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1981 - Winston Western 500 (January) Race Results


Race Name - Winston Western 500 (January)
Date - 1/11/1981
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.62 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 312 miles
Pole Speed - 114.711 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 31
Average Race Speed - 95.263 mph
Lead Changes - 15
Total Race Purse - $162,920
Race Number - 1
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Bobby Allison 28 TufLon (Harry Ranier) 119 Chevrolet 37 $24,600
2 4 Terry Labonte 44 Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) 119 Chevrolet 32 $19,600
3 6 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 119 Pontiac 0 $16,325
4 10 Richard Childress 3 McDonalds (Richard Childress) 119 Chevrolet 11 $8,510
5 17 Richard Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 119 Chevrolet 4 $4,250
6 14 Jim Robinson 78 San Fernando Valley Lumber (Jack Williams) 118 Chevrolet 0 $4,960
7 22 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 117 Ford 0 $5,990
8 19 Elliott ForbesRobinson 86 Howard Egerton (Richard Howard) 117 Buick 0 $2,950
9 31 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 117 Dodge 0 $4,430
10 32 Don Waterman 38 St Johns Auto Parts (Don Waterman) 117 Oldsmobile 0 $3,970
11 29 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 117 Chevrolet 0 $3,900
12 27 John Borneman 81 Borneman Plastering (John Borneman) 116 Chevrolet 0 $3,140
13 9 Joe Millikan 75 Hodgdon Mike Curb (RahMoc Enterprises) 115 Chevrolet 1 $3,430
14 13 Don Whittington 93 Road Atlanta (Scott Smith) 115 Chevrolet 0 $1,600
15 28 Harry Gant 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 114 Chevrolet 0 $3,120
16 11 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 113 Ford 0 $6,850
17 1 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 108 Chevrolet 3 $8,800
18 34 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 108 Chevrolet 0 $2,760
19 3 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 98 Chevrolet 19 $6,950
20 15 Kyle Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 96 Chevrolet 0 $6,645
21 26 Bob Bondurant 3 ProPower Engines (Bob Bondurant) 93 Oldsmobile 0 $1,130
22 12 Bill Schmitt 73 ProPower Engines (Bill Schmitt) 85 Buick 0 $1,845
23 20 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 84 Chevrolet 0 $2,310
24 35 Steve Pfeifer 94 Pfeifer Racing (Steve Pfeifer) 83 Chevrolet 0 $1,055
25 30 John Gunn 64 Auto Merchant 67 Chevrolet 0 $2,225
26 25 Rick McCray 8 McCray Racing (Rick McCray) 66 Chevrolet 0 $1,655
27 7 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 59 Ford 9 $1,405
28 8 Dave Marcis 71 Buck Stove Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) 55 Chevrolet 3 $1,355
29 18 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 53 Chevrolet 0 $1,305
30 16 Jimmy Insolo 9 Trick Instant HP 41 Buick 0 $755
31 5 Roy Smith 11 Aircraft Standards (Robert Beadle) 25 Oldsmobile 0 $1,800
32 21 Don Puskarich 13 Puskarich Racing (Matt Puskarich) 14 Chevrolet 0 $650
33 23 Hershel McGriff 1 Lakes Drywall (Gerald Craker) 10 Dodge 0 $600
34 33 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 4 Chevrolet 0 $550
35 36 Robert Tartaglia 2 Tartaglia Racing (Robert Tartaglia) 4 Chevrolet 0 $500
36 24 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 2 Oldsmobile 0 $1,000