1981 Melling Tool 420

Nashville Speedway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Benny Parsons	3	27	21	3	3	209	420	250.3

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	420	209	running	180
2	5	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	420	1	running	175
3	14	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing	Pontiac	420		running	165
4	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	419		running	160
5	1	88	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	419	210	running	165
6	11	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	418		running	150
7	13	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	417		running	146
8	4	5	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	416		running	142
9	25	67	Buddy Arrington	Negre Racing	Dodge	414		running	138
10	8	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	413		running	134
11	2	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing	Buick	410		running	130
12	19	99	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing	Buick	408		running	127
13	18	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	405		running	124
14	20	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	402		running	121
15	21	17	Mike Potter	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	401		running	0
16	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	400		running	115
17	16	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	399		running	112
18	22	94	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Buick	397		running	109
19	27	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Pontiac	383		running	106
20	12	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Pontiac	379		running	103
21	24	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Pontiac	378		running	100
22	9	12	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Oldsmobile	227		engine	97
23	10	40	D.K. Ulrich	Price Racing	Buick	200		engine	94
24	26	66	Lake Speed	Dinwiddie Racing	Pontiac	125		alternator	91
25	15	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	116		engine	88
26	17	25	Charlie Chamblee	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	10		oil pressure	0
27	6	02	Mark Martin	Martin Racing	Pontiac	2		camshaft	82

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Ricky Rudd	210	50.0%	P5
2	Benny Parsons	209	49.8%	P1
3	Darrell Waltrip	1	0.2%	P2