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1981 Talladega 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 31 Sunday, August 2, 1981 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:11:24 Average speed: 156.737 mph Pole speed: 195.897 mph Cautions: 8 for 36 laps Margin of victory: 2 feet Attendance: 75000 Lead changes: 39 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 188 38905 running 6 180 2 13 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 188 23000 running 36 175 3 4 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 188 18500 running 11 170 4 1 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 188 10000 running 2 165 5 2 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 188 17825 running 105 165 6 35 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Buick 187 9345 running 10 155 7 31 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 187 6800 running 0 146 8 27 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 187 7665 running 0 142 9 16 22   Stan Barrett Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 186 3575 running 0 138 10 14 71   Dave Marcis Paul Young Leasing   (Dave Marcis) Buick 185 6305 running 0 134 11 18 9   Bill Elliott Mell-Gear   (George Elliott) Ford 185 3200 running 0 130 12 26 86   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Cal-Tex   (Richard Howard) Buick 184 3175 running 0 127 13 22 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 184 8450 running 0 124 14 40 99   Terry Herman Kargas Sports / Jim Davis   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 183 5535 running 0 121 15 32 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Buick 181 2800 running 0 118 16 28 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 180 5200 running 0 115 17 34 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 180 4865 running 0 112 18 37 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 177 4605 running 0 109 19 39 94   Bobby Wawak Louise Smith   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 175 2550 running 0 106 20 9 62   Rick Wilson Florida Equipment & Service   (Rick Wilson) Oldsmobile 148 2625 crash 0 103 21 19 98   Rusty Wallace Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 147 2225 engine 0 100 22 8 6   Joe Ruttman The 5 Racers   (Jim Stacy) Buick 134 2175 brakes 0 97 23 12 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 133 7575 running 0 94 24 11 68   Lennie Pond The 5 Racers   (Lennie Pond) Buick 113 2075 rear end 0 91 25 41 75   Gary Balough The 5 Racers   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 113 3570 engine 1 93 26 17 3   Richard Childress Ronnie Steele   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 111 3550 engine 0 85 27 36 17   Mike Potter Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Buick 100 3490 transmission 0 82 28 5 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 83 2725 crash 6 84 29 3 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Jim Stacy) Pontiac 83 9375 transmission 5 81 30 30 50   Bruce Hill Native Tan   (Bruce Hill) Buick 75 1700 engine 0 73 31 38 38   Sandy Satullo Copper Kettle Marina   (Sandy Satullo) Buick 68 1500 engine 0 70 32 7 1   Buddy Baker UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Buick 64 1475 engine 0 67 33 29 4   Connie Saylor Ball Equipment   (G.C. Spencer) Oldsmobile 64 1450 rocker arm 0 64 34 33 12   Tim Richmond UNO   (Kennie Childers) Buick 58 1425 engine 0 61 35 24 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 55 1700 engine 0 58 36 15 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 55 6325 engine 0 55 37 6 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Ford 41 2150 ignition 6 57 38 23 13   Jack Ingram Carolina Tool   (Bobby Hawkins) Ford 29 1325 valve 0 49 39 25 48   James Hylton STP   (James Hylton) Pontiac 29 3005 vibration 0 46 40 20 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 12 6650 oil pan 0 43 41 21 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 10 2735 valve 0 40 42 42 25   Joe Booher Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 4 1700 engine 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Steve Moore 73 Willard Moore Chevrolet WD Billie Harvey 31 Billie Harvey Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 60 60     61 64 4   #12 engine   65 84 20     85 90 6   #27,62 accident turn 2   91 102 12     103 105 3   debris backstretch   106 106 1     107 110 4   #15 spun turn 1   111 114 4     115 118 4   #3 engine   119 139 21     140 143 4   #62 accident turn 3   144 149 6     150 155 6   #62 accident turn 1   156 171 16     172 176 5   #66 spun turn 2   177 188 12       Percent of race run under caution: 19.1%             Average green flag run: 16.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 1 1   Harry Gant 2 2 1   Neil Bonnett 3 4 2   Dale Earnhardt 5 7 3   Neil Bonnett 8 11 4   Dale Earnhardt 12 13 2   Bobby Allison 14 35 22   Terry Labonte 36 36 1   Ron Bouchard 37 37 1   Darrell Waltrip 38 38 1   Bobby Allison 39 49 11   Cale Yarborough 50 51 2   Bobby Allison 52 52 1   Cale Yarborough 53 53 1   Bobby Allison 54 57 4   Cale Yarborough 58 60 3   Gary Balough 61 61 1   Bobby Allison 62 83 22   Darrell Waltrip 84 84 1   Bobby Allison 85 92 8   Darrell Waltrip 93 94 2   Bobby Allison 95 96 2   Darrell Waltrip 97 102 6   Ron Bouchard 103 103 1   Lake Speed 104 110 7   Darrell Waltrip 111 114 4   Terry Labonte 115 120 6   Ron Bouchard 121 122 2   Terry Labonte 123 123 1   Darrell Waltrip 124 139 16   Ron Bouchard 140 140 1   Bobby Allison 141 149 9   Lake Speed 150 152 3   Terry Labonte 153 154 2   Harry Gant 155 155 1   Bobby Allison 156 180 25   Terry Labonte 181 181 1   Darrell Waltrip 182 187 6   Ron Bouchard 188 188 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 3029     2   Darrell Waltrip 2935   -94   3   Harry Gant 2782   -247   4   Ricky Rudd 2664   -365   5   Dale Earnhardt 2608   -421   6   Terry Labonte 2573   -456   7   Jody Ridley 2566   -463   8   Richard Petty 2562   -467   9   Benny Parsons 2417   -612   10   Kyle Petty 2272   -757   11   Dave Marcis 2216   -813   12   Buddy Arrington 2173   -856   13   Richard Childress 2144   -885   14   Jimmy Means 2116   -913   15   Morgan Shepherd 2112   -917   16   J.D. McDuffie 2041   -988   17   Tim Richmond 2004   -1025   18   Tommy Gale 1993   -1036   19   James Hylton 1872   -1157   20   Cecil Gordon 1753   -1276   21   Lake Speed 1701   -1328