1981 Carolina 500

Race #4 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1981 Carolina 500
*Held on March 1, 1981 at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, NC*
492 L, 500.364 M, 805.404 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew	Buick	492	13	running	180
2	1	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline	Buick	492	320	running	180
3	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	Buick	492	25	running	170
4	8	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator	Ford	492	82	running	165
5	6	1	Buddy Baker	UNO	Oldsmobile	491	3	running	160
6	2	28	Bobby Allison	Tuf-Lon	Pontiac	491	17	running	155
7	14	75	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevy	488	8	running	151
8	26	42	Kyle Petty	STP	Buick	486	0	running	142
9	15	66	Lake Speed	George's T-Shirts	Buick	482	0	running	138
10	32	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Edgerton	Buick	477	0	running	134
11	23	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	476	0	running	130
12	28	98	Johnny Rutherford	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	473	0	running	127
13	24	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Auto Leasing	Oldsmobile	470	0	running	124
14	30	94	Bobby Wawak	Louise Smith	Buick	469	0	running	121
15	17	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove	Dodge	452	0	running	118
16	22	99	Tim Richmond	UNO	Buick	450	0	running	115
17	34	79	Jody Ridley	Miller Roofing	Oldsmobile	443	0	engine	112
18	7	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm	Buick	427	18	engine	114
19	37	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	424	0	running	106
20	21	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts	Pontiac	421	0	running	103
21	9	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Stove	Buick	412	5	accident	105
22	16	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	409	0	engine	97
23	35	24	Cecil Gordon	South Hill Texaco	Buick	395	0	running	94
24	10	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool	Ford	379	0	accident	91
25	12	53	Slick Johnson	Johnson Racing	Chevy	298	0	accident	88
26	11	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler	Pontiac	285	0	accident	85
27	33	17	Glenn Jarrett	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevy	277	0	overheating	82
28	13	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection	Pontiac	268	0	driveshaft	79
29	29	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	254	0	accident	76
30	20	16	David Pearson	Halpern Enterprises	Chevy	225	0	engine	73
31	5	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade	Oldsmobile	224	1	accident	75
32	36	20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	Chevy	218	0	clutch	67
33	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	188	0	transmission	64
34	18	12	Donnie Allison	The 5 Racers	Oldsmobile	109	0	oil line	61
35	27	62	Rick Wilson	Florida Equipment & Service	Oldsmobile	97	0	brakes	58
36	31	22	Stan Barrett	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	61	0	accident	55
37	25	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	34	0	engine	52

RACE DATA
Did not start:
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Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}\|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered