1981 Northwestern Bank 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	13	31	20	5	4	89	400	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	13	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	400	89	running	180
2	3	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing	Pontiac	400	186	running	180
3	7	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	400	2	running	170
4	1	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	400	123	running	165
5	8	12	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Oldsmobile	400		running	155
6	4	88	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	399		running	150
7	16	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	399		running	146
8	10	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	399		running	142
9	9	5	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	399		running	138
10	2	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Pontiac	395		running	134
11	11	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing	Oldsmobile	395		running	130
12	15	25	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	394		running	127
13	23	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	393		running	0
14	28	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	393		running	121
15	17	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Pontiac	389		running	118
16	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	387		running	115
17	19	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	381		running	112
18	22	99	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing	Buick	342		running	109
19	30	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	339		running	106
20	24	17	Tommy Houston	Hamby Racing	Buick	339		running	0
21	6	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	324		engine	100
22	20	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	319		accident	97
23	18	66	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	290		accident	94
24	12	26	Butch Lindley	Lindley Racing	Chevrolet	278		engine	91
25	25	92	Joe Fields	Fields Racing	Buick	191		engine	88
26	21	75	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	174		oil pressure	85
27	5	02	Mark Martin	Martin Racing	Pontiac	166		rear end	82
28	14	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	126		rear end	79
29	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	111		engine	76
30	26	94	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Buick	67		engine	73
31	27	53	Cecil Gordon	Jimmy Means Racing	Buick	8		rear end	70

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	186	46.5%	P2
2	Dave Marcis	123	30.8%	P4
3	Richard Petty	89	22.3%	P1
4	Darrell Waltrip	2	0.5%	P3

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