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1981 Valleydale 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 31 Sunday, March 29, 1981 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:58:36 Average speed: 89.53 mph Pole speed: 112.125 mph Cautions: 8 for 44 laps Margin of victory: 2.5 sec Attendance: 33000 Lead changes: 21 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 500 22450 running 323 185 2 5 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 500 14375 running 0 170 3 11 28   Bobby Allison Tuf-Lon   (Harry Ranier) Pontiac 500 10450 running 0 165 4 7 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 500 4600 running 18 165 5 8 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 499 7375 running 57 160 6 6 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 497 5920 running 0 150 7 4 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 495 6550 running 1 151 8 14 48   Harry Gant Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 493 4270 running 1 147 9 21 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 491 3800 running 0 138 10 13 99   Tim Richmond UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 491 3590 running 0 134 11 23 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 487 1400 running 0 130 12 12 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Oldsmobile 486 1300 running 0 127 13 19 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 485 3020 running 0 124 14 26 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 480 2810 running 0 121 15 24 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 479 2600 running 0 118 16 20 3   Richard Childress Nichols   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 476 2415 running 0 115 17 18 75   Joe Millikan Rahmoc Enterprises Buick 474 2230 running 1 117 18 10 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 473 2020 running 0 109 19 17 45   D.K. Ulrich McWhirter Grading   (Baxter Price) Buick 473 850 running 0 106 20 31 17   Steve Spencer Slick 50   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 468 1625 running 0 103 21 25 24   Cecil Gordon Brian's Steakhouse   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 461 1600 running 0 100 22 22 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 377 925 valve 0 97 23 30 20   Rick Newsom City   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 356 650 engine 0 94 24 3 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 349 875 engine 6 96 25 15 26   Butch Lindley Lindley Racing   (Butch Lindley) Chevrolet 194 600 engine 9 93 26 27 50   Bruce Hill Hill Racing   (Bruce Hill) Buick 184 590 wheel 0 85 27 28 86   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Howard & Egerton   (Richard Howard) Oldsmobile 164 580 sway bar 0 82 28 2 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 140 7270 crash 65 84 29 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 116 5010 engine 1 81 30 29 06   Ernie Cline Bush Inc.   (Ernie Cline) Pontiac 77 550 brakes 0 73 31 16 71   Dave Marcis Bowlin Coal / Hudson   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 60 1100 rear end 18 75

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 30 30   Terry Labonte 31 31 1   Morgan Shepherd 32 33 2   Dave Marcis 34 51 18   Dale Earnhardt 52 93 42   Richard Petty 94 94 1   Dale Earnhardt 95 112 18   Darrell Waltrip 113 113 1   Dale Earnhardt 114 118 5   Morgan Shepherd 119 134 16   Darrell Waltrip 135 135 1   Butch Lindley 136 144 9   Ron Bouchard 145 150 6   Darrell Waltrip 151 172 22   Harry Gant 173 173 1   Benny Parsons 174 190 17   Darrell Waltrip 191 279 89   Joe Millikan 280 280 1   Benny Parsons 281 319 39   Darrell Waltrip 320 419 100   Benny Parsons 420 420 1   Darrell Waltrip 421 500 80 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 944     2   Jody Ridley 846   -98   3   Richard Petty 815   -129   4   Dale Earnhardt 805   -139   5   Harry Gant 803   -141   6   Ricky Rudd 798   -146   7   Joe Millikan 791   -153   8   Darrell Waltrip 782   -162   9   Benny Parsons 751   -193   10   Richard Childress 667   -277   11   Terry Labonte 665   -279   12   Buddy Arrington 635   -309   13   Jimmy Means 627   -317   14   J.D. McDuffie 610   -334   15   Tim Richmond 595   -349   16   Dave Marcis 574   -370   17   Kyle Petty 573   -371   18   Tommy Gale 554   -390   19   Morgan Shepherd 551   -393   20   Lake Speed 522   -422   21   Cale Yarborough 502   -442