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1981 Mason-Dixon 500

Dover International Speedway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Jody Ridley	11	32	13	2	5	20	500	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	11	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	500	20	running	180
2	8	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing	Buick	500		running	170
3	14	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Pontiac	499		running	165
4	18	99	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	491		running	160
5	4	88	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	490		running	155
6	2	5	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	489		running	150
7	19	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	488		running	146
8	7	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	486		running	142
9	22	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	481		running	138
10	6	27	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing	Buick	480	32	engine	139
11	17	77	Donnie Allison	John Rebhan (Owner)	Oldsmobile	480		running	130
12	5	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	476		running	127
13	3	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	459	404	engine	134
14	30	40	Tommy Gale	Ulrich Racing	Buick	459		running	121
15	23	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Buick	458		running	118
16	10	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	448		engine	115
17	24	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	412		engine	112
18	25	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Pontiac	379		wheel stud	109
19	9	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	368	3	rear end	111
20	16	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	342		engine	103
21	20	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing	Oldsmobile	297		engine	100
22	32	64	Joe Fields	Fields Racing	Buick	254		overheating	97
23	28	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	161		engine	94
24	27	25	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	90		oil leak	91
25	1	12	David Pearson	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Oldsmobile	57	41	engine	0
26	31	79	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing	Oldsmobile	46		oil pressure	85
27	12	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	22		accident	82
28	21	17	Lowell Cowell	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	11		steering	0
29	29	66	Elmo Langley	Lake Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	6		drive shaft	76
30	26	94	Bob Riley	Joe May (Owner)	Buick	6		steering	0
31	13	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	1		accident	70
32	15	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	1		accident	67

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Neil Bonnett	404	80.8%	P13
2	David Pearson	41	8.2%	P25
3	Cale Yarborough	32	6.4%	P10
4	Jody Ridley	20	4.0%	P1
5	Richard Petty	3	0.6%	P19

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