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1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 31 Sunday, June 7, 1981 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 3:01:10 Average speed: 132.475 mph Pole speed: 167.543 mph Cautions: 5 for 31 laps Margin of victory: .51 sec Attendance: 18000 Lead changes: 35 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 200 22750 running 58 180 2 3 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 200 18650 running 96 180 3 2 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 200 14650 running 17 170 4 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 199 12550 running 0 160 5 13 71   Dave Marcis Norton Company   (Dave Marcis) Buick 198 8935 running 0 155 6 6 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 198 8610 running 1 155 7 16 99   Tim Richmond UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Oldsmobile 196 6840 running 0 146 8 14 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 196 5630 running 4 147 9 12 6   Joe Ruttman The 5 Racers   (Jim Stacy) Buick 195 3100 running 3 143 10 7 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 193 2700 running 4 139 11 25 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 191 4470 running 0 130 12 15 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 189 4250 running 0 127 13 18 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 189 4040 running 0 124 14 10 3   Richard Childress Texas Steel Hauler   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 188 3830 running 0 121 15 20 36   H.B. Bailey Almeda Auto Parts   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 187 2000 running 0 118 16 27 75   Dick May Rahmoc Enterprises Buick 184 3520 running 0 115 17 26 77   Lowell Cowell Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 184 1800 running 0 112 18 24 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 183 3160 running 0 109 19 21 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 175 2890 running 0 106 20 23 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 171 2330 running 0 103 21 29 40   Rick Baldwin Price Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Oldsmobile 149 1550 engine 0 100 22 19 18   Randy Ogden Piedmont Airlines   (Jack Ogden) Oldsmobile 137 1500 rear end 0 97 23 1 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 131 8400 crash 5 99 24 11 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 122 6850 engine 0 91 25 22 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 115 2570 engine 0 88 26 31 94   Bobby Wawak Louise Smith   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 92 1300 engine 0 85 27 34 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 72 2450 engine 0 82 28 30 20   Rick Newsom Superior Piping   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 40 1200 crash 0 79 29 17 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 34 1150 engine 0 76 30 9 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 33 6550 cylinder head 12 78 31 8 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 17 6000 radiator 0 70 32 28 98   D.K. Ulrich UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 4 1000 quit 0 67 33 32 8   Kirk Shelmerdine McDonald's   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 2 950 quit 0 64 34 33 50   Baxter Price Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 1 900 quit 0 61

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 34 34     35 43 9   #42 spun turn 1   44 45 2     46 52 7   #20 accident turn 3   53 124 72     125 130 6   #88 engine   131 132 2     133 137 5   #44,66,71 accident turn 3   138 164 27     165 168 4   #24,40,77 accident turn 1   169 200 32       Percent of race run under caution: 15.5%             Average green flag run: 28.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 1 1   Dale Earnhardt 2 5 4   Terry Labonte 6 7 2   Bobby Allison 8 9 2   Darrell Waltrip 10 21 12   Bobby Allison 22 35 14   Benny Parsons 36 46 11   Joe Ruttman 47 48 2   Harry Gant 49 52 4   Terry Labonte 53 55 3   Dale Earnhardt 56 56 1   Benny Parsons 57 65 9   Dale Earnhardt 66 81 16   Benny Parsons 82 82 1   Dale Earnhardt 83 93 11   Joe Ruttman 94 94 1   Lake Speed 95 98 4   Jody Ridley 99 99 1   Benny Parsons 100 109 10   Dale Earnhardt 110 123 14   Benny Parsons 124 130 7   Dale Earnhardt 131 137 7   Benny Parsons 138 140 3   Dale Earnhardt 141 141 1   Benny Parsons 142 143 2   Dale Earnhardt 144 146 3   Benny Parsons 147 147 1   Dale Earnhardt 148 164 17   Benny Parsons 165 168 4   Dale Earnhardt 169 188 20   Benny Parsons 189 190 2   Dale Earnhardt 191 191 1   Benny Parsons 192 195 4   Dale Earnhardt 196 196 1   Benny Parsons 197 200 4 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 2256     2   Ricky Rudd 1984   -272   3   Darrell Waltrip 1915   -341   4   Harry Gant 1890   -366   5   Dale Earnhardt 1848   -408   6   Jody Ridley 1817   -439   7   Terry Labonte 1750   -506   8   Richard Petty 1711   -545   9   Benny Parsons 1634   -622   10   Buddy Arrington 1615   -641   11   Dave Marcis 1582   -674   12   Richard Childress 1538   -718   13   Morgan Shepherd 1536   -720   14   Jimmy Means 1510   -746   15   Tommy Gale 1480   -776   16   J.D. McDuffie 1473   -783   17   Kyle Petty 1429   -827   18   Tim Richmond 1375   -881   19   James Hylton 1317   -939   20   Joe Millikan 1277   -979   21   Lake Speed 1188   -1068