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Race #3 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1981 Richmond 400
Held on February 22, 1981 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, VA
400 L, 300 M, 482.8 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew	Buick	400	204	running	185
2	8	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade	Oldsmobile	400	7	running	175
3	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	Buick	399	39	running	170
4	1	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection	Pontiac	399	150	running	165
5	4	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool	Ford	399	0	running	155
6	2	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm	Buick	399	0	running	150
7	6	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler	Pontiac	397	0	running	146
8	25	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore, Sunny King	Ford	397	0	running	142
9	14	75	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	396	0	running	138
10	10	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	395	0	running	134
11	12	68	Lennie Pond	The 5 Racers	Buick	395	0	running	130
12	26	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	392	0	running	127
13	18	3	Richard Childress	Childress Racing	Pontiac	391	0	running	124
14	20	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	390	0	running	121
15	11	37	Don Sprouse	Rogers Auto Leasing	Oldsmobile	389	0	running	118
16	19	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing	Dodge	385	0	running	115
17	27	99	Tim Richmond	UNO	Buick	382	0	running	112
18	23	79	Tommy Gale	Miller Roofing	Oldsmobile	381	0	running	109
19	24	24	Cecil Gordon	Home Craft Homes	Buick	380	0	running	106
20	30	94	Henry Jones	Louise Smith	Buick	363	0	running	103
21	13	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	358	0	running	100
22	16	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson, Bowlin Coal	Dodge	321	0	driveshaft	97
23	5	28	Bobby Allison	J.W. Hunt Produce	Chevy	276	0	rear end	94
24	17	42	Kyle Petty	STP	Buick	223	0	rear end	91
25	22	17	Glenn Jarrett	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevy	216	0	transmission	88
26	9	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Stove	Buick	204	0	clutch	85
27	29	20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	Chevy	169	0	rear end	82
28	21	92	Joe Fields	Richmond Printing	Pontiac	118	0	running	79
29	15	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts	Pontiac	47	0	distributor	76
30	28	45	Baxter Price	McWhirter Grading	Buick	16	0	driveshaft	73

RACE DATA
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Margin of Victory:
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Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
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