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1981 - Carolina 500 Race Results


Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/1/1981
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 140.448 mph
Number of Cautions - 14
Caution Laps - 75
Average Race Speed - 114.59 mph
Lead Changes - 36
Total Race Purse - $156,730
Race Number - 4
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 492 Buick 13 $21,655
2 1 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 492 Buick 320 $12,370
3 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 492 Buick 25 $14,370
4 8 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 492 Ford 82 $6,920
5 6 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 491 Oldsmobile 3 $3,895
6 2 Bobby Allison 28 TufLon (Harry Ranier) 491 Pontiac 17 $9,470
7 14 Joe Millikan 75 RahMoc Enterprises 488 Chevrolet 8 $6,230
8 26 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 486 Buick 0 $2,670
9 15 Lake Speed 66 Georges TShirts (Lake Speed) 482 Buick 0 $2,770
10 32 Elliott ForbesRobinson 86 Howard Egerton (Richard Howard) 477 Buick 0 $3,170
11 23 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 476 Pontiac 0 $4,680
12 28 Johnny Rutherford 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 473 Pontiac 0 $1,870
13 24 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 470 Oldsmobile 0 $1,700
14 30 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 469 Buick 0 $1,570
15 17 Dave Marcis 71 Buck Stove (Dave Marcis) 452 Dodge 0 $3,810
16 22 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 450 Buick 0 $3,500
17 34 Jody Ridley 79 Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) 443 Oldsmobile 0 $4,290
18 7 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 427 Buick 18 $3,070
19 37 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 424 Ford 0 $2,860
20 21 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 421 Pontiac 0 $2,730
21 9 Terry Labonte 44 Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) 412 Buick 5 $6,270
22 16 Richard Childress 3 Childress Racing (Richard Childress) 409 Pontiac 0 $2,420
23 35 Cecil Gordon 24 South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon) 395 Buick 0 $2,235
24 10 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 379 Ford 0 $6,200
25 12 Slick Johnson 53 Johnson Racing (JD Johnson) 298 Chevrolet 0 $725
26 11 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 285 Pontiac 0 $8,250
27 33 Glenn Jarrett 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 277 Chevrolet 0 $1,915
28 13 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 268 Pontiac 0 $650
29 29 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 254 Pontiac 0 $1,855
30 20 David Pearson 16 Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern) 225 Chevrolet 0 $675
31 5 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 224 Oldsmobile 1 $6,045
32 36 Rick Newsom 20 Newsom Racing (Rick Newsom) 218 Chevrolet 0 $590
33 19 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 188 Pontiac 0 $1,805
34 18 Donnie Allison 12 The 5 Racers (Kennie Childers) 109 Oldsmobile 0 $580
35 27 Rick Wilson 62 Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson) 97 Oldsmobile 0 $575
36 31 Stan Barrett 22 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 61 Pontiac 0 $570
37 25 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 34 Dodge 0 $1,770