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1981 - American 500 Race Results


Race Name - American 500
Date - 11/1/1981
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 138.164 mph
Number of Cautions - 12
Caution Laps - 97
Average Race Speed - 107.39 mph
Lead Changes - 33
Total Race Purse - $164,610
Race Number - 29
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 492 Buick 163 $23,410
2 14 Bobby Allison 28 Hardees (Harry Ranier) 492 Buick 31 $17,100
3 2 Harry Gant 33 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 492 Pontiac 125 $10,150
4 12 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 492 Buick 92 $10,400
5 16 Joe Ruttman 2 JD Stacy (Jim Stacy) 492 Pontiac 3 $9,700
6 24 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 491 Ford 0 $8,750
7 10 Terry Labonte 44 JD Stacy (Billy Hagan) 490 Buick 0 $8,350
8 22 Bill Elliott 9 MellGear (George Elliott) 490 Ford 17 $3,000
9 5 Dale Earnhardt 3 Wrangler (Richard Childress) 489 Pontiac 16 $7,360
10 19 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 487 Ford 0 $6,190
11 37 Ron Bouchard 47 JD Stacy (Jack Beebe) 485 Buick 0 $4,730
12 26 Dave Marcis 71 JD Stacy (Dave Marcis) 483 Chevrolet 2 $4,270
13 27 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 475 Ford 0 $3,980
14 31 Buddy Arrington 67 Kyle Pettys Boot Barn (Buddy Arrington) 470 Dodge 0 $3,740
15 34 Cecil Gordon 24 Washington Freightliner (Cecil Gordon) 457 Buick 0 $3,530
16 4 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 445 Buick 2 $1,425
17 32 DK Ulrich 99 Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) 435 Buick 0 $3,220
18 3 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 434 Chevrolet 16 $7,000
19 17 Joe Millikan 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 425 Pontiac 0 $6,100
20 36 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 404 Pontiac 0 $2,760
21 23 Dick Brooks 13 Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins) 379 Ford 0 $825
22 13 Tim Richmond 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 334 Buick 0 $800
23 35 Joe Fields 92 Richmond Printing (Joe Fields) 262 Buick 0 $775
24 29 John Anderson 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 226 Buick 0 $2,290
25 8 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 214 Buick 0 $1,225
26 25 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 214 Pontiac 0 $2,230
27 15 Morgan Shepherd 96 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 205 Buick 25 $675
28 28 Chuck Bown 16 Rose Auto Wrecking (Dick Bown) 193 Buick 0 $650
29 11 Johnny Rutherford 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 172 Buick 0 $625
30 30 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 165 Pontiac 0 $2,130
31 18 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 162 Oldsmobile 0 $2,125
32 21 Gary Balough 75 Ferrailuolo Sons Excavating (RahMoc Enterprises) 117 Buick 0 $1,395
33 33 Don Hume 40 Newton Oil Gas (DK Ulrich) 101 Buick 0 $590
34 7 Dean Combs 77 Captains Table (Irv Sanderson) 89 Buick 0 $585
35 9 Neil Bonnett 21 Warner Hodgdon National Eng (Wood Brothers) 55 Ford 0 $1,080
36 20 Lennie Pond 68 JD Stacy (Lennie Pond) 54 Buick 0 $575
37 6 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 19 Buick 0 $870