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Race #21 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1981 Champion Spark Plug 400
Held on August 16, 1981 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI
200 L, 400 M, 643.8 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	43	Richard Petty	STP	Buick	200	64	running	185
2	15	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew	Buick	200	3	running	175
3	9	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade	Chevy	200	0	running	165
4	8	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	200	3	running	165
5	19	1	Buddy Baker	UNO	Buick	200	0	running	155
6	5	2	Joe Ruttman	J.D. Stacy	Pontiac	200	4	running	155
7	12	28	Bobby Allison	Hardee's	Buick	200	15	running	151
8	6	9	Bill Elliott	Mell-Gear	Ford	200	0	running	142
9	10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler	Pontiac	200	0	running	138
10	20	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Auto Leasing	Buick	200	0	running	134
11	21	71	Dave Marcis	Transmissions Unlimited	Buick	200	5	running	135
12	18	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore, Sunny King	Ford	200	1	running	132
13	16	98	Johnny Rutherford	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	199	5	running	129
14	4	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph	Buick	199	5	running	126
15	22	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Buick	199	0	running	118
16	25	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	199	0	running	115
17	2	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline	Buick	198	9	running	117
18	3	75	Gary Balough	Chaparral Trailers	Buick	198	0	running	109
19	17	42	Kyle Petty	STP	Buick	197	0	running	106
20	30	99	Rick Knoop	Kargas Sports	Buick	197	0	running	103
21	31	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	197	2	running	105
22	29	40	Joe Booher	Booher Farms	Buick	196	0	running	97
23	24	5	Joe Millikan	Performance Connection	Pontiac	195	0	running	94
24	26	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Buick	195	0	running	91
25	33	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	186	0	running	88
26	13	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool	Ford	173	33	valve	90
27	36	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts	Pontiac	156	8	running	87
28	11	21	Neil Bonnett	Warner Hodgdon, National Eng.	Ford	155	43	valve	84
29	1	47	Ron Bouchard	J.D. Stacy	Buick	85	0	engine	76
30	23	12	Tim Richmond	UNO	Buick	53	0	engine	73
31	35	94	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Buick	28	0	oil pump	70
32	28	97	Bob Schacht	Test Tube	Oldsmobile	22	0	transmission	67
33	32	50	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing	Buick	21	0	driveshaft	64
34	14	02	Morgan Shepherd	AMSOIL	Buick	20	0	crash	61
35	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing	Dodge	13	0	valve	58
36	34	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt	Buick	4	0	cam	55

RACE DATA
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Margin of Victory:
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Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available