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1981 Running of the Southern 500

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1981 Southern 500
Held on September 7, 1981 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC
367 L, 501.322 M, 806.666 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	21	Neil Bonnett	Hodgdon, Curb Records	Ford	367	216	running	185
2	11	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew	Buick	367	2	running	175
3	4	71	Dave Marcis	U.S. Army	Buick	367	9	running	170
4	6	44	Terry Labonte	Stacy Racing	Buick	367	3	running	165
5	9	1	Buddy Baker	UNO	Buick	367	3	running	160
6	10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler	Pontiac	366	0	running	150
7	14	9	Bill Elliott	Mell-Gear	Ford	366	0	running	146
8	13	01	David Pearson	Steele Racing	Buick	365	0	running	142
9	17	28	Bobby Allison	Hardee's	Chevy	365	1	running	143
10	2	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline	Buick	363	24	running	139
11	5	47	Ron Bouchard	Stacy Racing	Buick	363	0	running	130
12	23	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore, Sunny King	Ford	362	0	running	127
13	22	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Buick	362	0	running	124
14	1	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	360	78	running	126
15	16	2	Joe Ruttman	Neo-Life	Pontiac	358	0	running	118
16	12	24	Morgan Shepherd	Gordon Racing	Buick	358	0	running	115
17	21	68	Lennie Pond	The 5 Racers	Buick	356	0	running	112
18	19	5	Joe Millikan	Performance Connection	Pontiac	353	0	running	109
19	33	8	Dick May	Brooks Honda	Dodge	353	0	running	106
20	29	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Auto Leasing	Oldsmobile	352	0	running	103
21	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	351	0	running	100
22	27	12	Tim Richmond	UNO	Buick	349	0	running	97
23	7	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade	Chevy	343	0	accident	94
24	40	94	Bobby Wawak	Louise Smith Special	Buick	334	0	running	91
25	20	75	Gary Balough	Chaparral Trailers	Buick	333	0	engine	88
26	38	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts	Pontiac	331	0	running	85
27	37	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	311	0	running	82
28	36	17	Mike Potter	Kings Inn Daytona	Buick	309	0	running	79
29	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	294	0	running	76
30	8	43	Richard Petty	STP	Buick	278	31	engine	78
31	26	99	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	269	0	engine	70
32	32	13	Jack Ingram	Carolina Tool	Ford	253	0	engine	67
33	25	98	Johnny Rutherford	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	190	0	water pump	64
34	18	42	Kyle Petty	STP	Buick	130	0	engine	61
35	24	40	Slick Johnson	Ulrich Racing	Buick	110	0	engine	58
36	39	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	93	0	accident	55
37	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing	Dodge	85	0	lug bolt	52
38	35	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	64	0	engine	49
39	15	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool	Ford	62	0	valve	46
40	31	4	Connie Saylor	Spencer Racing	Oldsmobile	6	0	engine	43

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
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