1981 Winston Western 500 (January)

Race #1 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

Race #1 of 14 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston West Series Season

1981 Winston Western 500
*Held on January 11, 1981 at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, CA*
119 L, 297.5 M, 478.737 KM - Scheduled Distance

RESULTS Note: 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series drivers denoted in white rows, 1981 NASCAR Winston West Series in gold.

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	28	Bobby Allison	Tuf-Lon	Chevy	119	37	running
2	4	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Stove	Chevy	119	32	running
3	6	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler	Pontiac	119	0	running
4	10	3	Richard Childress	McDonald's	Chevy	119	11	running
5	17	42	Richard Petty	STP	Chevy	119	4	running
6	14	78	Jim Robinson	San Fernando Val. Lumber	Chevy	118	0	running
7	22	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore, Sunny King	Ford	117	0	running
8	19	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton	Buick	117	0	running
9	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing	Dodge	117	0	running
10	32	38	Don Waterman	St. John's Auto Parts	Olds	117	0	running
11	29	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts	Chevy	117	0	running
12	27	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering	Chevy	116	0	running
13	9	75	Joe Millikan	Hodgdon, Mike Curb	Chevy	115	1	running
14	13	93	Don Whittington	Road Atlanta	Chevy	115	0	running
15	28	17	Harry Gant	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevy	114	0	running
16	11	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool	Ford	113	0	running
17	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew	Chevy	108	3	running
18	34	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Chevy	108	0	running
19	3	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade	Chevy	98	19	engine
20	15	43	Kyle Petty	STP	Chevy	96	0	engine
21	26	03	Bob Bondurant	Pro-Power Engines	Olds	93	0	engine
22	12	73	Bill Schmitt	Pro-Power Engines	Buick	85	0	crash
23	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Chevy	84	0	crash
24	35	94	Steve Pfeifer	Pfeifer Racing	Chevy	83	0	suspension
25	30	64	John Gunn	Auto Merchant	Chevy	67	0	clutch
26	25	08	Rick McCray	McCray Racing	Chevy	66	0	transmission
27	7	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator	Ford	59	9	transmission
28	8	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove	Chevy	55	3	engine
29	18	99	Tim Richmond	UNO	Chevy	53	0	lifter
30	16	9	Jimmy Insolo	Trick Instant H.P.	Buick	41	0	suspension
31	5	11W	Roy Smith	Aircraft Standards	Olds	25	0	engine
32	21	13	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing	Chevy	14	0	sump
33	23	01	Hershel McGriff	Lake's Drywall	Dodge	10	0	engine
34	33	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Chevy	4	0	engine
35	36	2W	Robert Tartaglia	Tartaglia Racing	Chevy	4	0	valve
36	24	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Olds	2	0	engine

RACE DATA
Failed to Qualify: Don Sprouse, Harry Dinwiddie
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