1981 Valleydale 500

Race #6 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1981 Valleydale 500
*Held on March 29, 1981 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN*
500 L, 266.5 M, 429 KM - Scheduled Distance

RESULTS

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 & Honda	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, Citizen's Bank, Washington Freightliner, Falls Radiator	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

RACE DATA
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