1981 Virginia 500 | ![]() |
Held on April 26, 1981 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA | |
500 L, 263 M, 423.5 KM - Scheduled Distance |
RESULTS |
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Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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1 | 12 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection | Pontiac | 500 | 203 | running | 180 |
2 | 16 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator | Ford | 500 | 2 | running | 175 |
3 | 1 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade | Buick | 499 | 24 | running | 170 |
4 | 2 | 12 | Harry Gant | Kencoal Mining | Olds | 497 | 204 | running | 170 |
5 | 9 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph | Buick | 497 | 0 | running | 155 |
6 | 13 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore, Sunny King | Ford | 494 | 0 | running | 150 |
7 | 26 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing | Olds | 493 | 0 | running | 146 |
8 | 3 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing | Dodge | 492 | 0 | running | 142 |
9 | 14 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm | Pontiac | 491 | 0 | running | 138 |
10 | 11 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing | Olds | 486 | 0 | running | 134 |
11 | 5 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Chevy | 485 | 0 | engine | 130 | |
12 | 28 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Pontiac | 484 | 0 | running | 127 |
13 | 8 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Ranier Racing | Pontiac | 477 | 0 | running | 124 |
14 | 18 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO | Buick | 476 | 0 | running | 121 |
15 | 22 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP | Buick | 469 | 0 | engine | 118 |
16 | 23 | 64 | Joe Fields | Richmond Printing | Buick | 469 | 0 | running | 115 |
17 | 20 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts | Pontiac | 461 | 0 | running | 112 |
18 | 24 | 40 | Tommy Gale | McWhirter Grading | Buick | 422 | 0 | running | 109 |
19 | 29 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Louise Smith | Buick | 398 | 0 | running | 106 |
20 | 25 | 17 | Tommy Houston | Kings Inn Daytona | Chevy | 324 | 0 | rear-end | 103 |
21 | 21 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline | Buick | 317 | 48 | engine | 105 |
22 | 27 | 3 | Richard Childress | Nichols | Pontiac | 271 | 0 | head-gasket | 97 |
23 | 17 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool | Ford | 198 | 0 | engine | 94 |
24 | 31 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Buick | 198 | 0 | transmission | 91 |
25 | 10 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler | Pontiac | 155 | 0 | engine | 88 |
26 | 6 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew | Buick | 150 | 0 | engine | 85 |
27 | 4 | 26 | Butch Lindley | Lindley Racing | Chevy | 87 | 19 | brakes | 87 |
28 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Buick | 40 | 0 | crash | 79 |
29 | 7 | 75 | Joe Millikan | Hayes Jewelers | Buick | 40 | 0 | crash | 76 |
30 | 30 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Pontiac | 17 | 0 | engine | 73 |
31 | 19 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing | Pontiac | 3 | 0 | crash | 70 |
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Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |