RESULTS

1981 Official Race Results : Southern 500

Southern 500 | September 07, 1981 | Race 23 of 31

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS	WINNINGS

1	3	21	Neil Bonnett	Ford	Warner W. Hodgdon	185/10	367	Running	33,375
2	11	11	Darrell Waltrip	Buick	Mountain Dew	175/5	367	Running	19,365
3	4	71	Dave Marcis	Buick	U.S. Army	170/5	367	Running	14,330
4	6	44	Terry Labonte	Buick	J.D. Stacy Racing	165/5	367	Running	13,225
5	9	1	Buddy Baker	Buick	Uno	160/5	367	Running	6,500
6	10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	Wrangler Jeans	150/0	366	Running	10,695
7	14	9	Bill Elliott	Ford	Mell-Gear Tuning Components	146/0	366	Running	5,300
8	13	01	David Pearson	Buick	Ronnie Steele	PE	365	Running	4,850
9	17	28	Bobby Allison	Chevrolet	Hardee's	143/5	365	Running	9,625
10	2	27	Cale Yarborough	Buick	Valvoline	139/5	363	Running	5,925
11	5	47	Ron Bouchard *	Buick	J.D. Stacy Racing	130/0	363	Running	7,575
12	23	90	Jody Ridley	Ford	Truxmore / Sunny King	127/0	362	Running	7,365
13	22	66	Lake Speed	Buick	Speed Racing	124/0	362	Running	6,155
14	1	33	Harry Gant	Pontiac	Skoal Bandit	126/5	360	Running	9,960
15	16	2	Joe Ruttman	Pontiac	Neo-Life	118/0	358	Running	8,850
16	12	24	Morgan Shepherd	Buick	Gordon Racing	115/0	358	Running	5,600
17	21	68	Lennie Pond	Buick	The 5 Racers	112/0	356	Running	3,150
18	19	5	Joe Millikan	Pontiac	Performance Connection	109/0	353	Running	7,950
19	33	8	Dick May	Dodge	Dick Brooks Honda	106/0	353	Running	2,975
20	29	37	Mike Alexander	Oldsmobile	Rogers Auto Leasing	103/0	352	Running	2,700
21	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac	Bailey Excavating	100/0	351	Running	4,715
22	27	12	Tim Richmond	Buick	Uno	97/0	349	Running	2,450
23	7	88	Ricky Rudd	Chevrolet	Gatorade	94/0	343	Accident	7,850
24	40	94	Bobby Wawak	Buick	Louise Smith Special	91/0	334	Running	2,375
25	20	75	Gary Balough	Buick	Chaparral Trailers	88/0	333	Engine Failure	4,680
26	38	48	James Hylton	Pontiac	Palatine Automotive	85/0	331	Running	3,770
27	37	25	Ronnie Thomas	Pontiac	Thomas Racing	82/0	311	Running	3,360
28	36	17	Mike Potter	Buick	Kings Inn	79/0	309	Running	3,265
29	30	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford	76/0	294	Running	3,155
30	8	43	Richard Petty	Buick	STP	78/5	278	Engine Failure	8,000
31	26	99	D.k. Ulrich	Buick	Ulrich Racing	70/0	269	Engine Failure	3,060
32	32	13	Jack Ingram	Ford	Carolina Tool & Equipment	67/0	253	Engine Failure	1,650
33	25	98	Johnny Rutherford	Pontiac	Levi Garrett	PE	190	Water Pump	1,625
34	18	42	Kyle Petty	Buick	STP	61/0	130	Engine Failure	1,625
35	24	40	Slick Johnson	Buick	Ulrich Racing	PE	110	Engine Failure	1,425
36	39	36	H.B. Bailey	Pontiac	Almeda Auto Parts	55/0	93	Accident	1,325
37	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Hill's Racing	52/0	85	Wheel Lug	1,950
38	35	52	Jimmy Means	Pontiac	Broadway Motors	49/0	64	Engine Failure	1,925
39	15	15	Benny Parsons	Ford	Melling Tool Company	46/0	62	Broken Valve	6,800
40	31	4	Connie Saylor	Oldsmobile	Spencer Racing	43/0	6	Engine Failure	1,200