| series | Champcar current |
| race |  Watkins Glen |
| year | 1981 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Penske | 6 | Gould Charge | Rick Mears | | 3 | 1 | Penske PC-9B/81 | Cosworth DFX | 15 | |
| Hall Racing | 1 | Pennzoil | Johnny Rutherford | | 4 | 2 | Chaparral 2K | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Alsup Racing | 41 | Alsup Racing | Bill Alsup | | 9 | 3 | Penske PC-7/79 [011] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Fletcher | 35 | Montgomery Ward | Bob Lazier | | 10 | 4 | Penske PC-7/79 [002] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Jet Engineering | 64 | Jet Engineering | Steve Chassey | | 19 | 5 | Eagle 81 [8102] | Chevy Jet 355 V8 | ||
| All American Racers | 48 | Pepsi Challenger | Rocky Moran | | 7 | 6 | Eagle 81 [8105] | Chevy Donovan 355 V8 | 21 | |
| Machinists Union | 31 | Machinists Union | Larry Dickson | | 18 | 7 | Penske PC-7/79 [k] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| H&R Racing | 16 | Provimi Veal | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | | 20 | 8 | Phoenix 80 [a] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Menard | 28 | Menard's | Herm Johnson | | 6 | 9 | Eagle 81 [8104] | Chevy 355 V8 | ||
| Patrick | 20 | STP | Gordon Johncock | | 5 | 10 | Wildcat Mk.VIII | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Leader Card | 22 | Vermont American | Dick Simon | | 13 | 11 | Watson PC7 [1] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Wysard | 34 | Wysard Racing | Hurley Haywood | | 14 | 12 | Eagle 80 [8001] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Ross Davis Racing | 77 | Ross Davis Racing | Ross Davis | | 23 | 13 | Wildcat Mk.IV [2] | DGS | ||
| Longhorn | 8 | Longhorn Racing | Al Unser | | 2 | 14 | Longhorn LR-02 [02] | Cosworth DFX | 1 | |
| Morales | 5 | Alex Foods | Pancho Carter | | 22 | 15 | Lightning Mk1/77 [ROMLIN/4] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Patrick | 40 | STP | Mario Andretti | | 1 | 16 | Wildcat Mk.VIII | Cosworth DFX | 23 | |
| Penske | 3 | Norton Spirit | Bobby Unser | | 15 | 17 | Penske PC-9B/81 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Rhoades | 12 | Intermedics | Gordon Smiley | | 24 | 18 | Wildcat Mk.VIII | Cosworth DFX | ||
| William R Compton | 38 | Tonco Trailer | Jerry Karl | | 21 | 19 | McLaren M16C Karl [C-2] | Chevy Donovan 355 V8 | ||
| Brayton | 37 | Forsythe-Brayton | Scott Brayton | | 8 | 20 | Penske PC-7/79 [n] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Bignotti-Cotter | 2 | Texaco Star | Tom Sneva | | 11 | 21 | March 81C [05] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Mergard | 67 | Mergard Racing | Teddy Pilette |  | 12 | 22 | McLaren M24 [002] | Chevy 355 V8 | ||
| Bill Tempero | 15 | O'Hanlon | Bill Tempero | | 17 | 23 | McLaren M24B [002] | Chevy 355 V8 | ||
| Garza | 55 | Esso/Psachie-Garza | Josele Garza |  | 16 | 24 | Penske PC-9/80 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| McElreath | 23 | McElreath Racing | Jim McElreath | | DNS | Eagle 74 [7407] | Offy Drake tc | |||
| Penske | 7 | Gould Charge | Bobby Unser | | DNS | Penske PC-9B/81 | Cosworth DFX | 31 | ||
| Rager | 66 | McCray Plastering | Roger Rager | | DNS | Wildcat Mk.V [1] | Chevy 355 V8 |
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