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1981 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 31 of 31
Sunday, November 22, 1981 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.8 miles)

Time of race: 3:16:19
Average Speed: 95.288 mph
Pole Speed: 114.981 mph

Cautions: 7 for 33 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.24 sec
Attendance: 46,000
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1981 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	5	28	Bobby Allison	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Buick	119	24,300	running	49	185
2	12	2	Joe Ruttman	J.D. Stacy (Jim Stacy)	Buick	119	17,675	running	39	175
3	2	44	Terry Labonte	J.D. Stacy (Billy Hagan)	Buick	119	16,450	running	15	170
4	3	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	119	10,560	running	0	160
5	9	5	Joe Millikan	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	119	9,125	running	0	155
6	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	119	10,300	running	1	155
8	4	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Pontiac	118	4,860	running	6	147
7	25	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	119	8,100	running	0	146
9	21	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	118	5,940	running	0	138
11	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	118	4,320	running	1	135
10	24	47	Ron Bouchard	J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe)	Buick	118	5,380	running	0	134
12	33	74	Gary Kershaw	Edgett Racing (John Edgett)	Buick	117	1,800	running	0	127
14	18	73	Bill Schmitt	Shasta County (Bill Schmitt)	Buick	116	3,240	running	1	126
13	8	24	Morgan Shepherd	Washington Freightliner (Cecil Gordon)	Buick	117	3,950	running	0	124
15	35	38	Don Waterman	St. John's Auto Parts (Don Waterman)	Buick	116	3,030	running	0	118
16	34	17	Lake Speed	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Buick	115	3,345	running	0	115
17	28	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Buick	115	3,110	running	0	112
18	16	69	Bob Bondurant	HFJ Racing	Pontiac	114	1,300	running	0	109
19	20	75	Gary Balough	Chaparral Trailers (RahMoc Enterprises)	Buick	113	2,790	running	0	106
20	6	37	Tim Richmond	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	Buick	113	1,195	running	0	103
21	30	13	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing (Matt Puskarich)	Oldsmobile	111	2,160	running	0	100
22	40	07	Gene Thonesen	Thonesen Racing (Gene Thonesen)	Buick	110	2,125	running	0	97
23	39	85	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing (Mark Stahl)	Ford	109	1,080	running	0	94
25	19	71	Dave Marcis	J.D. Stacy (Dave Marcis)	Pontiac	103	1,805	engine	3	93
24	36	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	106	2,555	running	0	91
27	7	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	Ford	90	6,355	engine	4	87
26	37	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	95	1,755	differential	0	85
28	14	1	Chuck Pittenger	Pitt's Performance (Chuck Pittinger)	Buick	80	1,155	clutch	0	79
29	23	51	Scott Miller	J.D. Stacy	Pontiac	69	805	engine	0	76
30	26	0	Roy Smith	Aircraft Standards (Robert Beadle)	Buick	58	2,155	cam	0	73
31	12	99	Terry Herman	Jim Davis (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	55	1,500	crash	0	70
32	22	78	Jim Robinson	Hammer Security (Jack Williams)	Oldsmobile	53	950	crash	0	67
33	10	21	Neil Bonnett	Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers)	Ford	49	1,100	plugs	0	64
34	38	35	Pat Mintey	Marv's Chevy Only (Pat Mintey)	Chevrolet	40	850	engine	0	61
35	11	93	Don Whittington	Scott Smith	Oldsmobile	37	500	crash	0	58
36	32	16	Jim Bown	Rose Auto Wrecking (Dick Bown)	Buick	34	790	piston	0	55
37	27	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	27	780	brakes	0	52
38	17	01	Hershel McGriff	Howard Johnson's (Gerald Craker)	Buick	17	770	engine	0	49
39	31	41	Richard Childress	Junior Johnson	Buick	5	460	quit	0	46
40	13	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade (DiGard)	Buick	2	6,150	engine	0	43

Failed to qualify: Ferrel Harris (#64), Don Stanley (#61)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	1	1
Harry Gant	2	7	6
Bobby Allison	8	26	19
Terry Labonte	27	29	3
Bobby Allison	30	34	5
Joe Ruttman	35	43	9
Dave Marcis	44	46	3
Terry Labonte	47	50	4
Bobby Allison	51	52	2
Joe Ruttman	53	55	3
Bobby Allison	56	58	3
Bill Schmitt	59	59	1
Benny Parsons	60	63	4
Bobby Allison	64	70	7
J.D. McDuffie	71	71	1
Terry Labonte	72	79	8
Joe Ruttman	80	102	23
Bobby Allison	103	105	3
Joe Ruttman	106	109	4
Bobby Allison	110	119	10

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	4880
2	Bobby Allison	4827	-53
3	Harry Gant	4218	-662
4	Terry Labonte	4052	-828
5	Jody Ridley	4002	-878
6	Ricky Rudd	3991	-889
7	Dale Earnhardt	3978	-902
8	Richard Petty	3883	-997
9	Dave Marcis	3510	-1370
10	Benny Parsons	3452	-1428
11	Buddy Arrington	3384	-1496
12	Kyle Petty	3335	-1545
13	Morgan Shepherd	3259	-1621
14	Tim Richmond	3221	-1659
15	Jimmy Means	3145	-1735
16	Tommy Gale	3143	-1737
17	J.D. McDuffie	3000	-1880
18	Lake Speed	2820	-2060
19	James Hylton	2756	-2124
20	Ron Bouchard	2693	-2187

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