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1981 - National 500 Race Results


Race Name - National 500
Date - 10/11/1981
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 162.744 mph
Number of Cautions - 12
Caution Laps - 78
Average Race Speed - 117.48 mph
Lead Changes - 27
Total Race Purse - $306,025
Race Number - 28
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 334 Buick 127 $51,600
2 17 Bobby Allison 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 334 Chevrolet 17 $27,400
3 8 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 334 Chevrolet 0 $29,925
4 22 Tommy Ellis 55 Industrial Boiler (Tommy Ellis) 333 Chevrolet 1 $11,400
5 30 Ron Bouchard 47 JD Stacy (Jack Beebe) 332 Buick 0 $12,180
6 19 Rusty Wallace 72 Childs Tire (John Childs) 331 Buick 0 $6,750
7 14 Geoffrey Bodine 1 Zervakis Racing (Emanuel Zervakis) 331 Buick 11 $7,050
8 34 Morgan Shepherd 24 Washington Freightliner (Cecil Gordon) 331 Buick 0 $8,195
9 18 Jack Ingram 13 Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins) 329 Ford 0 $4,400
10 33 Buddy Arrington 67 Kyle Pettys Boot Barn (Buddy Arrington) 328 Dodge 0 $7,175
11 21 Connie Saylor 4 Apache Stove (GC Spencer) 328 Oldsmobile 0 $3,850
12 37 Jimmy Means 8 Negre Racing (Norman Negre) 327 Dodge 0 $3,750
13 25 Rick Wilson 62 Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson) 326 Oldsmobile 0 $3,650
14 41 DK Ulrich 99 Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) 326 Buick 0 $6,115
15 13 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 326 Ford 1 $7,805
16 36 HB Bailey 36 Almeda Auto Parts (HB Bailey) 324 Pontiac 0 $3,250
17 40 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 322 Pontiac 0 $5,835
18 5 Tim Richmond 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 317 Buick 10 $5,650
19 10 Joe Ruttman 2 JD Stacy (Jim Stacy) 276 Buick 0 $10,050
20 15 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 259 Buick 6 $6,475
21 23 Bob Senneker 6 JD Stacy (Jim Stacy) 256 Pontiac 0 $1,975
22 28 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 246 Ford 0 $3,890
23 6 Terry Labonte 44 JD Stacy (Billy Hagan) 234 Buick 6 $8,375
24 11 Gary Balough 75 Chaparral Trailers (RahMoc Enterprises) 226 Buick 0 $4,880
25 24 Dale Earnhardt 3 Wrangler (Richard Childress) 220 Pontiac 2 $4,920
26 26 Charlie Glotzbach 23 Oxford Speedway (Dick Bahre) 218 Buick 0 $1,275
27 27 Johnny Rutherford 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 216 Buick 0 $1,250
28 29 Sterling Marlin 14 Coors (Coo Coo Marlin) 193 Chevrolet 0 $1,225
29 7 Neil Bonnett 21 Warner Hodgdon National Eng (Wood Brothers) 190 Ford 135 $12,450
30 9 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 180 Buick 15 $9,125
31 3 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 153 Buick 2 $2,100
32 32 Ronnie Thomas 40 McWhirter Grading (DK Ulrich) 137 Buick 0 $1,075
33 16 Bill Elliott 9 MellGear (George Elliott) 130 Ford 0 $1,050
34 38 Lake Speed 66 Ronnie Steele (Lake Speed) 118 Buick 0 $2,600
35 31 Joe Millikan 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 98 Pontiac 0 $5,950
36 35 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 66 Buick 0 $990
37 4 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 63 Buick 0 $1,480
38 12 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 50 Ford 0 $6,925
39 39 John Anderson 38 Copper Kettle Marina (Sandy Satullo) 41 Buick 0 $965
40 20 Dave Marcis 71 Norton Company (Dave Marcis) 19 Buick 0 $2,515
41 2 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 4 Pontiac 1 $8,505