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1981 Busch Nashville 420

Nashville Speedway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Darrell Waltrip	4	30	23	3	5	303	420	250.3

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	420	303	running	185
2	12	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing	Buick	420	70	running	175
3	3	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	420	10	running	170
4	2	88	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	419		running	160
5	11	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	418		running	155
6	13	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	418		running	150
7	7	2	Dale Earnhardt	Jim Stacy Racing	Pontiac	418		running	146
8	8	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Pontiac	417		running	142
9	9	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	417		running	138
10	20	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	416		running	134
11	1	02	Mark Martin	Martin Racing	Pontiac	415	36	running	135
12	6	75	Tim Richmond	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	413		running	0
13	5	5	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	413		running	124
14	24	25	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	406		running	121
15	15	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Buick	406		running	118
16	27	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Pontiac	401		running	115
17	25	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	401		running	112
18	28	24	Steve Spencer	Gordon Racing	Buick	400		running	0
19	19	17	Tommy Houston	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	400		running	106
20	21	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	400		running	103
21	23	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	397		running	100
22	18	66	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	374		alternator	97
23	17	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	331		running	94
24	22	18	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing	Oldsmobile	318		running	91
25	14	71	Dave Marcis	Negre Racing	Chrysler	292	1	distributor	93
26	26	99	Sterling Marlin	Ulrich Racing	Buick	244		engine	0
27	10	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing	Buick	220		ignition	82
28	16	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	93		engine	79
29	29	94	Cecil Gordon	Wawak Racing	Buick	2		rear end	76
30	30	8	Don Satterfield	Satterfield Racing	Chevrolet	1		brakes	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Darrell Waltrip	303	72.1%	P1
2	Bobby Allison	70	16.7%	P2
3	Mark Martin	36	8.6%	P11
4	Benny Parsons	10	2.4%	P3
5	Dave Marcis	1	0.2%	P25

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