1981 - Winston Cup Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1981 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/7/1981
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 152.693 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 45
Average Race Speed - 126.41 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $251,575
Race Number - 23

More Races from 1981

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner Hodgdon (Wood Brothers)	367	Ford	216	$33,375
2	11	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	367	Buick	2	$19,365
3	4	Dave Marcis	71	US Army (Dave Marcis)	367	Buick	9	$14,330
4	6	Terry Labonte	44	JD Stacy (Billy Hagan)	367	Buick	3	$13,225
5	9	Buddy Baker	1	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	367	Buick	3	$6,500
6	10	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler (Richard Childress)	366	Pontiac	0	$10,695
7	14	Bill Elliott	9	MellGear (George Elliott)	366	Ford	0	$5,300
8	13	David Pearson	1	Ronnie Steele (Hoss Ellington)	365	Buick	0	$4,850
9	17	Bobby Allison	28	Hardees (Harry Ranier)	365	Chevrolet	1	$9,625
10	2	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline (MC Anderson)	363	Buick	24	$5,925
11	5	Ron Bouchard	47	JD Stacy (Jack Beebe)	363	Buick	0	$7,575
12	23	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	362	Ford	0	$7,365
13	22	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	362	Buick	0	$6,155
14	1	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	360	Pontiac	78	$9,960
15	16	Joe Ruttman	2	NeoLife (Jim Stacy)	358	Pontiac	0	$8,850
16	12	Morgan Shepherd	24	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	358	Buick	0	$5,600
17	21	Lennie Pond	68	The 5 Racers (Lennie Pond)	356	Buick	0	$3,150
18	19	Joe Millikan	5	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	353	Pontiac	0	$7,950
19	33	Dick May	8	Brooks Honda (Norman Negre)	353	Dodge	0	$2,875
20	29	Mike Alexander	37	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	352	Oldsmobile	0	$2,700
21	34	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	351	Pontiac	0	$4,715
22	27	Tim Richmond	12	UNO (Kennie Childers)	349	Buick	0	$2,450
23	7	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	343	Chevrolet	0	$7,850
24	40	Bobby Wawak	94	Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak)	334	Buick	0	$2,375
25	20	Gary Balough	75	Chaparral Trailers (RahMoc Enterprises)	333	Buick	0	$4,680
26	38	James Hylton	48	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	331	Pontiac	0	$3,770
27	37	Ronnie Thomas	25	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	311	Pontiac	0	$3,360
28	36	Mike Potter	17	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	309	Buick	0	$3,265
29	30	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	294	Ford	0	$3,155
30	8	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	278	Buick	31	$8,000
31	26	DK Ulrich	99	Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich)	269	Buick	0	$3,060
32	32	Jack Ingram	13	Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins)	253	Ford	0	$1,650
33	25	Johnny Rutherford	98	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	190	Pontiac	0	$1,625
34	18	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	130	Buick	0	$1,625
35	24	Slick Johnson	40	Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich)	110	Buick	0	$1,425
36	39	HB Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts (HB Bailey)	93	Pontiac	0	$1,325
37	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	85	Dodge	0	$1,950
38	35	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	64	Pontiac	0	$1,925
39	15	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	62	Ford	0	$6,800
40	31	Connie Saylor	4	Spencer Racing (GC Spencer)	6	Oldsmobile	0	$1,200