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Race #9 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1981 Virginia 500
Held on April 26, 1981 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA
500 L, 263 M, 423.5 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
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

RACE DATA
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