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Race #7 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1981 Northwestern Bank 400
Held on April 5, 1981 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, NC
400 L, 250 M, 402.4 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	13	43	Richard Petty	STP	Buick	400	89	running	180
2	3	28	Bobby Allison	Tuf-Lon	Pontiac	400	186	running	180
3	7	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew	Buick	400	2	running	170
4	1	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson	Chevy	400	123	running	165
5	8	12	Harry Gant	The 5 Racers	Oldsmobile	400	0	running	155
6	4	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade	Buick	399	0	running	150
7	16	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph	Buick	399	0	running	146
8	10	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm	Buick	399	0	running	142
9	9	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection	Pontiac	399	0	running	138
10	2	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler	Pontiac	395	0	running	134
11	11	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Auto Leasing	Oldsmobile	395	0	running	130
12	15	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	394	0	running	127
13	23	40	D.K. Ulrich	Mastin Pool	Buick	393	0	running	124
14	28	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Chevy	393	0	running	121
15	17	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts	Chevy	393	0	running	118
16	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	389	0	running	115
17	19	3	Richard Childress	Childress Racing	Pontiac	381	0	running	112
18	22	99	Tim Richmond	UNO	Buick	342	0	running	109
19	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	339	0	running	106
20	24	17	Tommy Houston	Lowe's	Buick	339	0	running	103
21	6	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool	Ford	324	0	engine	100
22	20	42	Kyle Petty	STP	Buick	319	0	crash	97
23	18	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	290	0	crash	94
24	12	26	Butch Lindley	Lindley Racing	Chevy	278	0	engine	91
25	25	92	Joe Fields	The Shop	Buick	191	0	engine	88
26	21	75	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevy	174	0	oil pressure	85
27	5	02	Mark Martin	Prototype, AMSOIL	Pontiac	166	0	rear end	82
28	14	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore, Sunny King	Ford	126	0	rear end	79
29	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing	Dodge	111	0	engine	76
30	26	94	Bobby Wawak	Louise Smith	Buick	67	0	engine	73
31	27	53	Cecil Gordon	Broadway Motors	Buick	8	0	rear end	70

RACE DATA
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