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1981 Winston Western 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 31 of 31 Sunday, November 22, 1981 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.780 miles) Time of race: 3:16:19 Average speed: 95.288 mph Pole speed: 114.981 mph Cautions: 7 for 33 laps Margin of victory: .24 sec Attendance: 46000 Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 119 24300 running 49 185 2 12 2   Joe Ruttman J.D. Stacy   (Jim Stacy) Buick 119 17675 running 39 175 3 2 44   Terry Labonte J.D. Stacy   (Billy Hagan) Buick 119 16450 running 15 170 4 3 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 119 10560 running 0 160 5 9 5   Joe Millikan Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 119 9125 running 0 155 6 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 119 10300 running 1 155 7 25 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 119 8100 running 0 146 8 4 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 118 4860 running 6 147 9 21 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 118 5940 running 0 138 10 24 47   Ron Bouchard J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Buick 118 5380 running 0 134 11 29 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 118 4320 running 1 135 12 33 74   Gary Kershaw Edgett Racing   (John Edgett) Buick 117 1800 running 0 127 13 8 24   Morgan Shepherd Washington Freightliner   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 117 3950 running 0 124 14 18 73   Bill Schmitt Shasta County   (Bill Schmitt) Buick 116 3240 running 1 126 15 35 38   Don Waterman St. John's Auto Parts   (Don Waterman) Buick 116 3030 running 0 118 16 34 17   Lake Speed Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Buick 115 3345 running 0 115 17 28 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Buick 115 3110 running 0 112 18 16 69   Bob Bondurant HFJ Racing Pontiac 114 1300 running 0 109 19 20 75   Gary Balough Chaparral Trailers   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 113 2790 running 0 106 20 6 37   Tim Richmond Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 113 1195 running 0 103 21 30 13   Don Puskarich Puskarich Racing   (Matt Puskarich) Oldsmobile 111 2160 running 0 100 22 40 07   Gene Thonesen Thonesen Racing   (Gene Thonesen) Buick 110 2125 running 0 97 23 39 85   Mark Stahl Stahl Racing   (Mark Stahl) Ford 109 1080 running 0 94 24 36 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 106 2555 running 0 91 25 19 71   Dave Marcis J.D. Stacy   (Dave Marcis) Pontiac 103 1805 engine 3 93 26 37 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 95 1755 differential 0 85 27 7 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 90 6355 engine 4 87 28 14 1   Chuck Pittenger Pitt's Performance   (Chuck Pittinger) Buick 80 1155 clutch 0 79 29 23 51   Scott Miller J.D. Stacy   (Scott Miller) Pontiac 69 805 engine 0 76 30 26 0   Roy Smith Aircraft Standards   (Robert Beadle) Buick 58 2155 cam 0 73 31 12 99   Terry Herman Jim Davis   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 55 1500 crash 0 70 32 22 78   Jim Robinson Hammer Security   (Jack Williams) Oldsmobile 53 950 crash 0 67 33 10 21   Neil Bonnett Warner Hodgdon / National Eng.   (Wood Brothers) Ford 49 1100 plugs 0 64 34 38 35   Pat Mintey Marv's Chevy Only   (Pat Mintey) Chevrolet 40 850 engine 0 61 35 11 93   Don Whittington Scott Smith Oldsmobile 37 500 crash 0 58 36 32 16   Jim Bown Rose Auto Wrecking   (Dick Bown) Buick 34 790 piston 0 55 37 27 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 27 780 brakes 0 52 38 17 01   Hershel McGriff Howard Johnson's   (Gerald Craker) Buick 17 770 engine 0 49 39 31 41   Richard Childress Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 5 460 quit 0 46 40 13 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 2 6150 engine 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Don Stanley 61 Dale Sorenson Chevrolet Ferrel Harris 64 Weldon's Truck Repair Norman Negre Dodge Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 1 1   Harry Gant 2 7 6   Bobby Allison 8 26 19   Terry Labonte 27 29 3   Bobby Allison 30 34 5   Joe Ruttman 35 43 9   Dave Marcis 44 46 3   Terry Labonte 47 50 4   Bobby Allison 51 52 2   Joe Ruttman 53 55 3   Bobby Allison 56 58 3   Bill Schmitt 59 59 1   Benny Parsons 60 63 4   Bobby Allison 64 70 7   J.D. McDuffie 71 71 1   Terry Labonte 72 79 8   Joe Ruttman 80 102 23   Bobby Allison 103 105 3   Joe Ruttman 106 109 4   Bobby Allison 110 119 10 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 4880     2   Bobby Allison 4827   -53   3   Harry Gant 4218   -662   4   Terry Labonte 4052   -828   5   Jody Ridley 4002   -878   6   Ricky Rudd 3991   -889   7   Dale Earnhardt 3978   -902   8   Richard Petty 3883   -997   9   Dave Marcis 3510   -1370   10   Benny Parsons 3452   -1428   11   Buddy Arrington 3384   -1496   12   Kyle Petty 3335   -1545   13   Morgan Shepherd 3259   -1621   14   Tim Richmond 3221   -1659   15   Jimmy Means 3145   -1735   16   Tommy Gale 3143   -1737   17   J.D. McDuffie 3000   -1880   18   Lake Speed 2820   -2060   19   James Hylton 2756   -2124   20   Ron Bouchard 2693   -2187   21   Joe Millikan 2682   -2198