1981 Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	1	42	24	7	10	78	160	400

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	27	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing	Buick	160	78	running	185
2	2	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Buick	160	43	running	175
3	14	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	160	7	running	170
4	21	1	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing	Oldsmobile	160	4	running	165
5	9	98	Johnny Rutherford	Benfield Racing	Pontiac	160		running	155
6	10	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	160		running	150
7	15	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing	Buick	160	4	running	151
8	5	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	159		running	142
9	7	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	159		running	138
10	19	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	159		running	134
11	16	68	Lennie Pond	Lennie Pond (Owner)	Buick	159		running	130
12	40	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	159	7	running	132
13	37	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Buick	157		running	124
14	35	4	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing	Oldsmobile	157		running	121
15	18	12	Tim Richmond	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Buick	156		engine	118
16	32	50	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing	Buick	155		running	115
17	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	155		running	112
18	30	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	155		running	109
19	34	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	155		running	106
20	39	5	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	155		running	103
21	6	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	154		running	100
22	41	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Pontiac	154		running	97
23	24	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton Racing	Buick	153		running	94
24	17	75	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	150		running	91
25	29	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Buick	146		engine	88
26	27	22	Stan Barrett	Mach 1 Racing	Pontiac	138	3	engine	90
27	42	17	Tommy Houston	Hamby Racing	Oldsmobile	127		running	82
28	4	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing	Buick	111	10	broken valve	84
29	22	6	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing	Buick	99		ignition	76
30	11	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	93	3	engine	78
31	38	19	Dick May	Gray Racing	Buick	89		engine	70
32	13	51	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	85		rear end	67
33	20	66	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	Buick	76		engine	64
34	25	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Ford	72		engine	61
35	3	2	Dale Earnhardt	Jim Stacy Racing	Pontiac	71	1	vibration	63
36	36	99	Kevin Housby	Ulrich Racing	Oldsmobile	53		accident	55
37	28	13	Jack Ingram	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)	Ford	52		clutch	52
38	31	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	34		engine	49
39	26	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	16		accident	46
40	12	88	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports	Oldsmobile	16		accident	43
41	23	31	Billie Harvey	Billie Harvey (Owner)	Pontiac	15		accident	40
42	8	62	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing	Oldsmobile	8		engine	37

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	78	48.8%	P1
2	Harry Gant	43	26.9%	P2
3	Bobby Allison	10	6.3%	P28
4	Richard Petty	7	4.4%	P3
5	J.D. McDuffie	7	4.4%	P12
6	Buddy Baker	4	2.5%	P4
7	Mike Alexander	4	2.5%	P7
8	Stan Barrett	3	1.9%	P26
9	Neil Bonnett	3	1.9%	P30
10	Dale Earnhardt	1	0.6%	P35

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