1981 Daytona 500![]() |
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Held on February 15, 1981 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL | |
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance |
RESULTS |
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Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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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 | |||||||||
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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: ??? | |||||||||
Fast Qualifier: | |||||||||
Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
Average Speed: ??? mph | |||||||||
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |