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1981 - Champion Spark Plug 400 Race Results


Race Name - Champion Spark Plug 400
Date - 8/16/1981
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 161.501 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 51
Average Race Speed - 123.45 mph
Lead Changes - 65
Total Race Purse - $181,185
Race Number - 21
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 200 Buick 64 $23,750
2 15 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 200 Buick 3 $17,525
3 9 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 200 Chevrolet 0 $15,150
4 8 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 200 Pontiac 3 $6,000
5 19 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 200 Buick 0 $5,175
6 5 Joe Ruttman 2 JD Stacy (Jim Stacy) 200 Pontiac 4 $9,375
7 12 Bobby Allison 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 200 Buick 15 $8,950
8 6 Bill Elliott 9 MellGear (George Elliott) 200 Ford 0 $3,525
9 10 Dale Earnhardt 3 Wrangler (Richard Childress) 200 Pontiac 0 $7,955
10 20 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 200 Buick 0 $3,700
11 21 Dave Marcis 71 Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) 200 Buick 5 $5,295
12 18 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 200 Ford 1 $6,275
13 16 Johnny Rutherford 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 199 Pontiac 5 $2,175
14 4 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 199 Buick 5 $7,550
15 22 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 199 Buick 0 $4,155
16 25 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 199 Pontiac 0 $3,960
17 2 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 198 Buick 9 $2,445
18 3 Gary Balough 75 Chaparral Trailers (RahMoc Enterprises) 198 Buick 0 $3,975
19 17 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 197 Buick 0 $3,250
20 30 Rick Knoop 99 Kargas Sports (DK Ulrich) 197 Buick 0 $3,405
21 31 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 197 Ford 2 $2,760
22 29 Joe Booher 40 Booher Farms (DK Ulrich) 196 Buick 0 $1,020
23 24 Joe Millikan 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 195 Pontiac 0 $6,335
24 26 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 195 Buick 0 $2,470
25 33 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 186 Pontiac 0 $2,575
26 13 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 173 Ford 33 $6,725
27 36 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 156 Pontiac 8 $2,520
28 11 Neil Bonnett 21 Warner Hodgdon National Eng (Wood Brothers) 155 Ford 43 $1,700
29 1 Ron Bouchard 47 JD Stacy (Jack Beebe) 85 Buick 0 $3,540
30 23 Tim Richmond 12 UNO (Kennie Childers) 53 Buick 0 $765
31 35 Bobby Wawak 94 Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) 28 Buick 0 $1,150
32 28 Bob Schacht 97 Test Tube (Bob Schacht) 22 Oldsmobile 0 $740
33 32 Bruce Hill 50 Hill Racing (Bruce Hill) 21 Buick 0 $1,130
34 14 Morgan Shepherd 2 Ams Oil (Bud Reeder) 20 Buick 0 $1,120
35 27 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 13 Dodge 0 $1,945
36 34 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 4 Buick 0 $1,100