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1981 - Melling Tool 420 Race Results


Race Name - Melling Tool 420
Date - 5/9/1981
Race Track - Nashville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.596 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 104.409 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 23
Average Race Speed - 89.756 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $101,525
Race Number - 11
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 420 Ford 209 $15,950
2 5 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 420 Buick 1 $10,950
3 14 Bobby Allison 28 Jim Stacy (Harry Ranier) 420 Pontiac 0 $8,500
4 7 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 419 Buick 0 $6,950
5 1 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 419 Buick 210 $7,375
6 11 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 418 Buick 0 $5,975
7 13 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 417 Buick 0 $3,095
8 4 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 416 Pontiac 0 $6,025
9 25 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Ed Negre) 414 Dodge 0 $3,095
10 8 Dave Marcis 71 Transmission Enterprise (Dave Marcis) 413 Chevrolet 0 $2,975
11 2 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 410 Buick 0 $1,525
12 19 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 408 Buick 0 $2,540
13 18 Richard Childress 3 Nichols (Richard Childress) 405 Pontiac 0 $2,395
14 20 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 402 Chevrolet 0 $2,260
15 21 Mike Potter 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 401 Chevrolet 0 $2,175
16 23 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 400 Pontiac 0 $1,940
17 16 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 399 Ford 0 $1,805
18 22 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 397 Buick 0 $600
19 27 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 383 Pontiac 0 $1,645
20 12 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 379 Pontiac 0 $6,500
21 24 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 378 Pontiac 0 $1,490
22 9 Harry Gant 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 227 Oldsmobile 0 $530
23 10 DK Ulrich 40 Price Racing (Baxter Price) 200 Buick 0 $520
24 26 Lake Speed 66 Dinwiddie Racing (Harry Dinwiddie) 125 Pontiac 0 $1,360
25 15 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 116 Ford 0 $2,045
26 17 Charlie Chamblee 25 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 10 Pontiac 0 $830
27 6 Mark Martin 2 Ams Oil Prototype (Bud Reeder) 2 Pontiac 0 $475