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1981 Busch 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 31 Saturday, August 22, 1981 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:08:44 Average speed: 84.723 mph Pole speed: 110.818 mph Cautions: 7 for 52 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap Attendance: 34500 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 500 18800 running 251 185 2 3 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 499 12375 running 92 175 3 16 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 498 8800 running 0 165 4 6 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 497 7075 running 4 165 5 7 47   Ron Bouchard J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Buick 497 5650 running 0 155 6 8 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 497 6250 running 0 150 7 15 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 493 4170 running 0 146 8 9 12   Tim Richmond UNO   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 488 1315 crash 0 142 9 5 71   Dave Marcis Bowlin Coal   (Dave Marcis) Buick 487 3600 running 0 138 10 20 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 486 3780 running 0 134 11 2 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 485 3695 running 0 130 12 22 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 480 3035 running 0 127 13 23 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 479 2875 running 0 124 14 26 68   Lennie Pond Bekaert   (Lennie Pond) Buick 478 1000 running 0 121 15 25 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 471 2615 running 0 118 16 28 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 464 2475 running 0 115 17 18 5   Joe Millikan Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 434 4965 running 0 112 18 21 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 392 2255 running 0 109 19 13 24   Morgan Shepherd Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 339 1905 rear end 104 111 20 4 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 317 2875 sway bar 0 103 21 12 2   Joe Ruttman J.D. Stacy   (Jim Stacy) Pontiac 302 5100 oil pan 49 105 22 29 20   Rick Newsom Newsom Racing   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 248 635 handling 0 97 23 24 99   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 246 870 brakes 0 94 24 10 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 73 5060 cylinder head 0 91 25 17 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 49 595 crash 0 88 26 27 17   Mike Potter Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 32 1130 steering 0 85 27 14 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 31 2620 crash 0 82 28 11 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 28 860 transmission 0 79 29 30 08   Joel Stowe Don Satterfield Pontiac 14 540 flagged 0 76 30 19 40   Cecil Gordon Dixie Engineering   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 3 530 quit 0 73

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Gary Balough 75 Chaparral Trailers RahMoc Enterprises Buick Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 51 51   Morgan Shepherd 52 155 104   Darrell Waltrip 156 156 1   Bobby Allison 157 160 4   Ricky Rudd 161 250 90   Darrell Waltrip 251 252 2   Joe Ruttman 253 300 48   Darrell Waltrip 301 301 1   Joe Ruttman 302 302 1   Darrell Waltrip 303 416 114   Ricky Rudd 417 418 2   Darrell Waltrip 419 500 82 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 3345     2   Darrell Waltrip 3295   -50   3   Harry Gant 3077   -268   4   Ricky Rudd 3004   -341   5   Terry Labonte 2864   -481   6   Richard Petty 2838   -507   7   Dale Earnhardt 2828   -517   8   Jody Ridley 2801   -544   9   Benny Parsons 2657   -688   10   Dave Marcis 2489   -856   11   Kyle Petty 2457   -888   12   Buddy Arrington 2365   -980   13   Jimmy Means 2331   -1014   14   Morgan Shepherd 2284   -1061   15   J.D. McDuffie 2280   -1065   16   Tim Richmond 2219   -1126   17   Tommy Gale 2216   -1129   18   Richard Childress 2144   -1201   19   James Hylton 2074   -1271   20   Lake Speed 1965   -1380   21   Cecil Gordon 1917   -1428