1981 National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Darrell Waltrip	1	41	17	3	13	127	334	501

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	334	127	running	180
2	17	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	334	17	running	175
3	8	88	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	334		running	165
4	22	55	Tommy Ellis	Tommy Ellis (Owner)	Chevrolet	333	1	running	0
5	30	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	332		running	155
6	19	72	Rusty Wallace	John Childs (Owner)	Buick	331		running	150
7	14	01	Geoff Bodine	Zervakis Enterprises	Buick	331	11	running	151
8	34	24	Morgan Shepherd	Gordon Racing	Buick	331		running	142
9	18	13	Jack Ingram	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)	Ford	329		running	138
10	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	328		running	134
11	21	4	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing	Oldsmobile	328		running	130
12	37	8	Jimmy Means	Negre Racing	Dodge	327		running	127
13	25	62	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing	Oldsmobile	326		running	124
14	41	99	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	326		running	121
15	13	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	326	1	running	123
16	36	36	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	Pontiac	324		running	115
17	40	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	322		running	112
18	5	37	Tim Richmond	Rogers Racing	Buick	317	10	engine	114
19	10	2	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing	Buick	276		engine	106
20	15	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	259	6	accident	108
21	23	6	Bob Senneker	Jim Stacy Racing	Pontiac	256		accident	0
22	28	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	246		clutch	97
23	6	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	234	6	engine	99
24	11	75	Gary Balough	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	226		accident	91
25	24	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	220	2	ignition	93
26	26	23	Charlie Glotzbach	Bahre Racing	Buick	218		handling	85
27	27	98	Johnny Rutherford	Benfield Racing	Buick	216		broken rod	82
28	29	14	Sterling Marlin	Marlin Racing	Chevrolet	193		clutch linkage	79
29	7	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	190	135	spun rod bearing	86
30	9	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	180	15	broken rod	78
31	3	27	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing	Buick	153	2	engine	75
32	32	40	Ronnie Thomas	Ulrich Racing	Buick	137		ignition	67
33	16	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Ford	130		timing chain	64
34	38	66	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	Buick	118		engine	61
35	31	5	Joe Millikan	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	98		accident	58
36	35	94	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Buick	66		broken valve	55
37	4	1	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing	Buick	63		tie rod	52
38	12	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	50		clutch	49
39	39	38	John Anderson	Sandy Satullo (Owner)	Buick	41		engine	0
40	20	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Buick	19		engine	43
41	2	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Pontiac	4	1	crankshaft	45

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Neil Bonnett	135	40.4%	P29
2	Darrell Waltrip	127	38.0%	P1
3	Bobby Allison	17	5.1%	P2
4	Richard Petty	15	4.5%	P30
5	Geoff Bodine	11	3.3%	P7
6	Tim Richmond	10	3.0%	P18
7	Kyle Petty	6	1.8%	P20
8	Terry Labonte	6	1.8%	P23
9	Dale Earnhardt	2	0.6%	P25
10	Cale Yarborough	2	0.6%	P31
11	Tommy Ellis	1	0.3%	P4
12	Jody Ridley	1	0.3%	P15
13	Harry Gant	1	0.3%	P41

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