1981 Winston 500

Race 10 of 31

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:20:52
Average speed of winner: 149.376 mph
Margin of victory: 0.1 sec.
Lead changes: 43 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 44 laps
Lap leaders: B. Allison pole, Baker 1, B. Allison 2-11, Baker 12, B. Allison 13-17, Wilson 18-23, Childress 24-27, Waltrip 28-31, Hylton 32-35, Rudd 36-40, B. Allison 41-45, Earnhardt 46, B. Allison 47, Waltrip 48, Baker 49-68, Waltrip 69, Labonte 70, B. Allison 71-78, D. Allison 79, Earnhardt 80-83, B. Allison 84-90, Baker 91-113, Waltrip 114-115, B. Allison 116, D. Allison 117, B. Allison 118-128, Baker 129-136, Rudd 137, Waltrip 138-140, Baker 141-160, B. Allison 161, Baker 162, B. Allison 163-168, Baker 169, Rudd 170, B. Allison 171-175, Rudd 176, B. Allison 177-181, Baker 182, B. Allison 183, Baker 184, B. Allison 185-186, Baker 187, B. Allison 188

Video links: Majority of race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bobby Allison	28	Five Racers	Buick	Ranier	Wilson	195.864	188	15	69	running	41500	180
2	2	Buddy Baker	1	UNO	Buick	Ellington	Pittman		188	11	78	running	34450	180
3	11	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Brewer		188	5	11	running	20325	170
4	10	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade	Oldsmobile	DiGard	Nelson		188	4	8	running	18750	165
5	14	Donnie Allison	77	Warren Fabricating	Oldsmobile	Rebhan			187	2	2	running	10050	160
6	23	Tim Richmond	99	UNO	Buick	Ulrich			185	0	0	running	12105	150
7	7	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan			185	1	1	running	13125	151
8	4	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler Jeans	Pontiac	Osterlund	Richert		183	2	5	running	14775	147
9	27	Dick May	25	Thomas Racing	Dodge	Ronnie Thomas			183	0	0	running	8745	138
10	26	Bobby Wawak	94	Louise Smith	Buick	Wawak			183	0	0	running	5375	134
11	34	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			181	0	0	running	7065	130
12	35	Tommy Houston	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Buick	Hamby			181	0	0	running	6745	0
13	13	Richard Childress	3	Ronnie Steel/Nichols	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		180	1	4	running	6625	129
14	40	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Chevrolet/Bowlin	Buick	Marcis			178	0	0	running	11145	121
15	32	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon Racing	Buick	Cecil Gordon			176	0	0	running	5725	118
16	12	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	86	Cal-Tex	Buick	Howard and Egerton			172	0	0	engine	3340	115
17	17	Buddy Arrington	67	Jim Hill Racing	Dodge	Arrington			171	0	0	running	5145	112
18	28	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing	Buick	Speed			170	0	0	running	4825	109
19	33	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			147	1	4	engine	4755	111
20	22	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			140	0	0	engine	3925	103
21	3	Mike Alexander	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Buick	Bob Rogers			135	0	0	engine	2745	100
22	37	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			121	0	0	running	3705	97
23	30	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart	Darrell Bryant		116	0	0	overheating	7260	94
24	8	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		86	0	0	engine	2860	91
25	5	Rick Wilson	62	Florida Equipment & Service	Oldsmobile	Rick Wilson			76	1	6	engine	2500	93
26	38	Ronnie Thomas	40	Price Racing	Buick	Baxter Price			75	0	0	oil line	1805	85
27	36	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			68	0	0	engine	3005	82
28	31	Bruce Hill	50	Hill Racing	Buick	Bruce Hill			51	0	0	overheating	1695	79
29	15	Joe Ruttman	6	Five Racers	Buick	Stacy			46	0	0	engine	1640	76
30	25	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Buick	Petty			38	0	0	ignition	1585	73
31	29	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			25	0	0	steering	3765	70
32	6	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		15	0	0	engine	2000	67
33	39	Rick Newsom	20	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Newsom			15	0	0	engine	1470	64
34	9	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham	Carter		1	0	0	accident	1560	61
35	16	Stan Barrett	22	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham			1	0	0	accident	1405	58
36	18	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Moore	Moore		1	0	0	accident	6825	55
37	19	Connie Saylor	4	Mitco	Oldsmobile	G.C. Spencer			1	0	0	accident	1345	52
38	20	Joe Millikan	75	RahMoc Racing	Oldsmobile	RahMoc	Rahilly		1	0	0	accident	1815	49
39	21	Richard Petty	43	STP	Buick	Petty	Hmiel		1	0	0	accident	6735	46
40	24	Bill Elliott	9	Mell-Gear Tuning Components	Ford	George Elliott	Elliott		1	0	0	accident	1255	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	1566	10	2	2	6	8
2	Ricky Rudd	1413	10	1	0	5	6
3	Darrell Waltrip	1392	10	2	4	6	6
4	Harry Gant	1359	10	0	0	4	6
5	Jody Ridley	1291	10	0	0	0	7
6	Dale Earnhardt	1286	10	0	0	3	6
7	Terry Labonte	1238	10	1	0	2	5
8	Richard Petty	1184	10	0	2	5	5
9	Dave Marcis	1160	10	1	0	2	2
10	Benny Parsons	1155	10	0	0	4	4
11	Joe Millikan	1135	10	0	0	0	4
12	Tim Richmond	1102	10	0	0	0	2
13	Buddy Arrington	1089	10	0	0	0	2
14	Richard Childress	1075	10	0	0	1	1
15	Jimmy Means	1051	10	0	0	0	0
16	Morgan Shepherd	1029	8	1	1	3	5
17	J.D. McDuffie	1010	10	0	0	0	1
18	Tommy Gale	1008	9	0	0	0	0
19	Kyle Petty	949	10	0	0	0	1
20	James Hylton	905	9	0	0	0	0
21	Ronnie Thomas	873	9	0	0	0	0
22	Lake Speed	871	8	0	0	0	3
23	Cecil Gordon	838	10	0	0	0	0
24	Neil Bonnett	723	7	0	0	2	2
25	Buddy Baker	698	5	0	0	3	4