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1981 Busch 500

Bristol Motor Speedway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Darrell Waltrip	1	30	17	1	5	251	500	266.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	500	251	running	185
2	3	88	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	499	92	running	175
3	16	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	498		running	165
4	6	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing	Buick	497	4	running	165
5	7	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	497		running	155
6	8	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	497		running	150
7	15	66	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	493		running	146
8	9	12	Tim Richmond	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Oldsmobile	488		accident	142
9	5	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Buick	487		running	138
10	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	486		running	134
11	2	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Pontiac	485		running	130
12	22	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	480		running	127
13	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	479		running	124
14	26	68	Lennie Pond	Lennie Pond (Owner)	Buick	478		running	121
15	25	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	471		running	118
16	28	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Pontiac	464		running	115
17	18	5	Joe Millikan	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	434		running	112
18	21	25	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	392		running	109
19	13	24	Morgan Shepherd	Gordon Racing	Buick	339	104	rear end	111
20	4	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	317		sway bar	103
21	12	2	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing	Pontiac	302	49	oil pan	105
22	29	20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	Chevrolet	248		handling	97
23	24	99	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Ulrich Racing	Buick	246		brake line	0
24	10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	73		cylinder head	91
25	17	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing	Buick	49		accident	88
26	27	17	Mike Potter	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	32		steering	0
27	14	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	31		accident	82
28	11	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	28		transmission	79
29	30	8	Joel Stowe	Satterfield Racing	Pontiac	14		too slow	0
30	19	40	Cecil Gordon	Ulrich Racing	Buick	3		withdrew	73

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Darrell Waltrip	251	50.2%	P1
2	Morgan Shepherd	104	20.8%	P19
3	Ricky Rudd	92	18.4%	P2
4	Joe Ruttman	49	9.8%	P21
5	Bobby Allison	4	0.8%	P4

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