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1981 - Winston Western 500 (November) Race Results


Race Name - Winston Western 500 (November)
Date - 11/22/1981
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.62 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 312 miles
Pole Speed - 114.981 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 33
Average Race Speed - 95.288 mph
Lead Changes - 19
Total Race Purse - $176,570
Race Number - 31
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 5 Bobby Allison 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 119 Buick 49 $24,300
2 12 Joe Ruttman 2 JD Stacy (Jim Stacy) 119 Buick 39 $17,675
3 2 Terry Labonte 44 JD Stacy (Billy Hagan) 119 Buick 15 $16,450
4 3 Dale Earnhardt 3 Wrangler (Richard Childress) 119 Pontiac 0 $10,560
5 9 Joe Millikan 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 119 Pontiac 0 $9,125
6 1 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 119 Buick 1 $10,300
7 25 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 119 Buick 0 $8,100
8 4 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 118 Pontiac 6 $4,860
9 21 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 118 Ford 0 $5,940
10 24 Ron Bouchard 47 JD Stacy (Jack Beebe) 118 Buick 0 $5,380
11 29 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 118 Pontiac 1 $4,320
12 33 Gary Kershaw 74 Edgett Racing (John Edgett) 117 Buick 0 $1,800
13 8 Morgan Shepherd 24 Washington Freightliner (Cecil Gordon) 117 Buick 0 $3,950
14 18 Bill Schmitt 73 Shasta County (Bill Schmitt) 116 Buick 1 $3,240
15 35 Don Waterman 38 St Johns Auto Parts (Don Waterman) 116 Buick 0 $3,030
16 34 Lake Speed 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 115 Buick 0 $3,345
17 28 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 115 Buick 0 $3,110
18 16 Bob Bondurant 69 HFJ Racing 114 Pontiac 0 $1,300
19 20 Gary Balough 75 Chaparral Trailers (RahMoc Enterprises) 113 Buick 0 $2,790
20 6 Tim Richmond 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 113 Buick 0 $1,195
21 30 Don Puskarich 13 Puskarich Racing (Matt Puskarich) 111 Oldsmobile 0 $2,160
22 40 Gene Thonesen 7 Thonesen Racing (Gene Thonesen) 110 Buick 0 $2,125
23 39 Mark Stahl 85 Stahl Racing (Mark Stahl) 109 Ford 0 $1,080
24 36 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 106 Dodge 0 $2,555
25 19 Dave Marcis 71 JD Stacy (Dave Marcis) 103 Pontiac 3 $1,805
26 37 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 95 Ford 0 $1,755
27 7 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 90 Ford 4 $6,355
28 14 Chuck Pittenger 1 Pitts Performance (Chuck Pittinger) 80 Buick 0 $1,155
29 23 Scott Miller 51 JD Stacy 69 Pontiac 0 $805
30 26 Roy Smith 0 Aircraft Standards (Robert Beadle) 58 Buick 0 $2,155
31 12 Terry Herman 99 Jim Davis (DK Ulrich) 55 Buick 0 $1,500
32 22 Jim Robinson 78 Hammer Security (Jack Williams) 53 Oldsmobile 0 $950
33 10 Neil Bonnett 21 Warner Hodgdon National Eng (Wood Brothers) 49 Ford 0 $1,100
34 38 Pat Mintey 35 Marvs Chevy Only (Pat Mintey) 40 Chevrolet 0 $850
35 11 Don Whittington 93 Scott Smith 37 Oldsmobile 0 $500
36 32 Jim Bown 16 Rose Auto Wrecking (Dick Bown) 34 Buick 0 $790
37 27 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 27 Buick 0 $780
38 17 Hershel McGriff 1 Howard Johnsons (Gerald Craker) 17 Buick 0 $770
39 31 Richard Childress 41 Junior Johnson 5 Buick 0 $460
40 13 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 2 Buick 0 $6,150