1981 Warner W. Hodgdon 400

Race 15 of 31

Riverside
95 laps
Time of race: 2:39:30
Average speed of winner: 93.597 mph
Margin of victory: 0.89 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 21 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-14, McGriff 15, Waterman 16, Bonnett 17-30, Earnhardt 31-34, Waltrip 35-38, K. Petty 39-40, Labonte 41-42, R. Petty 43-60, Waltrip 61-72, R. Petty 73, Waltrip 74-80, Earnhardt 81-86, R. Petty 87-92, Earnhardt 93, Waltrip 94-95

Race notes: Debut for Jim Bown. Finale for Steve Pfeifer. Only start for Rick O'Dell.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Brewer	114.378	95	5	39	running	23650	185
2	2	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler Jeans	Pontiac	Osterlund	Richert		95	3	11	running	18725	175
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	Buick	Petty	Hmiel		95	3	25	running	12200	170
4	4	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		95	1	14	running	4650	165
5	6	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade/DiGard	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		95	0	0	running	8900	155
6	13	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Buick	Petty			95	1	2	running	4860	155
7	25	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			95	0	0	running	5610	146
8	14	Roy Smith	0	Aircraft Standards	Buick	Robert Beadle			95	0	0	running	4740	142
9	21	Dave Marcis	71	Buck Stove/Hudson Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Marcis			95	0	0	running	3930	138
10	22	Jim Robinson	78	Hammer Security Systems	Oldsmobile	Jack Williams			93	0	0	running	3595	134
11	24	Stan Barrett	22	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham			93	0	0	running	2100	130
12	19	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			93	0	0	running	3450	127
13	33	Cecil Gordon	24	Johnson Truck Body	Buick	Cecil Gordon			93	0	0	running	3240	124
14	35	Steve Pfeifer	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			92	0	0	running	3080	0
15	30	Randy Ogden	18	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Jack Ogden			88	0	0	running	1175	118
16	27	Rick O'Dell	8	Behn's Ent./Delta Inst.	Buick	Behn			86	0	0	running	2145	115
17	31	Don Puskarich	13	Puskarich Racing	Oldsmobile	Puskarich			86	0	0	engine	1960	112
18	23	Richard Childress	3	McDonald's	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		83	0	0	accident	2215	109
19	26	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			79	0	0	running	2180	106
20	5	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Moore	Moore		72	0	0	accident	6375	103
21	10	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart	Darrell Bryant		72	0	0	accident	5850	100
22	9	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan			71	1	2	engine	6375	102
23	20	Don Waterman	38	St. John's Auto Parts	Buick	Vicki Waterman			68	1	1	oil leak	1570	99
24	15	Bill Schmitt	73	Pro-Power Engines	Buick	Kenny Schmidt			56	0	0	engine	1525	91
25	11	Hershel McGriff	01	Industrial Leasing	Buick	Craker			53	1	1	engine	800	93
26	32	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			48	0	0	engine	1275	85
27	18	D.K. Ulrich	64	Bondurant Driving School	Oldsmobile				43	0	0	accident	1250	82
28	29	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			29	0	0	accident	1225	79
29	7	Bobby Allison	28	Hardee's	Buick	Ranier	Wilson		26	0	0	engine	6150	76
30	28	Tommy Gale	40	Price Racing	Buick	Baxter Price			25	0	0	engine	675	73
31	8	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		23	0	0	engine	650	70
32	17	Jim Bown	16	Rose Auto Wrecking	Oldsmobile	Dick Bown			14	0	0	overheating	625	67
33	16	Tim Richmond	99	UNO	Buick	Ulrich			12	0	0	accident	1100	64
34	34	Ronnie Thomas	25	Jabe Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			7	0	0	engine	1050	61
35	12	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	86	Cal-Tex	Buick	Howard and Egerton			2	0	0	engine	500	58
36	36	Jimmy Insolo	1	San Fernando Valley Lumber	Buick				0	0	0	did not start	0	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	2332	15	2	3	10	12
2	Ricky Rudd	2139	15	2	0	9	10
3	Darrell Waltrip	2100	15	3	5	8	9
4	Dale Earnhardt	2023	15	0	0	6	9
5	Jody Ridley	1963	15	0	1	1	10
6	Harry Gant	1955	15	0	0	5	8
7	Richard Petty	1881	15	0	2	8	8
8	Terry Labonte	1852	15	2	0	2	7
9	Benny Parsons	1737	15	0	2	6	6
10	Dave Marcis	1720	15	1	0	3	5
11	Buddy Arrington	1700	15	0	0	0	4
12	Richard Childress	1647	15	0	0	1	1
13	Morgan Shepherd	1641	13	1	1	3	8
14	J.D. McDuffie	1600	15	0	0	0	1
15	Jimmy Means	1589	15	0	0	0	1
16	Kyle Petty	1584	15	0	0	1	4
17	Tommy Gale	1553	14	0	0	0	0
18	Tim Richmond	1439	13	0	0	0	3
19	James Hylton	1423	14	0	0	0	0
20	Cecil Gordon	1295	15	0	0	0	0
21	Joe Millikan	1277	11	0	0	0	5
22	Ronnie Thomas	1225	13	0	0	0	0
23	Lake Speed	1188	11	0	0	0	4
24	Neil Bonnett	1103	10	1	0	3	3
25	Mike Alexander	922	10	0	0	0	1