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1981 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/15/1981
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 194.624 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 18
Average Race Speed - 169.65 mph
Lead Changes - 49
Total Race Purse - $669,135
Race Number - 2
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 8 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 200 Buick 26 $90,575
2 1 Bobby Allison 28 TufLon (Harry Ranier) 200 Pontiac 117 $84,050
3 5 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 200 Oldsmobile 9 $53,115
4 6 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 200 Oldsmobile 10 $35,740
5 7 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 200 Pontiac 4 $37,365
6 16 Bill Elliott 9 MellGear (George Elliott) 199 Ford 4 $30,615
7 27 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 198 Ford 0 $29,665
8 29 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 197 Oldsmobile 0 $20,325
9 34 Joe Millikan 75 RahMoc Enterprises 197 Buick 0 $21,500
10 35 Johnny Rutherford 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 195 Pontiac 0 $17,285
11 21 Bill Elswick 57 Performance Boat (RahMoc Enterprises) 195 Oldsmobile 0 $14,365
12 33 Donnie Allison 12 The 5 Racers (Kennie Childers) 195 Oldsmobile 0 $12,660
13 22 Stan Barrett 22 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 195 Pontiac 0 $12,870
14 13 Don Whittington 93 Smith Racing (Scott Smith) 194 Oldsmobile 0 $11,585
15 15 Dave Marcis 71 Buck Stove Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) 194 Oldsmobile 0 $13,225
16 38 Dick Brooks 41 Matthews Racing (Billy Matthews) 193 Buick 1 $7,920
17 28 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 192 Ford 0 $11,835
18 17 Ronnie Sanders 19 Home Trend Realty (Henley Gray) 191 Buick 0 $7,635
19 23 Glenn Jarrett 17 TufLon of Florida (Roger Hamby) 186 Buick 0 $9,830
20 39 Don Sprouse 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 181 Oldsmobile 0 $5,900
21 26 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 179 Pontiac 0 $7,425
22 14 Geoffrey Bodine 23 Bahre Racing (Dick Bahre) 178 Pontiac 0 $5,260
23 31 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 175 Buick 0 $6,375
24 41 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 169 Pontiac 0 $6,205
25 37 Elliott ForbesRobinson 86 Howard Egerton (Richard Howard) 167 Buick 0 $3,835
26 20 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 159 Dodge 0 $10,655
27 32 Lennie Pond 68 Burger King (Jim Testa) 155 Buick 0 $4,600
28 19 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 151 Pontiac 0 $5,125
29 9 David Pearson 16 Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern) 144 Chevrolet 3 $4,350
30 40 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 144 Buick 0 $4,690
31 4 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 135 Ford 0 $13,750
32 11 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 128 Buick 0 $3,755
33 3 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 123 Ford 26 $10,625
34 25 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 123 Pontiac 0 $4,530
35 10 AJ Foyt 51 Gilmore Valvoline (AJ Foyt) 120 Oldsmobile 0 $3,750
36 2 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 117 Buick 0 $20,475
37 42 Cecil Gordon 24 Home Craft Homes (Cecil Gordon) 116 Buick 0 $3,955
38 18 Richard Childress 3 Wachovia Carpet (Richard Childress) 110 Pontiac 0 $3,825
39 24 Bruce Hill 7 Native Tan (Nelson Malloch) 54 Buick 0 $3,450
40 12 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) 47 Buick 0 $8,775
41 36 Billie Harvey 31 Graf Lear Jets (Billie Harvey) 45 Pontiac 0 $2,915
42 30 Blackie Wangerin 39 Wangerin Clements (Blackie Wangerin) 17 Ford 0 $2,750