471: The shortened Nürburgring round. All points scored were retained towards the championship totals. A total of 371 drivers scored points in the 1981 World Endurance Championship of Drivers. The World Endurance Championship of Makes was open FIA Group 1 , Group 2 , Group 3 , Group 4 and Group 5 cars and to IMSA GTX cars. Cars from all eligible groups were combined, and then divided into two Divisions based on engine capacity. Points were awarded on
30-400: Was awarded the World Endurance Championship of Makes. World Endurance Championship of Drivers was contested over all fifteen races however only six of the races counted towards the World Endurance Championship of Makes. Although various classes of cars contested the championship races, only the overall race winners are listed in the table below. The World Endurance Championship of Drivers
36-420: Was open to FIA Group 1 , Group 2 , Group 3 , Group 4 , Group 5 , Group 6 , Group C and GTP cars and to IMSA GTX, IMSA GTP, IMSA AAGT, IMSA GTO, IMSA GTU and IMSA RS cars. Drivers Championship points were awarded on a 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first twenty overall finishers at each round. Bonus points were also awarded as follows: Only half points were awarded at
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