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1981 Melling Tool 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 31 Saturday, May 9, 1981 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:47:02 Average speed: 89.756 mph Pole speed: 104.409 mph Cautions: 5 for 23 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 18000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 420 15950 running 209 180 2 5 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 420 10950 running 1 175 3 14 28   Bobby Allison Jim Stacy   (Harry Ranier) Pontiac 420 8500 running 0 165 4 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 419 6950 running 0 160 5 1 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 419 7375 running 210 165 6 11 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 418 5975 running 0 150 7 13 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 417 3095 running 0 146 8 4 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 416 6025 running 0 142 9 25 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Ed Negre) Dodge 414 3095 running 0 138 10 8 71   Dave Marcis Transmission Enterprise   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 413 2975 running 0 134 11 2 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 410 1525 running 0 130 12 19 99   Tim Richmond UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 408 2540 running 0 127 13 18 3   Richard Childress Nichols   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 405 2395 running 0 124 14 20 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 402 2260 running 0 121 15 21 17   Mike Potter Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 401 2175 running 0 118 16 23 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 400 1940 running 0 115 17 16 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 399 1805 running 0 112 18 22 94   Bobby Wawak Louise Smith   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 397 600 running 0 109 19 27 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Pontiac 383 1645 running 0 106 20 12 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 379 6500 running 0 103 21 24 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 378 1490 running 0 100 22 9 12   Harry Gant Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 227 530 engine 0 97 23 10 40   D.K. Ulrich Price Racing   (Baxter Price) Buick 200 520 engine 0 94 24 26 66   Lake Speed Dinwiddie Racing   (Harry Dinwiddie) Pontiac 125 1360 alternator 0 91 25 15 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 116 2045 engine 0 88 26 17 25   Charlie Chamblee Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 10 830 oil pressure 0 85 27 6 02   Mark Martin Ams Oil / Prototype   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 2 475 cam 0 82

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 207 207     208 215 8   #40 spun turn 1   216 279 64     280 283 4   #37 spun   284 334 51     335 338 4   #37 spun   339 342 4     343 345 3   #37 spun   346 415 70     416 419 4   #70 spun turn 4   420 420 1       Percent of race run under caution: 5.5%             Average green flag run: 66.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ricky Rudd 1 209 209   Benny Parsons 210 280 71   Ricky Rudd 281 281 1   Benny Parsons 282 335 54   Darrell Waltrip 336 336 1   Benny Parsons 337 420 84 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 1731     2   Ricky Rudd 1578   -153   3   Darrell Waltrip 1567   -164   4   Harry Gant 1461   -270   5   Dale Earnhardt 1389   -342   6   Terry Labonte 1388   -343   7   Jody Ridley 1379   -352   8   Richard Petty 1344   -387   9   Benny Parsons 1335   -396   10   Dave Marcis 1294   -437   11   Tim Richmond 1229   -502   12   Buddy Arrington 1227   -504   13   Richard Childress 1199   -532   14   Jimmy Means 1172   -559   15   Morgan Shepherd 1166   -565   16   Joe Millikan 1135   -596   17   J.D. McDuffie 1125   -606   18   Tommy Gale 1120   -611   19   Kyle Petty 1095   -636   20   James Hylton 1005   -726   21   Lake Speed 962   -769