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1981 Mason-Dixon 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 31 Sunday, May 17, 1981 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:17:18 Average speed: 116.595 mph Pole speed: 138.425 mph Cautions: 2 for 24 laps Margin of victory: 22 sec Attendance: 40000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 11 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 500 22560 running 20 180 2 8 28   Bobby Allison The 5 Racers   (Harry Ranier) Buick 500 16725 running 0 170 3 14 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 499 15125 running 0 165 4 18 99   D.K. Ulrich UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 491 7160 running 0 160 5 4 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 490 9450 running 0 155 6 2 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 489 8625 running 0 150 7 19 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 488 4965 running 0 146 8 7 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 486 7725 running 0 142 9 22 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 481 4280 running 0 138 10 6 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 480 2925 engine 32 139 11 17 77   Donnie Allison Warren Fabricating   (John Rebhan) Oldsmobile 480 1900 running 0 130 12 5 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 476 7240 running 0 127 13 3 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Ford 459 2560 engine 404 134 14 30 40   Tommy Gale Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 459 1620 running 0 121 15 23 24   Cecil Gordon Buffalo Stampede   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 458 3605 running 0 118 16 10 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 448 1350 engine 0 115 17 24 3   Richard Childress Nichols   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 412 3215 engine 0 112 18 25 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 379 3020 wheel 0 109 19 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 368 6570 rear end 3 111 20 16 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 342 2240 engine 0 103 21 20 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Oldsmobile 297 900 engine 0 100 22 32 64   Joe Fields Richmond Printing   (Joe Fields) Buick 254 2470 overheating 0 97 23 28 70   J.D. McDuffie Golden Corral   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 161 2235 engine 0 94 24 27 25   Ronnie Thomas Drummond Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 90 1940 oil leak 0 91 25 1 12   David Pearson Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 57 2675 engine 41 93 26 31 79   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Oldsmobile 46 1880 oil pressure 0 85 27 12 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Pontiac 22 1845 crash 0 82 28 21 17   Lowell Cowell Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 11 1800 steering 0 79 29 29 66   Elmo Langley Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 6 575 driveshaft 0 76 30 26 94   Bob Riley Atlanta Int. Messenger   (Joe May) Buick 6 550 steering 0 73 31 13 71   Dave Marcis Hudson / Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 1 1040 crash 0 70 32 15 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 1 5980 crash 0 67

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bob Riley 60 Atlanta Int. Messenger Joe May Pontiac WD Joe Millikan 75 Gray Racing Henley Gray Buick Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 13 12   #15,17,47,71,94 accident turn 3   14 17 4     18 29 12   #2,11,17,33,37 accident frontstretch   30 500 471       Percent of race run under caution: 4.8%             Average green flag run: 158.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 41 41   Neil Bonnett 42 57 16   Cale Yarborough 58 58 1   Neil Bonnett 59 83 25   Cale Yarborough 84 84 1   Neil Bonnett 85 99 15   Cale Yarborough 100 103 4   Richard Petty 104 106 3   Neil Bonnett 107 190 84   Cale Yarborough 191 195 5   Neil Bonnett 196 459 264   Cale Yarborough 460 480 21   Jody Ridley 481 500 20 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 1901     2   Ricky Rudd 1733   -168   3   Darrell Waltrip 1694   -207   4   Harry Gant 1576   -325   5   Jody Ridley 1559   -342   6   Dale Earnhardt 1554   -347   7   Terry Labonte 1530   -371   8   Richard Petty 1455   -446   9   Benny Parsons 1402   -499   10   Buddy Arrington 1373   -528   11   Dave Marcis 1364   -537   12   Morgan Shepherd 1316   -585   13   Richard Childress 1311   -590   14   Jimmy Means 1310   -591   15   Tommy Gale 1241   -660   16   Tim Richmond 1229   -672   17   J.D. McDuffie 1219   -682   18   Kyle Petty 1198   -703   19   Joe Millikan 1135   -766   20   James Hylton 1114   -787   21   Cecil Gordon 1062   -839