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1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 31
Sunday, June 7, 1981 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX
200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:01:10
Average Speed: 132.475 mph
Pole Speed: 167.543 mph

Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.51 sec
Attendance: 18,000
Lead changes: 35

Glossary 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1981 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	Ford	200	22,750	running	58	180
2	3	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Rod Osterlund)	Pontiac	200	18,650	running	96	180
3	2	28	Bobby Allison	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Buick	200	14,650	running	17	170
4	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	199	12,550	running	0	160
5	13	71	Dave Marcis	Norton Company (Dave Marcis)	Buick	198	8,935	running	0	155
6	6	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	198	8,610	running	1	155
7	16	99	Tim Richmond	UNO (D.K. Ulrich)	Oldsmobile	196	6,840	running	0	146
8	14	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	196	5,630	running	4	147
9	12	6	Joe Ruttman	The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy)	Buick	195	3,100	running	3	143
10	7	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Pontiac	193	2,700	running	4	139
11	25	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	191	4,470	running	0	130
12	15	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	189	4,250	running	0	127
13	18	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	189	4,040	running	0	124
14	10	3	Richard Childress	Texas Steel Hauler (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	188	3,830	running	0	121
15	20	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey)	Pontiac	187	2,000	running	0	118
16	27	75	Dick May	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	184	3,520	running	0	115
17	26	77	Lowell Cowell	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Oldsmobile	184	1,800	running	0	112
18	24	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	Buick	183	3,160	running	0	109
19	21	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	175	2,890	running	0	106
20	23	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	171	2,330	running	0	103
21	29	40	Rick Baldwin	Price Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Oldsmobile	149	1,550	engine	0	100
22	19	18	Randy Ogden	Piedmont Airlines (Jack Ogden)	Oldsmobile	137	1,500	rear end	0	97
23	1	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	131	8,400	crash	5	99
24	11	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade (DiGard)	Oldsmobile	122	6,850	engine	0	91
25	22	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Pontiac	115	2,570	engine	0	88
26	31	94	Bobby Wawak	Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak)	Buick	92	1,300	engine	0	85
27	34	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	72	2,450	engine	0	82
28	30	20	Rick Newsom	Superior Piping (Rick Newsom)	Chevrolet	40	1,200	crash	0	79
29	17	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	34	1,150	engine	0	76
30	9	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	33	6,550	cylinder head	12	78
31	8	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	17	6,000	radiator	0	70
32	28	98	D.K. Ulrich	UNO (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	4	1,000	quit	0	67
33	32	8	Kirk Shelmerdine	McDonald's (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	2	950	quit	0	64
34	33	50	Baxter Price	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	1	900	quit	0	61

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	1	1
Dale Earnhardt	2	5	4
Terry Labonte	6	7	2
Bobby Allison	8	9	2
Darrell Waltrip	10	21	12
Bobby Allison	22	35	14
Benny Parsons	36	46	11
Joe Ruttman	47	48	2
Harry Gant	49	52	4
Terry Labonte	53	55	3
Dale Earnhardt	56	56	1
Benny Parsons	57	65	9
Dale Earnhardt	66	81	16
Benny Parsons	82	82	1
Dale Earnhardt	83	93	11
Joe Ruttman	94	94	1
Lake Speed	95	98	4
Jody Ridley	99	99	1
Benny Parsons	100	109	10
Dale Earnhardt	110	123	14
Benny Parsons	124	130	7
Dale Earnhardt	131	137	7
Benny Parsons	138	140	3
Dale Earnhardt	141	141	1
Benny Parsons	142	143	2
Dale Earnhardt	144	146	3
Benny Parsons	147	147	1
Dale Earnhardt	148	164	17
Benny Parsons	165	168	4
Dale Earnhardt	169	188	20
Benny Parsons	189	190	2
Dale Earnhardt	191	191	1
Benny Parsons	192	195	4
Dale Earnhardt	196	196	1
Benny Parsons	197	200	4

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	2256
2	Ricky Rudd	1984	-272
3	Darrell Waltrip	1915	-341
4	Harry Gant	1890	-366
5	Dale Earnhardt	1848	-408
6	Jody Ridley	1817	-439
7	Terry Labonte	1750	-506
8	Richard Petty	1711	-545
9	Benny Parsons	1634	-622
10	Buddy Arrington	1615	-641
11	Dave Marcis	1582	-674
12	Richard Childress	1538	-718
13	Morgan Shepherd	1536	-720
14	Jimmy Means	1510	-746
15	Tommy Gale	1480	-776
16	J.D. McDuffie	1473	-783
17	Kyle Petty	1429	-827
18	Tim Richmond	1375	-881
19	James Hylton	1317	-939
20	Joe Millikan	1277	-979

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