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1981 - Budweiser NASCAR 400 Race Results


Race Name - Budweiser NASCAR 400
Date - 6/7/1981
Race Track - Texas World Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 167.543 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 31
Average Race Speed - 132.47 mph
Lead Changes - 35
Total Race Purse - $179,075
Race Number - 14
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 200 Ford 58 $22,750
2 3 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 200 Pontiac 96 $18,650
3 2 Bobby Allison 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 200 Buick 17 $14,650
4 5 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 199 Buick 0 $12,550
5 13 Dave Marcis 71 Norton Company (Dave Marcis) 198 Buick 0 $8,935
6 6 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 198 Ford 1 $8,610
7 16 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 196 Oldsmobile 0 $6,840
8 14 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 196 Oldsmobile 4 $5,630
9 12 Joe Ruttman 6 The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy) 195 Buick 3 $3,100
10 7 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 193 Pontiac 4 $2,700
11 25 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 191 Pontiac 0 $4,470
12 15 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 189 Ford 0 $4,250
13 18 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 189 Dodge 0 $4,040
14 10 Richard Childress 3 Texas Steel Hauler (Richard Childress) 188 Pontiac 0 $3,830
15 20 HB Bailey 36 Almeda Auto Parts (HB Bailey) 187 Pontiac 0 $2,000
16 27 Dick May 75 RahMoc Enterprises 184 Buick 0 $3,520
17 26 Lowell Cowell 77 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 184 Oldsmobile 0 $1,800
18 24 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 183 Buick 0 $3,160
19 21 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 175 Pontiac 0 $2,890
20 23 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 171 Pontiac 0 $2,330
21 29 Rick Baldwin 40 Price Racing (DK Ulrich) 149 Oldsmobile 0 $1,550
22 19 Randy Ogden 18 Piedmont Airlines (Jack Ogden) 137 Oldsmobile 0 $1,500
23 1 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 131 Buick 5 $8,400
24 11 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 122 Oldsmobile 0 $6,850
25 22 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 115 Pontiac 0 $2,570
26 31 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 92 Buick 0 $1,300
27 34 Roger Hamby 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 72 Chevrolet 0 $2,450
28 30 Rick Newsom 20 Superior Piping (Rick Newsom) 40 Chevrolet 0 $1,200
29 17 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 34 Buick 0 $1,150
30 9 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 33 Buick 12 $6,550
31 8 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 17 Pontiac 0 $6,000
32 28 DK Ulrich 98 UNO (DK Ulrich) 4 Buick 0 $1,000
33 32 Kirk Shelmerdine 8 McDonalds (Richard Childress) 2 Pontiac 0 $950
34 33 Baxter Price 50 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 1 Chevrolet 0 $900