RESULTS

1981 Official Race Results : American 500

American 500 | November 01, 1981 | Race 29 of 31

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

1	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Buick	Mountain Dew	185/10	492	Running	23,410
2	14	28	Bobby Allison	Buick	Hardee's	175/5	492	Running	17,100
3	2	33	Harry Gant	Pontiac	Skoal Bandit	170/5	492	Running	10,160
4	12	43	Richard Petty	Buick	STP	165/5	492	Running	10,400
5	16	2	Joe Ruttman	Pontiac	J.D. Stacy Racing	160/5	492	Running	9,700
6	24	15	Benny Parsons	Ford	Melling Tool Company	150/0	491	Running	8,750
7	10	44	Terry Labonte	Buick	J.D. Stacy Racing	146/0	490	Running	8,350
8	22	9	Bill Elliott	Ford	Mell-Gear Tuning Components	147/5	490	Running	3,000
9	5	3	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	Wrangler Jeans	143/5	489	Running	7,360
10	19	90	Jody Ridley	Ford	Truxmore / Sunny King	134/0	487	Running	6,190
11	37	47	Ron Bouchard *	Buick	J.D. Stacy Racing	130/0	485	Running	4,730
12	26	71	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	J.D. Stacy Racing	132/5	483	Running	4,270
13	27	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford	124/0	475	Running	3,980
14	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Petty's Boot Barn	121/0	470	Running	3,740
15	34	24	Cecil Gordon	Buick	Washington Freightliners	118/0	457	Running	3,530
16	4	1	Buddy Baker	Buick	Uno	120/5	445	Rear End	1,425
17	32	99	D.k. Ulrich	Buick	Ulrich Racing	112/0	435	Engine Failure	3,220
18	3	88	Ricky Rudd	Chevrolet	Gatorade	114/5	434	Running	7,000
19	17	5	Joe Millikan	Pontiac	Performance Connection	106/0	425	Running	6,100
20	36	52	Jimmy Means	Pontiac	Broadway Motors	103/0	404	Running	2,760
21	23	13	Dick Brooks	Ford	Carolina Tool & Equipment	PE	379	Broken Valve	825
22	13	37	Tim Richmond	Buick	Roger's Auto Leasing	97/0	334	Accident	800
23	35	92	Joe Fields	Buick	Richmond Printing	PE	262	Accident	775
24	29	17	John Anderson	Buick	Kings Inn	PE	226	Broken Track Bar	2,290
25	8	27	Cale Yarborough	Buick	Valvoline	88/0	214	Accident	1,225
26	25	48	James Hylton	Pontiac	Palatine Automotive	85/0	214	Broken Push Rod	2,230
27	15	96	Morgan Shepherd	Buick	Levi Garrett	87/5	205	Accident	675
28	28	16	Chuck Bown	Buick	Rose Auto Wrecking	79/0	193	Engine Failure	650
29	11	98	Johnny Rutherford	Buick	Levi Garrett	76/0	172	Accident	625
30	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac	Bailey Excavating	73/0	165	Engine Failure	2,130
31	18	66	Lake Speed	Oldsmobile	Speed Racing	70/0	162	Engine Failure	2,125
32	21	75	Gary Balough	Buick	A. Ferraiuolo & Sons	67/0	117	Accident	1,395
33	33	40	Don Hume	Buick	Newton Oil & Gas	PE	101	Accident	590
34	7	77	Dean Combs	Buick	Captains Table	PE	89	Accident	585
35	9	21	Neil Bonnett	Ford	Hodgdon / National Engineering	58/0	55	Accident	1,080
36	20	68	Lennie Pond	Buick	J.D. Stacy Racing	55/0	54	Accident	575
37	6	42	Kyle Petty	Buick	STP	52/0	19	Engine Failure	870