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1981 Champion Spark Plug 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 31 Sunday, August 16, 1981 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 3:14:24 Average speed: 123.457 mph Pole speed: 161.501 mph Cautions: 9 for 51 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 65000 Lead changes: 65 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 200 23750 running 64 185 2 15 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 200 17525 running 3 175 3 9 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 200 15150 running 0 165 4 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 200 6000 running 3 165 5 19 1   Buddy Baker UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Buick 200 5175 running 0 155 6 5 2   Joe Ruttman J.D. Stacy   (Jim Stacy) Pontiac 200 9375 running 4 155 7 12 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 200 8950 running 15 151 8 6 9   Bill Elliott Mell-Gear   (George Elliott) Ford 200 3525 running 0 142 9 10 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 200 7955 running 0 138 10 20 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 200 3700 running 0 134 11 21 71   Dave Marcis Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Buick 200 5295 running 5 135 12 18 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 200 6275 running 1 132 13 16 98   Johnny Rutherford Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 199 2175 running 5 129 14 4 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 199 7550 running 5 126 15 22 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Buick 199 4155 running 0 118 16 25 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 199 3960 running 0 115 17 2 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 198 2445 running 9 117 18 3 75   Gary Balough Chaparral Trailers   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 198 3975 running 0 109 19 17 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 197 3250 running 0 106 20 30 99   Rick Knoop Kargas Sports   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 197 3405 running 0 103 21 31 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 197 2760 running 2 105 22 29 40   Joe Booher Booher Farms   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 196 1020 running 0 97 23 24 5   Joe Millikan Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 195 6335 running 0 94 24 26 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 195 2470 running 0 91 25 33 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 186 2575 running 0 88 26 13 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 173 6725 valve 33 90 27 36 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 156 2520 running 8 87 28 11 21   Neil Bonnett Warner Hodgdon / National Eng.   (Wood Brothers) Ford 155 1700 valve 43 84 29 1 47   Ron Bouchard J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Buick 85 3540 engine 0 76 30 23 12   Tim Richmond UNO   (Kennie Childers) Buick 53 765 engine 0 73 31 35 94   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 28 1150 oil pump 0 70 32 28 97   Bob Schacht Test Tube   (Bob Schacht) Oldsmobile 22 740 transmission 0 67 33 32 50   Bruce Hill Hill Racing   (Bruce Hill) Buick 21 1130 driveshaft 0 64 34 14 02   Morgan Shepherd Ams Oil   (Bud Reeder) Buick 20 1120 crash 0 61 35 27 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 13 1945 valve 0 58 36 34 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Buick 4 1100 cam 0 55

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 5 5     6 8 3   #90 spun turn 2   9 21 13     22 27 6   #02,98 accident turn 3   28 31 4     32 34 3   #98 spun turn 2   35 55 21     56 59 4   #12 oil on track   60 76 17     77 83 7   #48 slow on track   84 86 3     87 96 10   #66,47,5 accident turn 1   97 131 35     132 138 7   #66 spun turn 4   139 155 17     156 161 6   #42,2 spun turn 1   162 186 25     187 191 5   #44 spun turn 2   192 200 9       Percent of race run under caution: 25.5%             Average green flag run: 14.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 4 4   Joe Ruttman 5 8 4   Richard Petty 9 15 7   Cale Yarborough 16 16 1   Richard Petty 17 17 1   Cale Yarborough 18 19 2   Benny Parsons 20 21 2   Neil Bonnett 22 22 1   James Hylton 23 27 5   Terry Labonte 28 28 1   Neil Bonnett 29 29 1   Cale Yarborough 30 30 1   Benny Parsons 31 35 5   Cale Yarborough 36 36 1   Richard Petty 37 45 9   Benny Parsons 46 49 4   Bobby Allison 50 51 2   Benny Parsons 52 55 4   Bobby Allison 56 56 1   James Hylton 57 59 3   Benny Parsons 60 61 2   Richard Petty 62 63 2   Darrell Waltrip 64 64 1   Neil Bonnett 65 65 1   Bobby Allison 66 66 1   Benny Parsons 67 76 10   Neil Bonnett 77 77 1   Tommy Gale 78 79 2   Johnny Rutherford 80 84 5   Neil Bonnett 85 105 21   Richard Petty 106 106 1   Neil Bonnett 107 108 2   Richard Petty 109 109 1   Neil Bonnett 110 110 1   Richard Petty 111 111 1   Neil Bonnett 112 113 2   Richard Petty 114 118 5   Neil Bonnett 119 126 8   Bobby Allison 127 129 3   Richard Petty 130 132 3   Jody Ridley 133 133 1   Benny Parsons 134 139 6   Richard Petty 140 148 9   Neil Bonnett 149 152 4   Richard Petty 153 153 1   Neil Bonnett 154 154 1   Richard Petty 155 155 1   Bobby Allison 156 156 1   Dave Marcis 157 157 1   Terry Labonte 158 161 4   Richard Petty 162 164 3   Bobby Allison 165 165 1   Harry Gant 166 166 1   Bobby Allison 167 169 3   Richard Petty 170 177 8   Bobby Allison 178 178 1   Richard Petty 179 183 5   Harry Gant 184 185 2   Richard Petty 186 186 1   Bobby Allison 187 187 1   Dave Marcis 188 191 4   Richard Petty 192 192 1   Darrell Waltrip 193 194 2   Bobby Allison 195 195 1   Richard Petty 196 200 5 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 3180     2   Darrell Waltrip 3110   -70   3   Harry Gant 2947   -233   4   Ricky Rudd 2829   -351   5   Richard Petty 2747   -433   6   Dale Earnhardt 2746   -434   7   Terry Labonte 2699   -481   8   Jody Ridley 2698   -482   9   Benny Parsons 2507   -673   10   Kyle Petty 2378   -802   11   Dave Marcis 2351   -829   12   Buddy Arrington 2231   -949   13   Jimmy Means 2204   -976   14   Morgan Shepherd 2173   -1007   15   J.D. McDuffie 2156   -1024   16   Richard Childress 2144   -1036   17   Tommy Gale 2098   -1082   18   Tim Richmond 2077   -1103   19   James Hylton 1959   -1221   20   Cecil Gordon 1844   -1336   21   Lake Speed 1819   -1361