1981 CRC Chemicals 500

Race 25 of 31

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:10:00
Average speed of winner: 119.561 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap + 15 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 22 laps
Lap leaders: Rudd 1-54, R. Petty 55, Allison 56-60, Rudd 61, Allison 62-122, Marcis 123, Allison 124-131, Bonnett 132-141, R. Petty 142, Waltrip 143, Labonte 144-146, Bonnett 147-234, Ruttman 235, Bonnett 236-248, Gant 249-408, Bonnett 409-419, Gant 420-437, Bonnett 438-500

Race notes: Darrell Waltrip took the points lead from Bobby Allison.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner Hodgdon/National Engineering	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		500	5	185	running	19000	185
2	2	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Brewer		499	1	1	running	16025	175
3	9	Bobby Allison	28	Hardee's	Buick	Ranier	Wilson		499	3	74	running	13000	170
4	17	Ron Bouchard	47	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Jack Beebe			495	0	0	running	9060	160
5	1	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Nelson	136.757	495	2	55	running	11375	160
6	5	Joe Ruttman	2	J.D. Stacy Racing	Pontiac	Stacy	Inman		495	1	1	running	8225	155
7	7	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Buick	Petty			495	0	0	running	4685	146
8	12	Dave Marcis	71	J.D. Stacy Racing	Chevrolet	Marcis			495	1	1	running	5065	147
9	15	Tim Richmond	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Buick	Bob Rogers			494	0	0	running	2350	138
10	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Buick	Petty	Hmiel		494	2	2	running	7575	139
11	16	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King Ford-Honda	Ford	Donlavey			493	0	0	running	5180	130
12	18	Morgan Shepherd	24	Washington Freightliners	Buick	Cecil Gordon			492	0	0	running	4110	127
13	6	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		492	0	0	running	2210	124
14	19	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			490	0	0	running	3720	121
15	22	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		490	0	0	running	5275	118
16	21	Lennie Pond	68	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Pond			490	0	0	running	1350	115
17	4	Gary Balough	75	RahMoc Racing	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		487	0	0	running	3145	112
18	25	D.K. Ulrich	99	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			482	0	0	running	2950	109
19	20	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			481	0	0	running	2730	106
20	27	Ronnie Thomas	25	Drummond Racing Ltd.	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			479	0	0	running	2400	103
21	13	Joe Millikan	5	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart	Darrell Bryant		474	0	0	running	5850	100
22	29	Lowell Cowell	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			468	0	0	running	2230	97
23	14	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham	Carter		437	2	178	engine	1895	99
24	23	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			404	0	0	running	2050	91
25	32	Dick May	40	Price Racing	Buick	Ulrich			311	0	0	alternator	675	88
26	30	Cecil Gordon	20	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Newsom			296	0	0	rear end	650	85
27	24	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing	Buick	Speed			288	0	0	engine	1275	82
28	26	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			256	0	0	engine	1250	79
29	10	Terry Labonte	44	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Hagan	Elder		230	1	3	accident	6025	81
30	31	Bob Schacht	97	Test Tube	Oldsmobile	Bob Schacht			219	0	0	cylinder	550	73
31	34	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Shaw Motors Oldsmobile	Oldsmobile	Maggiacomo			189	0	0	push rod	540	70
32	33	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			123	0	0	engine	1180	67
33	28	Bob Riley	60	Snellman Construction	Pontiac				49	0	0	engine	520	64
34	8	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Moore	Moore		31	0	0	overheating	5960	61

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	3820	25	6	8	16	19
2	Bobby Allison	3818	25	2	4	16	20
3	Harry Gant	3472	25	2	0	11	15
4	Ricky Rudd	3385	25	3	0	13	15
5	Terry Labonte	3275	25	2	0	7	13
6	Dale Earnhardt	3246	25	0	0	7	14
7	Jody Ridley	3196	25	0	1	2	14
8	Richard Petty	3190	25	0	3	11	14
9	Benny Parsons	2944	25	0	3	10	11
10	Dave Marcis	2917	25	1	0	4	9
11	Kyle Petty	2761	25	0	0	1	9
12	Buddy Arrington	2662	25	0	0	0	5
13	Morgan Shepherd	2607	23	1	1	3	8
14	Jimmy Means	2601	25	0	0	0	1
15	Tommy Gale	2495	24	0	0	0	0
16	J.D. McDuffie	2459	23	0	0	0	1
17	Tim Richmond	2448	23	0	0	0	6
18	James Hylton	2335	24	0	0	0	0
19	Lake Speed	2274	21	0	0	0	6
20	Richard Childress	2144	20	0	0	1	1
21	Cecil Gordon	2096	24	0	0	0	0
22	Joe Millikan	1909	17	0	0	0	6
23	Neil Bonnett	1896	17	1	2	5	6
24	Ronnie Thomas	1877	20	0	0	0	0
25	Cale Yarborough	1868	15	2	2	5	9