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1981 Winston 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 31 Sunday, May 3, 1981 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:20:52 Average speed: 149.376 mph Pole speed: 195.864 mph Cautions: 7 for 44 laps Margin of victory: .1 sec Attendance: 100000 Lead changes: 43 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 28   Bobby Allison The 5 Racers   (Harry Ranier) Buick 188 41500 running 69 180 2 2 1   Buddy Baker UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Buick 188 34450 running 78 180 3 11 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 188 20325 running 11 170 4 10 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 188 18750 running 8 165 5 14 77   Donnie Allison Warren Fabricating   (John Rebhan) Oldsmobile 187 10050 running 2 160 6 23 99   Tim Richmond UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 185 12105 running 0 150 7 7 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 185 13125 running 1 151 8 4 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 183 14775 running 5 147 9 27 25   Dick May Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Dodge 183 8745 running 0 138 10 26 94   Bobby Wawak Louise Smith   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 183 5375 running 0 134 11 34 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 181 7065 running 0 130 12 35 17   Tommy Houston Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Buick 181 6745 running 0 127 13 13 3   Richard Childress Ronnie Steele / Nichols   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 180 6625 running 4 129 14 40 71   Dave Marcis Hudson / Bowlin Coal   (Dave Marcis) Buick 178 11145 running 0 121 15 32 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 176 5725 running 0 118 16 12 86   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Cal-Tex   (Richard Howard) Buick 172 3340 engine 0 115 17 17 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 171 5145 running 0 112 18 28 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Buick 170 4825 running 0 109 19 33 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 147 4755 engine 4 111 20 22 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 140 3925 engine 0 103 21 3 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 135 2745 engine 0 100 22 37 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 121 3705 running 0 97 23 30 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 116 7260 overheating 0 94 24 8 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 86 2860 engine 0 91 25 5 62   Rick Wilson Florida Equipment & Service   (Rick Wilson) Oldsmobile 76 2500 engine 6 93 26 38 40   Ronnie Thomas Price Racing   (Baxter Price) Buick 75 1805 oil line 0 85 27 36 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 68 3005 engine 0 82 28 31 50   Bruce Hill Hill Racing   (Bruce Hill) Buick 51 1695 overheating 0 79 29 15 6   Joe Ruttman The 5 Racers   (Jim Stacy) Buick 46 1640 engine 0 76 30 25 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 38 1585 ignition 0 73 31 29 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 25 3765 steering 0 70 32 6 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Ford 15 2000 engine 0 67 33 39 20   Rick Newsom Superior Piping   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 15 1470 engine 0 64 34 9 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 1 1560 crash 0 61 35 16 22   Stan Barrett Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 1 1405 crash 0 58 36 18 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 1 6825 crash 0 55 37 19 4   Connie Saylor Mitco   (G.C. Spencer) Oldsmobile 1 1345 crash 0 52 38 20 75   Joe Millikan Rahmoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 1 1815 crash 0 49 39 21 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 1 6735 crash 0 46 40 24 9   Bill Elliott Mell-Gear   (George Elliott) Ford 1 1255 crash 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Harry Dinwiddie 49 Dinwiddie Racing Terri Dinwiddie Pontiac Henry Jones 74 Pro Sports Racing Bobby Wawak Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 11 9   #3,4,9,15,22,33,42,43,66,75,90,99 accident turn 3   12 17 6     18 23 6   #20 spun tri-oval   24 24 1     25 36 12   #2,5,27,28,62 spun turn 1   37 37 1     38 40 3   debris   41 78 38     79 83 5   #62 engine   84 136 53     137 140 4   debris   141 155 15     156 160 5   debris   161 188 28       Percent of race run under caution: 23.4%             Average green flag run: 18.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 1 1   Bobby Allison 2 11 10   Buddy Baker 12 12 1   Bobby Allison 13 17 5   Rick Wilson 18 23 6   Richard Childress 24 27 4   Darrell Waltrip 28 31 4   James Hylton 32 35 4   Ricky Rudd 36 40 5   Bobby Allison 41 45 5   Dale Earnhardt 46 46 1   Bobby Allison 47 47 1   Darrell Waltrip 48 48 1   Buddy Baker 49 68 20   Darrell Waltrip 69 69 1   Terry Labonte 70 70 1   Bobby Allison 71 78 8   Donnie Allison 79 79 1   Dale Earnhardt 80 83 4   Bobby Allison 84 90 7   Buddy Baker 91 113 23   Darrell Waltrip 114 115 2   Bobby Allison 116 116 1   Donnie Allison 117 117 1   Bobby Allison 118 128 11   Buddy Baker 129 136 8   Ricky Rudd 137 137 1   Darrell Waltrip 138 140 3   Buddy Baker 141 160 20   Bobby Allison 161 161 1   Buddy Baker 162 162 1   Bobby Allison 163 168 6   Buddy Baker 169 169 1   Ricky Rudd 170 170 1   Bobby Allison 171 175 5   Ricky Rudd 176 176 1   Bobby Allison 177 181 5   Buddy Baker 182 182 1   Bobby Allison 183 183 1   Buddy Baker 184 184 1   Bobby Allison 185 186 2   Buddy Baker 187 187 1   Bobby Allison 188 188 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 1566     2   Ricky Rudd 1413   -153   3   Darrell Waltrip 1392   -174   4   Harry Gant 1364   -202   5   Jody Ridley 1291   -275   6   Dale Earnhardt 1286   -280   7   Terry Labonte 1238   -328   8   Richard Petty 1184   -382   9   Dave Marcis 1160   -406   10   Benny Parsons 1155   -411   11   Joe Millikan 1135   -431   12   Tim Richmond 1102   -464   13   Buddy Arrington 1089   -477   14   Richard Childress 1075   -491   15   Jimmy Means 1051   -515   16   Morgan Shepherd 1024   -542   17   J.D. McDuffie 1010   -556   18   Tommy Gale 1008   -558   19   Kyle Petty 949   -617   20   James Hylton 905   -661   21   Ronnie Thomas 873   -693