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1981 - Gabriel 400 Race Results


Race Name - Gabriel 400
Date - 6/21/1981
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 160.471 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 36
Average Race Speed - 130.58 mph
Lead Changes - 47
Total Race Purse - $182,930
Race Number - 16
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Bobby Allison 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 200 Buick 23 $24,075
2 3 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 200 Pontiac 24 $10,825
3 6 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 200 Ford 18 $14,325
4 22 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 200 Ford 0 $10,005
5 7 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 200 Pontiac 37 $11,925
6 12 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 200 Buick 1 $8,950
7 1 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 200 Buick 54 $10,050
8 17 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 200 Buick 29 $3,300
9 19 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 199 Ford 0 $3,100
10 5 Ron Bouchard 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 199 Buick 0 $6,545
11 21 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 199 Buick 0 $7,750
12 24 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 199 Dodge 0 $4,875
13 10 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 199 Buick 7 $2,350
14 25 Tim Richmond 12 UNO (Kennie Childers) 198 Oldsmobile 0 $2,000
15 9 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 198 Pontiac 0 $8,800
16 13 Lake Speed 66 Sheraton University Inn (Lake Speed) 198 Buick 0 $4,165
17 18 Johnny Rutherford 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 198 Pontiac 0 $1,350
18 20 Stan Barrett 22 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 197 Pontiac 0 $1,300
19 23 Richard Childress 3 Childress Racing (Richard Childress) 197 Pontiac 0 $3,705
20 29 DK Ulrich 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 195 Oldsmobile 0 $3,535
21 16 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 193 Buick 0 $2,825
22 37 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 193 Pontiac 0 $3,015
23 34 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 193 Pontiac 0 $2,785
24 33 Joe Booher 40 Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) 192 Buick 0 $1,055
25 35 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 192 Pontiac 0 $2,550
26 36 Mike Potter 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 192 Buick 0 $2,230
27 31 Cecil Gordon 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 189 Buick 0 $905
28 30 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 188 Pontiac 0 $2,120
29 27 Dave Marcis 71 Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) 183 Buick 1 $2,065
30 15 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 172 Buick 1 $6,215
31 2 Joe Millikan 75 RahMoc Enterprises 63 Chevrolet 5 $2,285
32 11 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 55 Buick 0 $740
33 28 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 43 Buick 0 $730
34 32 Randy Ogden 18 Piedmont Airlines (Jack Ogden) 34 Oldsmobile 0 $720
35 8 Bill Elliott 9 MellGear (George Elliott) 24 Ford 0 $710
36 26 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 13 Ford 0 $1,200
37 14 Rick Wilson 62 Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson) 3 Oldsmobile 0 $950