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1981 - Firecracker 400 Race Results


Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1981
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 192.852 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 37
Average Race Speed - 142.58 mph
Lead Changes - 35
Total Race Purse - $225,825
Race Number - 17
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 160 Buick 78 $24,625
2 2 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 160 Buick 43 $15,350
3 14 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 160 Buick 7 $17,200
4 21 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 160 Oldsmobile 4 $8,765
5 9 Johnny Rutherford 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 160 Pontiac 0 $7,075
6 10 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 160 Buick 0 $8,915
7 15 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 160 Buick 4 $6,200
8 5 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 159 Buick 0 $10,040
9 7 Ron Bouchard 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 159 Buick 0 $7,775
10 19 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 159 Buick 0 $9,610
11 16 Lennie Pond 68 The 5 Racers (Lennie Pond) 159 Buick 0 $3,550
12 40 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 159 Pontiac 7 $6,495
13 37 Dave Marcis 71 Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) 157 Buick 0 $6,155
14 35 Connie Saylor 4 Spencer Racing (GC Spencer) 157 Oldsmobile 0 $3,160
15 18 Tim Richmond 12 UNO (Kennie Childers) 156 Buick 0 $2,920
16 32 Bruce Hill 50 Native Tan (Bruce Hill) 155 Buick 0 $2,530
17 33 Buddy Arrington 67 Jim Peacock (Buddy Arrington) 155 Dodge 0 $5,175
18 30 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 155 Pontiac 0 $4,870
19 34 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 155 Ford 0 $4,475
20 39 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 155 Pontiac 0 $6,870
21 6 Richard Childress 3 Ronnie Steele (Richard Childress) 154 Pontiac 0 $3,785
22 41 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 154 Pontiac 0 $3,225
23 24 Elliott ForbesRobinson 86 CalTex (Richard Howard) 153 Buick 0 $1,470
24 17 Bill Elswick 75 RahMoc Enterprises 150 Buick 0 $3,290
25 29 Cecil Gordon 24 Daytona Inn (Cecil Gordon) 146 Buick 0 $2,995
26 27 Stan Barrett 22 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 138 Pontiac 3 $1,470
27 42 Tommy Houston 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 127 Oldsmobile 0 $2,610
28 4 Bobby Allison 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 111 Buick 10 $7,020
29 22 Joe Ruttman 6 The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy) 99 Buick 0 $1,295
30 11 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 93 Ford 3 $1,820
31 38 Dick May 19 Gray Racing (Henley Gray) 89 Buick 0 $1,060
32 13 AJ Foyt 51 Gilmore Valvoline (AJ Foyt) 85 Oldsmobile 0 $1,035
33 20 Lake Speed 66 Native Tan (Lake Speed) 76 Buick 0 $2,565
34 25 Bill Elliott 9 MellGear (George Elliott) 72 Ford 0 $985
35 3 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Jim Stacy) 71 Pontiac 1 $8,360
36 36 Kevin Housby 99 Taylor Martin (DK Ulrich) 53 Oldsmobile 0 $2,480
37 28 Jack Ingram 13 Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins) 52 Ford 0 $940
38 31 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 34 Ford 0 $2,735
39 26 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 16 Ford 0 $6,380
40 12 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 16 Oldsmobile 0 $6,625
41 23 Billie Harvey 31 Johnson Pistone (Billie Harvey) 15 Pontiac 0 $1,000
42 8 Rick Wilson 62 Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson) 8 Oldsmobile 0 $925