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1981 Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

WinnerStCarsRAFLLFLdrsW-LedLapsMiles
Ron Bouchard1042205106188500.1

Finishing order

FinStCarDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
11047Ron BouchardRace Hill Farm TeamBuick1886running180
21311Darrell WaltripJunior Johnson & AssociatesBuick18836running175
3444Terry LabonteHagan EnterprisesBuick18811running170
4133Harry GantMach 1 RacingBuick1882running165
5228Bobby AllisonRanier RacingBuick188105running165
63566Lake SpeedLake Speed RacingBuick18710running155
73142Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesBuick187running146
82790Jody RidleyDonlavey RacingFord187running142
91622Stan BarrettMach 1 RacingPontiac186running138
101471Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingBuick185running134
11189Bill ElliottGeorge Elliott RacingFord185running130
122686Elliott Forbes-RobinsonHoward & Egerton RacingBuick184running127
132215Benny ParsonsBud Moore EngineeringFord184running124
144099Terry HermanUlrich RacingBuick183running0
153219Dick MayGray RacingBuick181running118
162852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac180running115
173424Cecil GordonGordon RacingBuick180running112
183764Tommy GaleLangley-Woodfield RacingFord177running109
193994Bobby WawakWawak RacingBuick175running106
20962Rick WilsonWilson RacingOldsmobile148accident103
211998Rusty WallaceBenfield RacingPontiac147engine100
2286Joe RuttmanJim Stacy RacingBuick134brakes97
231288Ricky RuddDiGard MotorsportsBuick133running94
241168Lennie PondLennie Pond (Owner)Buick113rear end91
254175Gary BaloughRahMoc EnterprisesBuick1131engine0
26173Richard ChildressRichard Childress RacingPontiac111engine85
273617Mike PotterHamby RacingBuick100transmission0
28527Cale YarboroughM.C. Anderson RacingBuick836accident84
2932Dale EarnhardtJim Stacy RacingPontiac835transmission81
303050Bruce HillHill RacingBuick75engine73
313838Sandy SatulloSandy Satullo (Owner)Buick68engine70
3271Buddy BakerEllington RacingBuick64engine67
33294Connie SaylorGC Spencer RacingOldsmobile64rocker arm64
343312Tim RichmondKennie Childers (Owner)Buick58engine61
352437Mike AlexanderRogers RacingBuick55engine58
36155Morgan ShepherdCliff Stewart RacingPontiac55engine55
37621Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord416ignition57
382313Jack IngramBobby Hawkins (Owner)Ford29valve spring49
392548James HyltonHylton EngineeringBuick29vibration46
402043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesBuick12oil pan43
412167Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingChrysler10broken valve40
424225Joe BooherRonnie Thomas RacingPontiac4engine0

Lap leaders

#DriverLedShareFin
1Bobby Allison10555.9%P5
2Darrell Waltrip3619.1%P2
3Terry Labonte115.9%P3
4Lake Speed105.3%P6
5Ron Bouchard63.2%P1
6Cale Yarborough63.2%P28
7Neil Bonnett63.2%P37
8Dale Earnhardt52.7%P29
9Harry Gant21.1%P4
10Gary Balough10.5%P25
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