1981 World 600

Race 13 of 31

Charlotte
400 laps
Time of race: 4:38:22
Average speed of winner: 129.326 mph
Margin of victory: 8.2 sec.
Lead changes: 32 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 50 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett 1, Earnhardt 2-36, Bonnett 37, Earnhardt 38-55, Marcis 56, Bonnett 57-59, Earnhardt 60, Bonnett 61-64, B. Allison 65-67, Bonnett 68-115, Waltrip 116-118, Gant 119-120, R. Petty 121-124, Bonnett 125-152, Gant 153, Bonnett 154-161, Gant 162-163, Bonnett 164-166, B. Allison 167, Bonnett 168-184, B. Allison 185-189, Bonnett 190-207, B. Allison 208, Bonnett 209-210, B. Allison 211, Gant 212-248, B. Allison 249, Gant 250-260, B. Allison 261-266, Gant 267-274, B. Allison 275-326, Gant 327-330, B. Allison 331-400

Race notes: Finale for Bill Dennis.

Video links: Intro/Start

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Bobby Allison	28	Hardee's	Buick	Ranier	Wilson		400	9	140	running	60200	185
2	4	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		400	7	65	running	28600	175
3	2	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		398	0	0	running	22425	165
4	13	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		397	0	0	running	18975	160
5	18	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Buick	Petty			396	0	0	running	13080	155
6	10	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart	Darrell Bryant		395	0	0	running	14500	150
7	19	Joe Ruttman	6	The 5 Racers	Buick	Stacy			395	0	0	running	7775	146
8	9	Joe Millikan	75	Bic Shaver	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		393	0	0	running	10120	142
9	16	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Brewer		392	1	3	running	11700	143
10	34	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	86	Western Steer	Buick	Howard and Egerton			390	0	0	running	6550	134
11	30	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon Racing	Buick	Cecil Gordon			388	0	0	running	8100	0
12	32	Connie Saylor	4	Spencer Racing	Oldsmobile	G.C. Spencer			388	0	0	running	5225	127
13	33	J.D. McDuffie	70	Golden Corral	Pontiac	McDuffie			384	0	0	running	7515	124
14	15	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan			380	0	0	running	10125	121
15	36	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			380	0	0	running	6930	118
16	40	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			377	0	0	running	6560	115
17	39	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			363	0	0	running	6150	112
18	5	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler Jeans	Pontiac	Osterlund	Richert		362	3	54	engine	13675	114
19	17	Richard Childress	3	UNO	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		340	0	0	running	5815	106
20	8	Jody Ridley	90	Sunny King/Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			337	0	0	engine	6530	103
21	28	Bill Dennis	19	Belden Asphalt	Buick	Henley Gray			327	0	0	running	3200	100
22	37	Ronnie Thomas	25	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			321	0	0	running	4645	97
23	42	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			310	0	0	running	4225	94
24	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	Buick	Petty	Hmiel		296	1	4	engine	11700	96
25	31	Dick May	40	Price Racing	Buick	Baxter Price			271	0	0	engine	2700	88
26	12	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			268	0	0	engine	3450	85
27	14	Mike Alexander	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Buick	Bob Rogers			227	0	0	engine	2090	82
28	23	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Speed			221	0	0	engine	3320	79
29	1	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	158.115	210	11	133	accident	23790	81
30	21	Rusty Wallace	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		204	0	0	accident	2020	73
31	35	Bobby Wawak	94	Louise Smith	Buick	Wawak			201	0	0	accident	1775	70
32	22	Stan Barrett	22	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham			177	0	0	accident	1750	67
33	27	Buddy Baker	1	UNO	Oldsmobile	Ellington	Pittman		164	0	0	carburetor	1700	64
34	25	Jack Ingram	13	Carolina Tool & Equipment	Ford	Hawkins			159	0	0	engine	1650	61
35	24	Dave Marcis	71	Dick Brooks Honda	Dodge	Marcis			155	1	1	oil pump	2860	63
36	6	Dick Brooks	41	Tarts	Buick	Billy Matthews			148	0	0	accident	1575	55
37	11	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Moore	Moore		147	0	0	engine	6950	52
38	38	Donnie Allison	77	Warren Fabricating	Oldsmobile	Rebhan			146	0	0	accident	1475	49
39	41	Chuck Bown	99	Coca-Cola	Buick	Ulrich			118	0	0	engine	1950	0
40	29	Bill Elliott	9	Mell-Gear Tuning Components	Ford	George Elliott	Elliott		93	0	0	clutch	1400	43
41	26	Bruce Hill	50	Hill Racing	Buick	Bruce Hill			65	0	0	steering	1400	40
42	20	Rick Wilson	62	Florida Equipment & Service	Oldsmobile	Rick Wilson			4	0	0	accident	1400	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	2086	13	2	3	9	11
2	Ricky Rudd	1893	13	2	0	8	9
3	Darrell Waltrip	1837	13	2	4	7	8
4	Harry Gant	1746	13	0	0	5	7
5	Dale Earnhardt	1668	13	0	0	4	7
6	Jody Ridley	1662	13	0	1	1	8
7	Terry Labonte	1651	13	1	0	2	7
8	Richard Petty	1551	13	0	2	6	6
9	Buddy Arrington	1491	13	0	0	0	4
10	Morgan Shepherd	1471	11	1	1	3	8
11	Benny Parsons	1454	13	0	1	5	5
12	Dave Marcis	1427	13	1	0	2	3
13	Richard Childress	1417	13	0	0	1	1
14	Jimmy Means	1404	13	0	0	0	1
15	Kyle Petty	1353	13	0	0	1	3
16	Tommy Gale	1353	12	0	0	0	0
17	J.D. McDuffie	1343	13	0	0	0	1
18	Joe Millikan	1277	11	0	0	0	5
19	Tim Richmond	1229	11	0	0	0	2
20	James Hylton	1229	12	0	0	0	0
21	Cecil Gordon	1062	13	0	0	0	0
22	Ronnie Thomas	1061	11	0	0	0	0
23	Lake Speed	1041	10	0	0	0	3
24	Neil Bonnett	938	9	1	0	2	2
25	Mike Alexander	922	10	0	0	0	1