1981 Firecracker 400

Race #17 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1981 Firecracker 400
*Held on July 4, 1981 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL*
160 L, 400 M, 643.68 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline	Buick	160	78	running	185
2	2	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit	Buick	160	43	running	175
3	14	43	Richard Petty	STP	Buick	160	7	running	170
4	21	1	Buddy Baker	UNO	Oldsmobile	160	4	running	165
5	9	98	Johnny Rutherford	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	160	0	running	155
6	10	42	Kyle Petty	STP	Buick	160	0	running	150
7	15	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Auto Leasing	Buick	160	4	running	151
8	5	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph	Buick	159	0	running	142
9	7	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm	Buick	159	0	running	138
10	19	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew	Buick	159	0	running	134
11	16	68	Lennie Pond	The 5 Racers	Buick	159	0	running	130
12	40	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	159	7	running	132
13	37	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson Transmission	Buick	157	0	running	124
14	35	4	Connie Saylor	Spencer Racing	Oldsmobile	157	0	running	121
15	18	12	Tim Richmond	UNO	Buick	156	0	engine	118
16	32	50	Bruce Hill	Native Tan	Buick	155	0	running	115
17	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Jim Peacock Dodge	Dodge	155	0	running	112
18	30	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	155	0	running	109
19	34	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	155	0	running	106
20	39	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection	Pontiac	155	0	running	103
21	6	3	Richard Childress	Ronnie Steele	Pontiac	154	0	running	100
22	41	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts	Pontiac	154	0	running	97
23	24	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Cal-Tex	Buick	153	0	running	94
24	17	75	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	150	0	running	91
25	29	24	Cecil Gordon	Daytona Inn	Buick	146	0	engine	88
26	27	22	Stan Barrett	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	138	3	engine	90
27	42	17	Tommy Houston	Kings Inn Daytona	Oldsmobile	127	0	running	82
28	4	28	Bobby Allison	Hardee's	Buick	111	10	valve	84
29	22	6	Joe Ruttman	The 5 Racers	Buick	99	0	ignition	76
30	11	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator	Ford	93	3	engine	78
31	38	19	Dick May	Gray Racing	Buick	89	0	engine	70
32	13	51	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore, Valvoline	Oldsmobile	85	0	rear end	67
33	20	66	Lake Speed	Native Tan	Buick	76	0	engine	64
34	25	9	Bill Elliott	Mell-Gear	Ford	72	0	engine	61
35	3	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler	Pontiac	71	1	vibration	63
36	36	99	Kevin Housby	Taylor & Martin	Oldsmobile	53	0	accident	55
37	28	13	Jack Ingram	Carolina Tool	Ford	52	0	clutch	52
38	31	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore, Sunny King	Ford	34	0	engine	49
39	26	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool	Ford	16	0	accident	46
40	12	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade	Oldsmobile	16	0	accident	43
41	23	31	Billie Harvey	Johnson, Pistone	Pontiac	15	0	accident	40
42	8	62	Rick Wilson	Florida Equipment & Service	Oldsmobile	8	0	engine	37

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
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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