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1981 Valleydale 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 31
Sunday, March 29, 1981 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 2:58:36
Average Speed: 89.53 mph
Pole Speed: 112.125 mph

Cautions: 8 for 44 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.5 sec
Attendance: 33,000
Lead changes: 21

Glossary 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1981 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
30	29	06	Ernie Cline	Bush Inc. (Ernie Cline)	Pontiac	77	550	brakes	0	73
1	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	500	22,450	running	323	185
5	8	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	Ford	499	7,375	running	57	160
20	31	17	Steve Spencer	Slick 50 (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	468	1,625	running	0	103
28	2	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Rod Osterlund)	Pontiac	140	7,270	crash	65	84
23	30	20	Rick Newsom	City (Rick Newsom)	Chevrolet	356	650	engine	0	94
21	25	24	Cecil Gordon	Brian's Steakhouse (Cecil Gordon)	Buick	461	1,600	running	0	100
18	10	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	473	2,020	running	0	109
25	15	26	Butch Lindley	Lindley Racing (Butch Lindley)	Chevrolet	194	600	engine	9	93
3	11	28	Bobby Allison	Tuf-Lon (Harry Ranier)	Pontiac	500	10,450	running	0	165
16	20	3	Richard Childress	Nichols (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	476	2,415	running	0	115
12	12	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	Oldsmobile	486	1,300	running	0	127
11	23	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	487	1,400	running	0	130
29	9	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	116	5,010	engine	1	81
7	4	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	495	6,550	running	1	151
19	17	45	D.K. Ulrich	McWhirter Grading (Baxter Price)	Buick	473	850	running	0	106
24	3	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	349	875	engine	6	96
8	14	48	Harry Gant	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Pontiac	493	4,270	running	1	147
4	7	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	500	4,600	running	18	165
26	27	50	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing (Bruce Hill)	Buick	184	590	wheel	0	85
14	26	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	480	2,810	running	0	121
15	24	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	479	2,600	running	0	118
9	21	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	491	3,800	running	0	138
13	19	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	485	3,020	running	0	124
22	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	377	925	valve	0	97
31	16	71	Dave Marcis	Bowlin Coal / Hudson (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	60	1,100	rear end	18	75
17	18	75	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	474	2,230	running	1	117
27	28	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton (Richard Howard)	Oldsmobile	164	580	sway bar	0	82
2	5	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade (DiGard)	Oldsmobile	500	14,375	running	0	170
6	6	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	497	5,920	running	0	150
10	13	99	Tim Richmond	UNO (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	491	3,590	running	0	134

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	30	30
Terry Labonte	31	31	1
Morgan Shepherd	32	33	2
Dave Marcis	34	51	18
Dale Earnhardt	52	93	42
Richard Petty	94	94	1
Dale Earnhardt	95	112	18
Darrell Waltrip	113	113	1
Dale Earnhardt	114	118	5
Morgan Shepherd	119	134	16
Darrell Waltrip	135	135	1
Butch Lindley	136	144	9
Ron Bouchard	145	150	6
Darrell Waltrip	151	172	22
Harry Gant	173	173	1
Benny Parsons	174	190	17
Darrell Waltrip	191	279	89
Joe Millikan	280	280	1
Benny Parsons	281	319	39
Darrell Waltrip	320	419	100
Benny Parsons	420	420	1
Darrell Waltrip	421	500	80

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	944
2	Jody Ridley	846	-98
3	Richard Petty	815	-129
4	Dale Earnhardt	805	-139
5	Harry Gant	803	-141
6	Ricky Rudd	798	-146
7	Joe Millikan	791	-153
8	Darrell Waltrip	782	-162
9	Benny Parsons	751	-193
10	Richard Childress	667	-277
11	Terry Labonte	665	-279
12	Buddy Arrington	635	-309
13	Jimmy Means	627	-317
14	J.D. McDuffie	610	-334
15	Tim Richmond	595	-349
16	Dave Marcis	574	-370
17	Kyle Petty	573	-371
18	Tommy Gale	554	-390
19	Morgan Shepherd	551	-393
20	Lake Speed	522	-422

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