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1981 - Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 4/26/1981
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.525 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 263 miles
Pole Speed - 89.056 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 38
Average Race Speed - 75.019 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $141,025
Race Number - 9
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 12 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 500 Pontiac 203 $24,525
2 16 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 500 Ford 2 $12,650
3 1 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 499 Buick 24 $15,250
4 2 Harry Gant 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 497 Oldsmobile 204 $7,700
5 9 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 497 Buick 0 $7,725
6 13 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 494 Ford 0 $6,370
7 26 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 493 Oldsmobile 0 $4,620
8 3 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 492 Dodge 0 $4,850
9 14 Ron Bouchard 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 491 Pontiac 0 $3,290
10 11 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 486 Oldsmobile 0 $2,050
11 5 Dave Marcis 71 Hudson (Dave Marcis) 485 Chevrolet 0 $2,970
12 28 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 484 Pontiac 0 $2,760
13 8 Bobby Allison 28 Ranier Racing (Harry Ranier) 477 Pontiac 0 $5,400
14 18 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 476 Buick 0 $2,500
15 22 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 469 Buick 0 $850
16 23 Joe Fields 64 Richmond Printing (Joe Fields) 469 Buick 0 $2,315
17 20 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 461 Pontiac 0 $2,155
18 24 Tommy Gale 40 McWhirter Grading (DK Ulrich) 422 Buick 0 $750
19 29 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 398 Buick 0 $725
20 25 Tommy Houston 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 324 Chevrolet 0 $1,920
21 21 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 317 Buick 48 $940
22 27 Richard Childress 3 Nichols (Richard Childress) 271 Pontiac 0 $1,580
23 17 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 198 Ford 0 $5,120
24 31 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 198 Buick 0 $1,560
25 10 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 155 Pontiac 0 $6,600
26 6 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 150 Buick 0 $5,090
27 4 Butch Lindley 26 Lindley Racing (Butch Lindley) 87 Chevrolet 19 $1,130
28 15 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 40 Buick 0 $5,070
29 7 Joe Millikan 75 Hayes Jewelers (RahMoc Enterprises) 40 Buick 0 $860
30 30 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 17 Pontiac 0 $850
31 19 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 3 Pontiac 0 $850