RESULTS

1981 Official Race Results : National 500

National 500 | October 11, 1981 | Race 28 of 31

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

1	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Buick	Mountain Dew	180/5	334	Running	51,600
2	17	28	Bobby Allison	Chevrolet	Hardee's	175/5	334	Running	27,400
3	8	88	Ricky Rudd	Chevrolet	Gatorade	165/0	334	Running	29,925
4	22	55	Tommy Ellis	Chevrolet	Industrial Boilers	PE	333	Running	11,400
5	30	47	Ron Bouchard *	Buick	J.D. Stacy Racing	155/0	332	Running	12,180
6	19	72	Rusty Wallace	Buick	Childs Tire	150/0	331	Running	6,750
7	14	01	Geoffrey Bodine	Buick	Zervakis Racing	151/5	331	Running	7,050
8	34	24	Morgan Shepherd	Buick	Washington Freightliner	142/0	331	Running	8,195
9	18	13	Jack Ingram	Ford	Carolina Tool & Equipment	138/0	329	Running	4,400
10	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Kyle Petty's Boot Barn	134/0	328	Running	7,175
11	21	4	Connie Saylor	Oldsmobile	Apache Stove	130/0	328	Running	3,850
12	37	8	Jimmy Means	Dodge	Negre Racing	127/0	327	Running	3,750
13	25	62	Rick Wilson	Oldsmobile	Florida Equipment & Service	124/0	326	Running	3,650
14	41	99	D.k. Ulrich	Buick	Ulrich Racing	121/0	326	Running	6,115
15	13	90	Jody Ridley	Ford	Truxmore / Sunny King Ford-Honda	123/5	326	Running	7,805
16	36	36	H.B. Bailey	Pontiac	Almeda Auto Parts	115/0	324	Running	3,250
17	40	70	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac	Bailey Excavating	112/0	322	Running	5,835
18	5	37	Tim Richmond	Buick	Roger's Auto Leasing	114/5	317	Blown Engine	5,650
19	10	2	Joe Ruttman	Buick	J.D. Stacy Racing	106/0	276	Blown Engine	10,050
20	15	42	Kyle Petty	Buick	STP	108/5	259	Accident	6,475
21	23	6	Bob Senneker	Pontiac	J.D. Stacy Racing	PE	256	Accident	1,975
22	28	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	97/0	246	Clutch Failure	3,890
23	6	44	Terry Labonte	Buick	J.D. Stacy Racing	99/5	234	Blown Engine	8,375
24	11	75	Gary Balough	Buick	Chaparral Trailers	91/0	226	Accident	4,880
25	24	3	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	Wrangler Jeans	93/5	220	Ignition	4,920
26	26	23	Charlie Glotzbach	Buick	Oxford Speedway	85/0	218	Handling Problems	1,275
27	27	98	Johnny Rutherford	Buick	Levi Garrett	82/0	216	Broken Rod	1,250
28	29	14	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	Coors	79/0	193	Clutch Linkage	1,225
29	7	21	Neil Bonnett	Ford	Warner Hodgdon / Nat'l Eng.	86/10	190	Spun Rod Bearing	12,450
30	9	43	Richard Petty	Buick	STP	78/5	180	Broken Rod	9,125
31	3	27	Cale Yarborough	Buick	Valvoline	75/5	153	Engine Failure	2,100
32	32	40	Ronnie Thomas	Buick	McWhirter Grading	67/0	137	Ignition	1,075
33	16	9	Bill Elliott	Ford	Mell-Gear Tuning Components	64/0	130	Broken Timing Chain	1,050
34	38	66	Lake Speed	Buick	Ronnie Steele	61/0	118	Blown Engine	2,600
35	31	5	Joe Millikan	Pontiac	Performance Connection	58/0	98	Accident	5,950
36	35	94	Bobby Wawak	Buick	Louise Smith Special	55/0	66	Broken Valve	990
37	4	1	Buddy Baker	Buick	Uno	52/0	63	Broken Tie Rod	1,480
38	12	15	Benny Parsons	Ford	Melling Tool Company	49/0	50	Clutch Failure	6,925
39	39	38	John Anderson	Buick	Copper Kettle Marina	PE	41	Engine Failure	965
40	20	71	Dave Marcis	Buick	Norton Company	43/0	19	Engine Failure	2,515
41	2	33	Harry Gant	Pontiac	Skoal Bandit	45/5	4	Blown Crank Shaft	8,505