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Race #2 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1981 Daytona 500
Held on February 15, 1981 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	8	43	Richard Petty	STP, Esmark	Buick	200	27	running	180
2	1	28	Bobby Allison	Tuf-Lon	Pontiac	200	117	running	180
3	5	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade	Oldsmobile	200	8	running	170
4	6	1	Buddy Baker	UNO, Valvoline	Oldsmobile	200	10	running	165
5	7	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler	Pontiac	200	4	running	160
6	16	9	Bill Elliott	Mell-Gear	Ford	199	4	running	155
7	27	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore, Sunny King	Ford	198	0	running	146
8	29	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline	Oldsmobile	197	0	running	142
9	34	75	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	197	0	running	138
10	35	98	Johnny Rutherford	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	195	0	running	134
11	21	57	Bill Elswick	Performance Boat	Oldsmobile	195	0	running	130
12	33	12	Donnie Allison	The 5 Racers	Oldsmobile	195	0	running	127
13	22	22	Stan Barrett	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	195	0	running	124
14	13	93	Don Whittington	Smith Racing	Oldsmobile	194	0	running	121
15	15	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove, Hudson Transmission	Oldsmobile	194	0	running	118
16	38	41	Dick Brooks	Matthews Racing	Buick	193	1	running	120
17	28	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	192	0	running	112
18	17	19	Ronnie Sanders	Home Trend Realty	Buick	191	0	running	109
19	23	17	Glenn Jarrett	Tuf-Lon of Florida	Buick	186	0	running	106
20	39	37	Don Sprouse	Rogers Auto Leasing	Oldsmobile	181	0	running	103
21	26	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors, Forest City Auto Parts	Pontiac	179	0	running	100
22	14	23	Geoffrey Bodine	Bahre Racing, Oxford 250	Pontiac	178	0	running	97
23	31	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm	Buick	175	0	running	94
24	41	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	169	0	running	91
25	37	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton	Buick	167	0	axle	88
26	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing	Dodge	159	0	running	85
27	32	68	Lennie Pond	Burger King	Buick	155	0	oil pump	82
28	19	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	151	0	clutch	79
29	9	16	David Pearson	Halpern Enterprises	Chevy	144	3	engine	81
30	40	99	Tim Richmond	UNO	Buick	144	0	transmission	73
31	4	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool	Ford	135	0	overheating	70
32	11	42	Kyle Petty	STP	Buick	128	0	engine	67
33	3	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator	Ford	123	26	clutch	69
34	25	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts	Pontiac	123	0	piston	61
35	10	51	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore, Valvoline	Oldsmobile	120	0	valve	58
36	2	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew	Buick	117	0	engine	55
37	42	24	Cecil Gordon	Home Craft Homes	Buick	116	0	running	52
38	18	3	Richard Childress	Wachovia Carpet, McDonald's, Nichols Pontiac	Pontiac	110	0	valve	49
39	24	7	Bruce Hill	Native Tan	Buick	54	0	crash	46
40	12	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph, Apache Stove	Buick	47	0	engine	43
41	36	31	Billie Harvey	Graf Lear Jets	Pontiac	45	0	engine	40
42	30	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin, Clements	Ford	17	0	crash	37

RACE DATA
Failed to Qualify: Dickie Boswell, Connie Saylor, Tom Sneva, Dick May, Alan Rogers, Jerry Lovell, H.B. Bailey, Baxter Price, Harry Dinwiddie, A.C. York, Sal Tovella, Tommy Hilbert, Rick Wilson, Lake Speed, Steve Moore, Henry Jones, John Anderson , Bobby Wawak
Time of Race: ???
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Margin of Victory:
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Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available