PORSCHE RACING HISTORY1981 - Nürburgring 1000 Km
24 May 1981 - Nürburgring Nordschleife, Germany
Jochen Mass & Reinhold Joest 2nd overall and win S+2.0 class
Race stopped because of damage of track. Herbert Müller (CH) - Fatal Accident Overall - 2nd, 3rd : S+2.0 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : GTX+2.0 - 1st : Gr.5 - 3rd : GT - 2nd, 3rd
| No. | Car | # | Class | Drivers | Entrant | Pos | Class | Grid | Notes |
| 1 | Porsche 908/80 Turbo | 936-004 | S+2.0 | Jochen Mass (B)/Reinhold Jöst (D) | Joest Racing (D) | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 17 laps |
| 27 | Porsche 935 K3 | 000 0009 | GTX+2.0 | Bob Wollek (F) | Preston Henn (USA) | 3rd | 1st | 14th | 17 laps |
| 19 | Porsche 935 K3 | 009 0003 | Gr.5 | Edgar Dören (D)/Jürgen Lässig (D) | Weralit Racing Team (D) Closed bodywork Rear-engined | 5th | 3rd | 11th | 17 laps |
| 2 | Porsche 908/80 Turbo | 908/03-008 | S+2.0 | Volkert Merl (D)/Jürgen Barth (D) | Joest Racing (D) | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 16 laps |
| 20 | Porsche 935 J | 000 00016 | Gr.5 | Dieter Schornstein (D)/Harald Grohs (D)/Walter Röhrl (D) | Vegla Racing Team (D) | 7th | 4th | 12th | 16 laps |
| 23 | Porsche 935 K3 | 930 890 0022 | Gr.5 | John Cooper (GB)/Dudley Wood (GB) | Charles Ivey Racing (GB) | 9th | 5th | 20th | 16 laps |
| 22 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0015 | Gr.5 | Claude Haldi (CH)/Charles Mendez (USA) | Claude Haldi (CH) | 12th | 8th | 17th | 16 laps |
| 43 | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | GT | Richard Lloyd (GB)/Tony Dron (GB) | Canon Cameras Racing/GTi Engineering (GB) | 15th | 2nd | 33rd | 15 laps | |
| 44 | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | GT | Peter Zbinden (CH)/Edi Kofel (CH) | Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich | 18th | 3rd | 30th | 14 laps | |
| 40 | Porsche 930 | GT | Franz-Richard Friebel (D)/Karl-Josef Römer (D) | Kannacher GT Racing (D) | 34th | 4th | 58th | 14 laps | |
| 3 | Porsche 908/80 Turbo | 908/03-013 | S+2.0 | Siegfried Brunn (D)/Herbert Müller (CH) | Siegfried Brunn (D) | 38th | 3rd | 9th | 13 laps - Fatal Accident |
| 42 | Porsche 935 L1 | 935 L1 | Gr.5 | Jan Lundgardh (S) | Tuff-Kote Dinol Racing (S) | 40th | 13th | 57th | 13 laps |
| 39 | Porsche 930 | GT | Armin Siefener (D)/Bernd Schiller (D) | Mayen Automobil Club (D) | 43rd | 5th | 67th | 13 laps | |
| 34 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0155 | Gr.5 | Richard Cleare (GB)/David Kennedy (IRL) | Richard Cleare Racing (GB) | 49th | 15th | 44th | 11 laps |
| 41 | Porsche 930 | GT | Helmut Gall (D)/Wolfgang Hansen (D) | Jürgen Kannacher | NC | 38th | 10 laps | ||
| 21 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0011 | Gr.5 | Franz Gschwender (D)/Wolf-Dieter Feuerlein (D) | Valvoline Deutschland (D) | DNF | 34th | 8 laps | |
| 25 | Porsche 935 K3 | 009 00016 | Gr.5 | Bobby Rahal (USA)/Bob Akin (USA) | Bob Akin Motor Racing (USA) | DNF | 15th | 0 laps - Accident |
World Championship for Drivers and Makes Nürburgring 1000 km
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