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1981 Old Dominion 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 26 of 31 Sunday, September 27, 1981 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles) Time of race: 3:44:57 Average speed: 70.089 mph Pole speed: 89.014 mph Cautions: 11 for 72 laps Margin of victory: 7.8 sec Attendance: 37000 Lead changes: 14 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 29275 running 149 180 2 3 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 500 18570 running 253 180 3 5 02   Mark Martin Ams Oil   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 497 7525 running 40 170 4 10 21   Neil Bonnett Warner Hodgdon / National Eng.   (Wood Brothers) Ford 497 4500 running 0 160 5 6 5   Joe Millikan Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 497 7425 running 0 155 6 20 47   Ron Bouchard J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Buick 494 5920 running 0 150 7 24 24   Jimmy Hensley Washington Freightliner   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 487 4650 running 0 146 8 2 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 486 7950 running 1 147 9 11 44   Terry Labonte J.D. Stacy   (Billy Hagan) Buick 481 5850 running 0 138 10 8 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 479 6000 running 21 139 11 25 67   Buddy Arrington Kyle Petty's Boot Barn   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 477 3340 running 0 130 12 23 17   Tommy Houston Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 469 3170 running 0 127 13 27 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 458 2960 running 0 124 14 22 71   Dave Marcis J.D. Stacy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 439 2800 transmission 1 126 15 28 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 437 2640 running 0 118 16 30 99   Bob McElwee Alva Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 414 2180 running 0 115 17 9 2   Joe Ruttman J.D. Stacy   (Jim Stacy) Buick 375 5225 transmission 0 112 18 16 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 357 5200 engine 0 109 19 21 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 328 1995 rear end 0 106 20 13 37   Tim Richmond Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 305 1300 engine 14 108 21 18 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 287 2890 engine 0 100 22 26 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Buick 223 1880 engine 0 97 23 12 01   Geoffrey Bodine Zervakis Racing   (Emanuel Zervakis) Buick 204 670 rear end 3 99 24 4 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 198 5610 valve 0 91 25 19 68   Lennie Pond J.D. Stacy   (Lennie Pond) Buick 187 650 rear end 0 88 26 7 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 148 2690 engine 0 85 27 29 25   Ronnie Thomas Five Zeros   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 115 1180 engine 0 82 28 14 98   Morgan Shepherd Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 63 870 crash 18 84 29 17 12   Buddy Baker Ramey's Chevy City   (Kennie Childers) Buick 43 610 crash 0 76 30 15 55   Tommy Ellis Industrial Boiler   (Tommy Ellis) Chevrolet 14 600 crash 0 73

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Eddie Falk 09 Charlie Falk's Auto Wholesalers Kathryn Falk Pontiac Wayne Morgan 80 Foreign Crash Cars Wayne Morgan Ford Joe Fields 92 Jones Racing Jerry Jones Buick WD Gary Balough 75 RahMoc Enterprises Buick Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 45 45   Morgan Shepherd 46 63 18   Geoffrey Bodine 64 66 3   Bobby Allison 67 87 21   Harry Gant 88 120 33   Tim Richmond 121 129 9   Harry Gant 130 143 14   Tim Richmond 144 148 5   Mark Martin 149 188 40   Harry Gant 189 231 43   Ricky Rudd 232 232 1   Darrell Waltrip 233 300 68   Dave Marcis 301 301 1   Harry Gant 302 464 163   Darrell Waltrip 465 500 36 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 4000     2   Bobby Allison 3957   -43   3   Harry Gant 3657   -343   4   Ricky Rudd 3532   -468   5   Terry Labonte 3413   -587   6   Dale Earnhardt 3331   -669   7   Richard Petty 3299   -701   8   Jody Ridley 3296   -704   9   Dave Marcis 3043   -957   10   Benny Parsons 3035   -965   11   Kyle Petty 2867   -1133   12   Buddy Arrington 2792   -1208   13   Jimmy Means 2719   -1281   14   Morgan Shepherd 2686   -1314   15   Tim Richmond 2683   -1317   16   Tommy Gale 2619   -1381   17   J.D. McDuffie 2459   -1541   18   Lake Speed 2371   -1629   19   James Hylton 2335   -1665   20   Richard Childress 2144   -1856   21   Cecil Gordon 2096   -1904