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1981 - Northwestern Bank 400 Race Results


Race Name - Northwestern Bank 400
Date - 4/5/1981
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 114.647 mph
Number of Cautions - 10
Caution Laps - 87
Average Race Speed - 85.381 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $115,945
Race Number - 7
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 13 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 400 Buick 89 $18,850
2 3 Bobby Allison 28 TufLon (Harry Ranier) 400 Pontiac 186 $12,350
3 7 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 400 Buick 2 $9,875
4 1 Dave Marcis 71 Hudson (Dave Marcis) 400 Chevrolet 123 $10,470
5 8 Harry Gant 12 The 5 Racers (Kennie Childers) 400 Oldsmobile 0 $2,550
6 4 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 399 Buick 0 $6,550
7 16 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 399 Buick 0 $6,200
8 10 Ron Bouchard 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 399 Buick 0 $3,820
9 9 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 399 Pontiac 0 $1,350
10 2 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 395 Pontiac 0 $8,800
11 11 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 395 Oldsmobile 0 $1,150
12 15 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 394 Pontiac 0 $2,800
13 23 DK Ulrich 40 Mastin Pool (DK Ulrich) 393 Buick 0 $1,000
14 28 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 393 Chevrolet 0 $2,590
15 17 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 393 Chevrolet 0 $2,590
16 29 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 389 Pontiac 0 $2,545
17 19 Richard Childress 3 Childress Racing (Richard Childress) 381 Pontiac 0 $2,250
18 22 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 342 Buick 0 $2,065
19 30 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 339 Ford 0 $1,930
20 24 Tommy Houston 17 Lowes (Roger Hamby) 339 Buick 0 $1,820
21 6 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 324 Ford 0 $5,200
22 20 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 319 Buick 0 $635
23 18 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 290 Oldsmobile 0 $1,560
24 12 Butch Lindley 26 Lindley Racing (Butch Lindley) 278 Chevrolet 0 $645
25 25 Joe Fields 92 The Shop (Joe Fields) 191 Buick 0 $635
26 21 Joe Millikan 75 RahMoc Enterprises 174 Chevrolet 0 $1,410
27 5 Mark Martin 2 Prototype Ams Oil (Bud Reeder) 166 Pontiac 0 $625
28 14 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 126 Ford 0 $1,820
29 31 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 111 Dodge 0 $760
30 26 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 67 Buick 0 $550
31 27 Cecil Gordon 53 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 8 Buick 0 $550