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1981 Winston Western 500 (Race 31)

Riverside International Raceway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

WinnerStCarsRAFLLFLdrsW-LedLapsMiles
Bobby Allison540247949119311.8

Finishing order

FinStCarDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1528Bobby AllisonRanier RacingBuick11949running185
2152Joe RuttmanJim Stacy RacingBuick11939running175
3244Terry LabonteHagan EnterprisesBuick11915running170
433Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingPontiac119running160
595Joe MillikanCliff Stewart RacingPontiac119running155
6111Darrell WaltripJunior Johnson & AssociatesBuick1191running155
72543Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesBuick119running146
8433Harry GantMach 1 RacingPontiac1186running147
92190Jody RidleyDonlavey RacingFord118running138
102447Ron BouchardRace Hill Farm TeamBuick118running134
112970J.D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac1181running135
123374Gary KershawEdgett RacingBuick117running127
13824Morgan ShepherdGordon RacingBuick117running124
141873Bill SchmittSchmitt RacingBuick1161running126
153538Don WatermanWaterman RacingBuick116running118
163417Lake SpeedHamby RacingBuick115running115
172848James HyltonHylton EngineeringBuick115running112
181669Bob BondurantPontiac114running0
192075Gary BaloughRahMoc EnterprisesBuick113running106
20637Tim RichmondRogers RacingBuick113running103
213013Don PuskarichPuskarich RacingOldsmobile111running100
22407Gene ThonesenThonesen RacingBuick110running97
233985Mark StahlStahl RacingFord109running94
243667Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingDodge106running91
251971Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingPontiac1033engine93
263764Tommy GaleLangley-Woodfield RacingDodge95differential85
27715Benny ParsonsBud Moore EngineeringFord904engine87
28141Chuck PittingerChuck Pittinger (Owner)Buick80clutch0
292351Scott MillerPontiac69engine76
30260Roy SmithRobert Beadle (Owner)Buick58camshaft73
311299Terry HermanUlrich RacingBuick55accident0
322278Jim RobinsonJack Williams (Owner)Oldsmobile53accident67
331021Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingFord49spark plugs64
343835Pat MinteyPat Mintey (Owner)Chevrolet40engine61
351193Don WhittingtonScott Smith RacingOldsmobile37accident58
363216Jim BownBown RacingBuick34piston55
372742Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesBuick27brakes52
381701Hershel McGriffGerald Craker (Owner)Buick17engine49
393141Richard ChildressJunior Johnson & AssociatesBuick5vibration0
401388Ricky RuddDiGard MotorsportsBuick2engine43

Lap leaders

#DriverLedShareFin
1Bobby Allison4941.2%P1
2Joe Ruttman3932.8%P2
3Terry Labonte1512.6%P3
4Harry Gant65.0%P8
5Benny Parsons43.4%P27
6Dave Marcis32.5%P25
7Darrell Waltrip10.8%P6
8J.D. McDuffie10.8%P11
9Bill Schmitt10.8%P14
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