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1981 - Winston 500 Race Results


Race Name - Winston 500
Date - 5/3/1981
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 195.864 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 44
Average Race Speed - 149.37 mph
Lead Changes - 43
Total Race Purse - $295,470
Race Number - 10
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Bobby Allison 28 The 5 Racers (Harry Ranier) 188 Buick 69 $41,500
2 2 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 188 Buick 78 $34,450
3 11 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 188 Buick 11 $20,325
4 10 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 188 Oldsmobile 8 $18,750
5 14 Donnie Allison 77 Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan) 187 Oldsmobile 2 $10,050
6 23 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 185 Buick 0 $12,105
7 7 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 185 Buick 1 $13,125
8 4 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 183 Pontiac 5 $14,775
9 27 Dick May 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 183 Dodge 0 $8,745
10 26 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 183 Buick 0 $5,375
11 34 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 181 Ford 0 $7,065
12 35 Tommy Houston 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 181 Buick 0 $6,745
13 13 Richard Childress 3 Ronnie Steele Nichols (Richard Childress) 180 Pontiac 4 $6,625
14 40 Dave Marcis 71 Hudson Bowlin Coal (Dave Marcis) 178 Buick 0 $11,145
15 32 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 176 Buick 0 $5,725
16 12 Elliott ForbesRobinson 86 CalTex (Richard Howard) 172 Buick 0 $3,340
17 17 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 171 Dodge 0 $5,145
18 28 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 170 Buick 0 $4,825
19 33 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 147 Pontiac 4 $4,755
20 22 Ron Bouchard 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 140 Buick 0 $3,925
21 3 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 135 Buick 0 $2,745
22 37 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 121 Pontiac 0 $3,705
23 30 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 116 Pontiac 0 $7,260
24 8 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 86 Buick 0 $2,860
25 5 Rick Wilson 62 Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson) 76 Oldsmobile 6 $2,500
26 38 Ronnie Thomas 40 Price Racing (Baxter Price) 75 Buick 0 $1,805
27 36 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 68 Pontiac 0 $3,005
28 31 Bruce Hill 50 Hill Racing (Bruce Hill) 51 Buick 0 $1,695
29 15 Joe Ruttman 6 The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy) 46 Buick 0 $1,640
30 25 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 38 Buick 0 $1,585
31 29 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 25 Ford 0 $3,765
32 6 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 15 Ford 0 $2,000
33 39 Rick Newsom 20 Superior Piping (Rick Newsom) 15 Chevrolet 0 $1,470
34 9 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 1 Pontiac 0 $1,560
35 16 Stan Barrett 22 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 1 Pontiac 0 $1,405
36 18 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 1 Ford 0 $6,825
37 19 Connie Saylor 4 Mitco (GC Spencer) 1 Oldsmobile 0 $1,345
38 20 Joe Millikan 75 RahMoc Enterprises 1 Oldsmobile 0 $1,815
39 21 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 1 Buick 0 $6,735
40 24 Bill Elliott 9 MellGear (George Elliott) 1 Ford 0 $1,255