| 1981 Valleydale 500 | 
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| Held on March 29, 1981 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN | |
| 500 L, 266.5 M, 429 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew | Buick | 500 | 323 | running | 185 |
| 2 | 5 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade | Oldsmobile | 500 | 0 | running | 170 |
| 3 | 11 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Tuf-Lon | Pontiac | 500 | 0 | running | 165 |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection | Pontiac | 500 | 18 | running | 165 |
| 5 | 8 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool | Ford | 499 | 57 | running | 160 |
| 6 | 6 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore, Sunny King | Ford | 497 | 0 | running | 150 |
| 7 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph | Buick | 495 | 1 | running | 151 |
| 8 | 14 | 48 | Harry Gant | Palatine Auto Parts | Pontiac | 493 | 1 | running | 147 |
| 9 | 21 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing | Oldsmobile | 491 | 0 | running | 138 |
| 10 | 13 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO | Buick | 491 | 0 | running | 134 |
| 11 | 23 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP | Buick | 487 | 0 | running | 130 |
| 12 | 12 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing | Oldsmobile | 486 | 0 | running | 127 |
| 13 | 19 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing | Dodge | 485 | 0 | running | 124 |
| 14 | 26 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Chevy | 480 | 0 | running | 121 |
| 15 | 24 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Ford | 479 | 0 | running | 118 |
| 16 | 20 | 3 | Richard Childress | Nichols | Pontiac | 476 | 0 | running | 115 |
| 17 | 18 | 75 | Joe Millikan | RahMoc Enterprises | Buick | 474 | 1 | running | 117 |
| 18 | 10 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing | Pontiac | 473 | 0 | running | 109 |
| 19 | 17 | 45 | D.K. Ulrich | McWhirter Grading | Buick | 473 | 0 | running | 106 |
| 20 | 31 | 17 | Steve Spencer | Slick 50 | Chevy | 468 | 0 | running | 103 |
| 21 | 25 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Brian's Steakhouse | Buick | 461 | 0 | running | 100 |
| 22 | 22 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Pontiac | 377 | 0 | valve | 97 |
| 23 | 30 | 20 | Rick Newsom | City | Chevy | 356 | 0 | engine | 94 |
| 24 | 3 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm | Buick | 349 | 6 | engine | 96 |
| 25 | 15 | 26 | Butch Lindley | Lindley Racing | Chevy | 194 | 9 | engine | 93 |
| 26 | 27 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Buick | 184 | 0 | wheel | 85 |
| 27 | 28 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Howard & Egerton | Oldsmobile | 164 | 0 | sway bar | 82 |
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler | Pontiac | 140 | 65 | crash | 84 |
| 29 | 9 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Buick | 116 | 1 | engine | 81 |
| 30 | 29 | 06 | Ernie Cline | Bush Inc. | Pontiac | 77 | 0 | brakes | 73 |
| 31 | 16 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Bowlin Coal, Hudson | Chevy | 60 | 18 | rear end | 75 |
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| Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |
