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1981 - Talladega 500 Race Results


Race Name - Talladega 500
Date - 8/2/1981
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 195.897 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 36
Average Race Speed - 156.73 mph
Lead Changes - 39
Total Race Purse - $254,825
Race Number - 20
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 10 Ron Bouchard 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 188 Buick 6 $38,905
2 13 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 188 Buick 36 $23,000
3 4 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 188 Buick 11 $18,500
4 1 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 188 Buick 2 $10,000
5 2 Bobby Allison 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 188 Buick 105 $17,825
6 35 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 187 Buick 10 $9,345
7 31 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 187 Buick 0 $6,800
8 27 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 187 Ford 0 $7,665
9 16 Stan Barrett 22 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 186 Pontiac 0 $3,575
10 14 Dave Marcis 71 Paul Young Leasing (Dave Marcis) 185 Buick 0 $6,305
11 18 Bill Elliott 9 MellGear (George Elliott) 185 Ford 0 $3,200
12 26 Elliott ForbesRobinson 86 CalTex (Richard Howard) 184 Buick 0 $3,175
13 22 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 184 Ford 0 $8,450
14 40 Terry Herman 99 Kargas Sports Jim Davis (DK Ulrich) 183 Buick 0 $5,535
15 32 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 181 Buick 0 $2,800
16 28 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 180 Pontiac 0 $5,200
17 34 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 180 Buick 0 $4,865
18 37 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 177 Ford 0 $4,605
19 39 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 175 Buick 0 $2,550
20 9 Rick Wilson 62 Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson) 148 Oldsmobile 0 $2,625
21 19 Rusty Wallace 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 147 Pontiac 0 $2,225
22 8 Joe Ruttman 6 The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy) 134 Buick 0 $2,175
23 12 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 133 Buick 0 $7,575
24 11 Lennie Pond 68 The 5 Racers (Lennie Pond) 113 Buick 0 $2,075
25 41 Gary Balough 75 The 5 Racers (RahMoc Enterprises) 113 Buick 1 $3,570
26 17 Richard Childress 3 Ronnie Steele (Richard Childress) 111 Pontiac 0 $3,550
27 36 Mike Potter 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 100 Buick 0 $3,490
28 5 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 83 Buick 6 $2,725
29 3 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Jim Stacy) 83 Pontiac 5 $9,375
30 30 Bruce Hill 50 Native Tan (Bruce Hill) 75 Buick 0 $1,700
31 38 Sandy Satullo 38 Copper Kettle Marina (Sandy Satullo) 68 Buick 0 $1,500
32 7 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 64 Buick 0 $1,475
33 29 Connie Saylor 4 Ball Equipment (GC Spencer) 64 Oldsmobile 0 $1,450
34 33 Tim Richmond 12 UNO (Kennie Childers) 58 Buick 0 $1,425
35 24 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 55 Buick 0 $1,700
36 15 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 55 Pontiac 0 $6,325
37 6 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 41 Ford 6 $2,150
38 23 Jack Ingram 13 Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins) 29 Ford 0 $1,325
39 25 James Hylton 48 STP (James Hylton) 29 Pontiac 0 $3,005
40 20 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 12 Buick 0 $6,650
41 21 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 10 Chrysler 0 $2,735
42 42 Joe Booher 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 4 Pontiac 0 $1,700