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1981 - Mason-Dixon 500 Race Results


Race Name - Mason-Dixon 500
Date - 5/17/1981
Race Track - Dover Downs International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 138.425 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 24
Average Race Speed - 116.59 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $156,750
Race Number - 12
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 11 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 500 Ford 20 $22,560
2 8 Bobby Allison 28 The 5 Racers (Harry Ranier) 500 Buick 0 $16,725
3 14 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 499 Pontiac 0 $15,125
4 18 DK Ulrich 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 491 Buick 0 $7,160
5 4 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 490 Buick 0 $9,450
6 2 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 489 Pontiac 0 $8,625
7 19 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 488 Dodge 0 $4,965
8 7 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 486 Buick 0 $7,725
9 22 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 481 Pontiac 0 $4,280
10 6 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 480 Buick 32 $2,925
11 17 Donnie Allison 77 Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan) 480 Oldsmobile 0 $1,900
12 5 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 476 Buick 0 $7,240
13 3 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 459 Ford 404 $2,560
14 30 Tommy Gale 40 Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) 459 Buick 0 $1,620
15 23 Cecil Gordon 24 Buffalo Stampede (Cecil Gordon) 458 Buick 0 $3,605
16 10 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 448 Chevrolet 0 $1,350
17 24 Richard Childress 3 Nichols (Richard Childress) 412 Pontiac 0 $3,215
18 25 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 379 Pontiac 0 $3,020
19 9 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 368 Buick 3 $6,570
20 16 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 342 Buick 0 $2,240
21 20 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 297 Oldsmobile 0 $900
22 32 Joe Fields 64 Richmond Printing (Joe Fields) 254 Buick 0 $2,470
23 28 JD McDuffie 70 Golden Corral (JD McDuffie) 161 Pontiac 0 $2,235
24 27 Ronnie Thomas 25 Drummond Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 90 Pontiac 0 $1,940
25 1 David Pearson 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 57 Oldsmobile 41 $2,675
26 31 Junior Miller 79 Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) 46 Oldsmobile 0 $1,880
27 12 Ron Bouchard 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 22 Buick 0 $1,845
28 21 Lowell Cowell 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 11 Chevrolet 0 $1,800
29 29 Elmo Langley 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 6 Oldsmobile 0 $575
30 26 Bob Riley 94 Atlanta Int Messenger (Joe May) 6 Buick 0 $550
31 13 Dave Marcis 71 Hudson Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) 1 Chevrolet 0 $1,040
32 15 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 1 Ford 0 $5,980