1981 Carolina 500

Race 4 of 31

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:21:59
Average speed of winner: 114.594 mph
Margin of victory: 5.3 sec.
Lead changes: 36 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 75 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-65, Labonte 66, Millikan 67-68, Yarborough 69-103, B. Allison 104-117, Yarborough 118-125, B. Allison 126-128, R. Petty 129, Yarborough 130-183, Labonte 184, Gant 185-188, Yarborough 189-206, Rudd 207, Bonnett 208-224, Labonte 225, Waltrip 226-229, Bonnett 230-255, Millikan 256, R. Petty 257-259, Baker 260-262, Yarborough 263-276, Labonte 277, Millikan 278-282, Waltrip 283-288, Bonnett 289-307, Gant 308-321, Bonnett 322-329, Yarborough 330, Bonnett 331-332, Yarborough 333-365, Bonnett 366-370, Yarborough 371-381, Labonte 382, Bonnett 383-387, Yarborough 388-468, R. Petty 469-489, Waltrip 490-492

Video links: Finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Brewer		492	3	13	running	21655	180
2	1	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Ifft	140.448	492	10	320	running	12370	0
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	Buick	Petty	Inman		492	3	25	running	14370	170
4	8	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		492	7	82	running	6920	165
5	6	Buddy Baker	1	UNO	Oldsmobile	Ellington	Pittman		491	1	3	running	3895	160
6	2	Bobby Allison	28	Tuf-Lon	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		491	2	17	running	9470	155
7	14	Joe Millikan	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		488	3	8	running	6230	151
8	26	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Buick	Petty			486	0	0	running	2670	142
9	15	Lake Speed	66	George's T-Shirts	Buick	Speed			482	0	0	running	2770	138
10	32	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	86	Howard & Egerton Racing	Buick	Howard and Egerton			477	0	0	running	3170	134
11	23	Ronnie Thomas	25	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			476	0	0	running	4680	130
12	28	Johnny Rutherford	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		473	0	0	running	1870	127
13	24	Mike Alexander	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Oldsmobile	Bob Rogers			470	0	0	running	1700	0
14	30	Bobby Wawak	94	Louise Smith	Buick	Wawak			469	0	0	running	1570	121
15	17	Dave Marcis	71	Buck Stove	Dodge	Marcis			452	0	0	running	3810	118
16	22	Tim Richmond	99	UNO	Buick	Ulrich			450	0	0	running	3500	115
17	34	Jody Ridley	79	Miller Roofing	Oldsmobile	Junior Miller			443	0	0	engine	4290	112
18	7	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			427	2	18	engine	3070	114
19	37	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			424	0	0	running	2860	106
20	21	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			421	0	0	running	2730	103
21	9	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove	Buick	Hagan			412	5	5	accident	6270	105
22	16	Richard Childress	3	Childress Racing	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		409	0	0	engine	2420	97
23	35	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco	Buick	Cecil Gordon			395	0	0	running	2235	94
24	10	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Moore	Moore		379	0	0	accident	6200	91
25	12	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			298	0	0	accident	725	88
26	11	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler Jeans	Pontiac	Osterlund	Richert		285	0	0	accident	8250	85
27	33	Glenn Jarrett	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			277	0	0	overheating	1915	82
28	13	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart	Darrell Bryant		268	0	0	drive shaft	650	79
29	29	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			254	0	0	accident	1855	76
30	20	David Pearson	16	Halpern Enterprises	Chevrolet	Halpern			225	0	0	engine	675	73
31	5	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade	Oldsmobile	DiGard	Nelson		224	1	1	accident	6045	75
32	36	Rick Newsom	20	Newsom Racing	Chevrolet	Newsom			218	0	0	clutch	590	67
33	19	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			188	0	0	transmission	1805	64
34	18	Donnie Allison	12	5 Racers Corp.	Oldsmobile	Childers			109	0	0	oil line	580	61
35	27	Rick Wilson	62	Florida Equipment & Service	Oldsmobile	Rick Wilson			97	0	0	brakes	575	58
36	31	Stan Barrett	22	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham			61	0	0	accident	570	0
37	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			34	0	0	engine	1770	52

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	680	4	0	1	4	4
2	Bobby Allison	614	4	1	1	2	3
3	Dale Earnhardt	556	4	0	0	2	3
4	Joe Millikan	556	4	0	0	0	3
5	Jody Ridley	546	4	0	0	0	3
6	Darrell Waltrip	537	4	1	2	2	2
7	Ricky Rudd	531	4	0	0	2	2
8	Harry Gant	476	4	0	0	0	1
9	Richard Childress	435	4	0	0	1	1
10	Benny Parsons	431	4	0	0	1	1
11	Dave Marcis	417	4	0	0	0	0
12	Terry Labonte	408	4	0	0	1	1
13	Jimmy Means	406	4	0	0	0	0
14	Kyle Petty	403	4	0	0	0	1
15	Buddy Arrington	390	4	0	0	0	1
16	J.D. McDuffie	383	4	0	0	0	1
17	Tim Richmond	376	4	0	0	0	0
18	James Hylton	370	4	0	0	0	0
19	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	364	3	0	0	0	2
20	Tommy Gale	327	3	0	0	0	0
21	Lake Speed	326	3	0	0	0	1
22	Buddy Baker	325	2	0	0	2	2
23	Neil Bonnett	321	3	0	0	1	1
24	Ronnie Thomas	309	3	0	0	0	0
25	Cecil Gordon	307	4	0	0	0	0