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1981 - Busch 500 Race Results


Race Name - Busch 500
Date - 8/22/1981
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 110.818 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 52
Average Race Speed - 84.723 mph
Lead Changes - 11
Total Race Purse - $117,450
Race Number - 22
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 500 Buick 251 $18,800
2 3 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 499 Chevrolet 92 $12,375
3 16 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 498 Buick 0 $8,800
4 6 Bobby Allison 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 497 Buick 4 $7,075
5 7 Ron Bouchard 47 JD Stacy (Jack Beebe) 497 Buick 0 $5,650
6 8 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 497 Ford 0 $6,250
7 15 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 493 Oldsmobile 0 $4,170
8 9 Tim Richmond 12 UNO (Kennie Childers) 488 Oldsmobile 0 $1,315
9 5 Dave Marcis 71 Bowlin Coal (Dave Marcis) 487 Buick 0 $3,600
10 20 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 486 Dodge 0 $3,780
11 2 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 485 Pontiac 0 $3,695
12 22 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 480 Pontiac 0 $3,035
13 23 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 479 Pontiac 0 $2,875
14 26 Lennie Pond 68 Bekaert (Lennie Pond) 478 Buick 0 $1,000
15 25 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 471 Ford 0 $2,615
16 28 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 464 Pontiac 0 $2,475
17 18 Joe Millikan 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 434 Pontiac 0 $4,965
18 21 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 392 Pontiac 0 $2,255
19 13 Morgan Shepherd 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 339 Buick 104 $1,905
20 4 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 317 Ford 0 $2,875
21 12 Joe Ruttman 2 JD Stacy (Jim Stacy) 302 Pontiac 49 $5,100
22 29 Rick Newsom 20 Newsom Racing (Rick Newsom) 248 Chevrolet 0 $635
23 24 Elliott ForbesRobinson 99 Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) 246 Buick 0 $870
24 10 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 73 Buick 0 $5,060
25 17 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 49 Buick 0 $595
26 27 Mike Potter 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 32 Chevrolet 0 $1,130
27 14 Dale Earnhardt 3 Wrangler (Richard Childress) 31 Pontiac 0 $2,620
28 11 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 28 Buick 0 $860
29 30 Joel Stowe 8 Don Satterfield 14 Pontiac 0 $540
30 19 Cecil Gordon 40 Dixie Engineering (DK Ulrich) 3 Buick 0 $530