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1981 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 31
Sunday, January 11, 1981 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.8 miles)

Time of race: 3:16:18
Average Speed: 95.263 mph
Pole Speed: 114.711 mph

Cautions: 6 for 31 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.73 sec
Attendance: 35,000
Lead changes: 15

Glossary 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1981 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	28	Bobby Allison	Tuf-Lon (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	119	24,600	running	37	185
2	4	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Stove (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	119	19,600	running	32	175
3	6	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Rod Osterlund)	Pontiac	119	16,325	running	0	165
4	10	3	Richard Childress	McDonald's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	119	8,510	running	11	165
5	17	42	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	119	4,250	running	4	160
6	14	78	Jim Robinson	San Fernando Valley Lumber (Jack Williams)	Chevrolet	118	4,960	running	0	150
7	22	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	117	5,990	running	0	146
8	19	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton (Richard Howard)	Buick	117	2,950	running	0	142
9	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	117	4,430	running	0	138
10	32	38	Don Waterman	St. John's Auto Parts (Don Waterman)	Oldsmobile	117	3,970	running	0	134
11	29	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	117	3,900	running	0	130
12	27	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (John Borneman)	Chevrolet	116	3,140	running	0	127
13	9	75	Joe Millikan	Hodgdon / Mike Curb (RahMoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	115	3,430	running	1	129
14	13	93	Don Whittington	Road Atlanta (Scott Smith)	Chevrolet	115	1,600	running	0	121
15	28	17	Harry Gant	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	114	3,120	running	0	118
16	11	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	Ford	113	6,850	running	0	115
17	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	108	8,800	running	3	117
18	34	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	108	2,760	running	0	109
19	3	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	98	6,950	engine	19	111
20	15	43	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	96	6,645	engine	0	103
21	26	03	Bob Bondurant	Pro-Power Engines (Bob Bondurant)	Oldsmobile	93	1,130	engine	0	100
22	12	73	Bill Schmitt	Pro-Power Engines (Bill Schmitt)	Buick	85	1,845	crash	0	97
23	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	84	2,310	crash	0	94
24	35	94	Steve Pfeifer	Pfeifer Racing (Steve Pfeifer)	Chevrolet	83	1,055	suspension	0	91
25	30	64	John Gunn	Auto Merchant	Chevrolet	67	2,225	clutch	0	88
26	25	08	Rick McCray	McCray Racing (Rick McCray)	Chevrolet	66	1,655	transmission	0	85
27	7	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Ford	59	1,405	transmission	9	87
28	8	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	55	1,355	engine	3	84
29	18	99	Tim Richmond	UNO (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	53	1,305	lifter	0	76
30	16	9	Jimmy Insolo	Trick Instant H.P.	Buick	41	755	suspension	0	73
31	5	11W	Roy Smith	Aircraft Standards (Robert Beadle)	Oldsmobile	25	1,800	engine	0	70
32	21	13	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing (Matt Puskarich)	Chevrolet	14	650	sump	0	67
33	23	01	Hershel McGriff	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Dodge	10	600	engine	0	64
34	33	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	Chevrolet	4	550	engine	0	61
35	36	2W	Robert Tartaglia	Tartaglia Racing (Robert Tartaglia)	Chevrolet	4	500	valve	0	58
36	24	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	2	1,000	engine	0	55

Failed to qualify: Harry Dinwiddie (#41), Don Sprouse (#37)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	3	3
Terry Labonte	4	11	8
Dave Marcis	12	14	3
Terry Labonte	15	33	19
Richard Childress	34	35	2
Neil Bonnett	36	42	7
Richard Childress	43	45	3
Richard Petty	46	49	4
Neil Bonnett	50	51	2
Bobby Allison	52	58	7
Joe Millikan	59	59	1
Richard Childress	60	65	6
Ricky Rudd	66	84	19
Bobby Allison	85	99	15
Terry Labonte	100	104	5
Bobby Allison	105	119	15

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	185
2	Terry Labonte	175	-10
3	Dale Earnhardt	165	-20
4	Richard Childress	165	-20
5	Richard Petty	160	-25
6	Jim Robinson	150	-35
7	Jody Ridley	146	-39
8	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	142	-43
9	Buddy Arrington	138	-47
10	Don Waterman	134	-51
11	James Hylton	130	-55
12	Joe Millikan	129	-56
13	John Borneman	127	-58
14	Don Whittington	121	-64
15	Harry Gant	118	-67
16	Darrell Waltrip	117	-68
17	Benny Parsons	115	-70
18	Ricky Rudd	111	-74
19	Jimmy Means	109	-76
20	Kyle Petty	103	-82

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