| 1981 Melling Tool 420 | 
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| Held on May 9, 1981 at Fairgrounds Speedway at Nashville in Nashville, TN | |
| 420 L, 250.32 M, 402.78 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool | Ford | 420 | 209 | running | 180 |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew | Buick | 420 | 1 | running | 175 |
| 3 | 14 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Jim Stacy | Pontiac | 420 | 0 | running | 165 |
| 4 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Buick | 419 | 0 | running | 160 |
| 5 | 1 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade | Buick | 419 | 210 | running | 165 |
| 6 | 11 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph | Buick | 418 | 0 | running | 150 |
| 7 | 13 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP | Buick | 417 | 0 | running | 146 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection | Pontiac | 416 | 0 | running | 142 |
| 9 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing | Dodge | 414 | 0 | running | 138 |
| 10 | 8 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmission Enterprise | Chevy | 413 | 0 | running | 134 |
| 11 | 2 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing | Buick | 410 | 0 | running | 130 |
| 12 | 19 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO | Buick | 408 | 0 | running | 127 |
| 13 | 18 | 3 | Richard Childress | Nichols | Pontiac | 405 | 0 | running | 124 |
| 14 | 20 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Chevy | 402 | 0 | running | 121 |
| 15 | 21 | 17 | Mike Potter | Kings Inn Daytona | Chevy | 401 | 0 | running | 118 |
| 16 | 23 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Pontiac | 400 | 0 | running | 115 |
| 17 | 16 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Ford | 399 | 0 | running | 112 |
| 18 | 22 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Louise Smith | Buick | 397 | 0 | running | 109 |
| 19 | 27 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Pontiac | 383 | 0 | running | 106 |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler | Pontiac | 379 | 0 | running | 103 |
| 21 | 24 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts | Pontiac | 378 | 0 | running | 100 |
| 22 | 9 | 12 | Harry Gant | Kencoal Mining | Oldsmobile | 227 | 0 | engine | 97 |
| 23 | 10 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Price Racing | Buick | 200 | 0 | engine | 94 |
| 24 | 26 | 66 | Lake Speed | Dinwiddie Racing | Pontiac | 125 | 0 | alternator | 91 |
| 25 | 15 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore, Sunny King | Ford | 116 | 0 | engine | 88 |
| 26 | 17 | 25 | Charlie Chamblee | Broadway Motors | Pontiac | 10 | 0 | oil pressure | 85 |
| 27 | 6 | 02 | Mark Martin | AMSOIL, Prototype | Pontiac | 2 | 0 | cam | 82 |
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| Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |
