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1981 CRC Chemicals 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 31 Sunday, September 20, 1981 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:10:00 Average speed: 119.561 mph Pole speed: 136.757 mph Cautions: 4 for 22 laps Margin of victory: 1 lp 15 sc Attendance: 38000 Lead changes: 17 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 21   Neil Bonnett Warner Hodgdon / National Eng.   (Wood Brothers) Ford 500 19000 running 185 185 2 2 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 499 16025 running 1 175 3 9 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 499 13000 running 74 170 4 17 47   Ron Bouchard J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Buick 495 9060 running 0 160 5 1 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 495 11375 running 55 160 6 5 2   Joe Ruttman J.D. Stacy   (Jim Stacy) Pontiac 495 8225 running 1 155 7 7 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 495 4685 running 0 146 8 12 71   Dave Marcis J.D. Stacy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 495 5065 running 1 147 9 15 37   Tim Richmond Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 494 2350 running 0 138 10 11 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 494 7575 running 2 139 11 16 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 493 5180 running 0 130 12 18 24   Morgan Shepherd Washington Freightliner   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 492 4110 running 0 127 13 6 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 492 2210 running 0 124 14 19 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 490 3720 running 0 121 15 22 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 490 5275 running 0 118 16 21 68   Lennie Pond J.D. Stacy   (Lennie Pond) Buick 490 1350 running 0 115 17 4 75   Gary Balough Rahilly & Grandy Engines   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 487 3145 running 0 112 18 25 99   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 482 2950 running 0 109 19 20 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 481 2730 running 0 106 20 27 25   Ronnie Thomas Drummond Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 479 2400 running 0 103 21 13 5   Joe Millikan Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 474 5850 running 0 100 22 29 17   Lowell Cowell Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 468 2230 running 0 97 23 14 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 437 1895 engine 178 99 24 23 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 404 2050 running 0 91 25 32 40   Dick May Price Racing / Griffin Motors   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 311 675 alternator 0 88 26 30 20   Cecil Gordon Superior Piping   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 296 650 rear end 0 85 27 24 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Buick 288 1275 engine 0 82 28 26 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 256 1250 engine 0 79 29 10 44   Terry Labonte J.D. Stacy   (Billy Hagan) Buick 230 6025 crash 3 81 30 31 97   Bob Schacht Test Tube   (Bob Schacht) Oldsmobile 219 550 cylinder 0 73 31 34 63   Jocko Maggiacomo Shaw Motors   (Jocko Maggiacomo) Oldsmobile 189 540 push rod 0 70 32 33 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 123 1180 engine 0 67 33 28 60   Bob Riley Snellman Brothers Construction   (Joe May) Pontiac 49 520 engine 0 64 34 8 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 31 5960 overheating 0 61

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ricky Rudd 1 54 54   Richard Petty 55 55 1   Bobby Allison 56 60 5   Ricky Rudd 61 61 1   Bobby Allison 62 122 61   Dave Marcis 123 123 1   Bobby Allison 124 131 8   Neil Bonnett 132 141 10   Richard Petty 142 142 1   Darrell Waltrip 143 143 1   Terry Labonte 144 146 3   Neil Bonnett 147 234 88   Joe Ruttman 235 235 1   Neil Bonnett 236 248 13   Harry Gant 249 408 160   Neil Bonnett 409 419 11   Harry Gant 420 437 18   Neil Bonnett 438 500 63 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 3820     2   Bobby Allison 3818   -2   3   Harry Gant 3477   -343   4   Ricky Rudd 3385   -435   5   Terry Labonte 3275   -545   6   Dale Earnhardt 3246   -574   7   Jody Ridley 3196   -624   8   Richard Petty 3190   -630   9   Benny Parsons 2944   -876   10   Dave Marcis 2917   -903   11   Kyle Petty 2761   -1059   12   Buddy Arrington 2662   -1158   13   Morgan Shepherd 2602   -1218   14   Jimmy Means 2601   -1219   15   Tim Richmond 2575   -1245   16   Tommy Gale 2495   -1325   17   J.D. McDuffie 2459   -1361   18   James Hylton 2335   -1485   19   Lake Speed 2274   -1546   20   Richard Childress 2144   -1676