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1981 World 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 13 of 31 Sunday, May 24, 1981 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 4:38:22 Average speed: 129.326 mph Pole speed: 158.115 mph Cautions: 7 for 50 laps Margin of victory: 8.2 sec Attendance: 127000 Lead changes: 32 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 400 60200 running 140 185 2 4 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 400 28600 running 65 175 3 2 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 398 22425 running 0 165 4 13 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 397 18975 running 0 160 5 18 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 396 13080 running 0 155 6 10 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 395 14500 running 0 150 7 19 6   Joe Ruttman The 5 Racers   (Jim Stacy) Buick 395 7775 running 0 146 8 9 75   Joe Millikan Bic Shaver   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 393 10120 running 0 142 9 16 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 392 11700 running 3 143 10 34 86   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Western Steer   (Richard Howard) Buick 390 6550 running 0 134 11 30 24   Lennie Pond Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 388 8100 running 0 130 12 32 4   Connie Saylor Spencer Racing   (G.C. Spencer) Oldsmobile 388 5225 running 0 127 13 33 70   J.D. McDuffie Golden Corral   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 384 7515 running 0 124 14 15 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 380 10125 running 0 121 15 36 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 380 6930 running 0 118 16 40 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 377 6562 running 0 115 17 39 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 363 6150 running 0 112 18 5 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 362 13675 engine 54 114 19 17 3   Richard Childress UNO   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 340 5815 running 0 106 20 8 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 337 6530 engine 0 103 21 28 19   Bill Dennis Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Buick 327 3200 running 0 100 22 37 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 321 4645 running 0 97 23 42 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 310 4225 running 0 94 24 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 296 11700 engine 4 96 25 31 40   Dick May Price Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 271 2700 engine 0 88 26 12 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 268 3450 engine 0 85 27 14 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 227 2090 engine 0 82 28 23 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 221 3320 engine 0 79 29 1 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Ford 210 23790 crash 133 81 30 21 98   Rusty Wallace Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 204 2020 crash 0 73 31 35 94   Bobby Wawak Louise Smith   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 201 1775 crash 0 70 32 22 22   Stan Barrett Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 177 1750 crash 0 67 33 27 1   Buddy Baker UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 164 1700 carburetor 0 64 34 25 13   Jack Ingram Carolina Tool   (Bobby Hawkins) Ford 159 1650 engine 0 61 35 24 71   Dave Marcis Brooks Honda   (Dave Marcis) Dodge 155 2860 oil pump 1 63 36 6 41   Dick Brooks Tarts   (Billy Matthews) Buick 148 1575 crash 0 55 37 11 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 147 6950 engine 0 52 38 38 77   Donnie Allison Warren Fabricating   (John Rebhan) Oldsmobile 146 1475 crash 0 49 39 41 99   Chuck Bown Coca-Cola   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 118 1950 engine 0 46 40 29 9   Bill Elliott Mell-Gear   (George Elliott) Ford 93 1400 clutch 0 43 41 26 50   Bruce Hill Hill Racing   (Bruce Hill) Buick 65 1400 steering 0 40 42 20 62   Rick Wilson Florida Equipment & Service   (Rick Wilson) Oldsmobile 4 1400 crash 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Junior Miller Rick Newsom Randy Ogden Travis Tiller Blackie Wangerin Tommy Houston 17 Kendall Motor Oil Oldsmobile Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 4 4     5 10 6   #37,62,47 accident turn 4   11 13 3     14 16 3   #5 accident turn 3   17 54 38     55 59 5   #1 accident   60 151 92     152 160 9   #41,77 accident turn 4   161 183 23     184 188 5   #22 spun turn 4   189 210 22     211 228 18   #52,98 accident turn 4   229 259 31     260 263 4   #6 spun turn 4   264 400 137       Percent of race run under caution: 12.5%             Average green flag run: 43.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Neil Bonnett 1 1 1   Dale Earnhardt 2 36 35   Neil Bonnett 37 37 1   Dale Earnhardt 38 55 18   Dave Marcis 56 56 1   Neil Bonnett 57 59 3   Dale Earnhardt 60 60 1   Neil Bonnett 61 64 4   Bobby Allison 65 67 3   Neil Bonnett 68 115 48   Darrell Waltrip 116 118 3   Harry Gant 119 120 2   Richard Petty 121 124 4   Neil Bonnett 125 152 28   Harry Gant 153 153 1   Neil Bonnett 154 161 8   Harry Gant 162 163 2   Neil Bonnett 164 166 3   Bobby Allison 167 167 1   Neil Bonnett 168 184 17   Bobby Allison 185 189 5   Neil Bonnett 190 207 18   Bobby Allison 208 208 1   Neil Bonnett 209 210 2   Bobby Allison 211 211 1   Harry Gant 212 248 37   Bobby Allison 249 249 1   Harry Gant 250 260 11   Bobby Allison 261 266 6   Harry Gant 267 274 8   Bobby Allison 275 326 52   Harry Gant 327 330 4   Bobby Allison 331 400 70 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 2086     2   Ricky Rudd 1893   -193   3   Darrell Waltrip 1837   -249   4   Harry Gant 1751   -335   5   Dale Earnhardt 1668   -418   6   Jody Ridley 1662   -424   7   Terry Labonte 1651   -435   8   Richard Petty 1551   -535   9   Buddy Arrington 1491   -595   10   Morgan Shepherd 1466   -620   11   Benny Parsons 1454   -632   12   Dave Marcis 1427   -659   13   Richard Childress 1417   -669   14   Jimmy Means 1404   -682   15   Kyle Petty 1353   -733   15   Tommy Gale 1353   -733   17   J.D. McDuffie 1343   -743   18   Joe Millikan 1277   -809   19   Tim Richmond 1229   -857   19   James Hylton 1229   -857   21   Cale Yarborough 1092   -994