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1981 Daytona 500 First UNO Twin 125 Qualifier Second UNO Twin 125 Qualifier Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 31 Sunday, February 15, 1981 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 2:56:50 Average speed: 169.651 mph Pole speed: 194.624 mph Cautions: 4 for 18 laps Margin of victory: 3.5 sec Attendance: 130000 Lead changes: 48 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 200 90575 running 27 180 2 1 28   Bobby Allison Tuf-Lon   (Harry Ranier) Pontiac 200 84050 running 117 180 3 5 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 200 53115 running 8 170 4 6 1   Buddy Baker UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 200 35740 running 10 165 5 7 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 200 37365 running 4 160 6 16 9   Bill Elliott Mell-Gear   (George Elliott) Ford 199 30615 running 4 155 7 27 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 198 29665 running 0 146 8 29 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 197 20325 running 0 142 9 34 75   Joe Millikan Rahilly & Grady Racing Engines   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 197 21500 running 0 138 10 35 98   Johnny Rutherford Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Pontiac 195 17285 running 0 134 11 21 57   Bill Elswick Performance Boat   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Oldsmobile 195 14365 running 0 130 12 33 12   Donnie Allison The 5 Racers   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 195 12660 running 0 127 13 22 22   Stan Barrett Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 195 12870 running 0 124 14 13 93   Don Whittington Smith Racing   (Scott Smith) Oldsmobile 194 11585 running 0 121 15 15 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 194 13225 running 0 118 16 38 41   Dick Brooks Matthews Racing   (Billy Matthews) Buick 193 7920 running 1 120 17 28 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 192 11835 running 0 112 18 17 19   Ronnie Sanders Home Trend Realty   (Henley Gray) Buick 191 7635 running 0 109 19 23 17   Glenn Jarrett Tuf-Lon of Florida   (Roger Hamby) Buick 186 9830 running 0 106 20 39 37   Don Sprouse Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Oldsmobile 181 5900 running 0 103 21 26 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 179 7425 running 0 100 22 14 23   Geoffrey Bodine Oxford 250   (Dick Bahre) Pontiac 178 5260 running 0 97 23 31 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 175 6375 running 0 94 24 41 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 169 6205 running 0 91 25 37 86   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Howard & Egerton   (Richard Howard) Buick 167 3835 axle 0 88 26 20 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 159 10655 running 0 85 27 32 68   Lennie Pond Burger King   (Jim Testa) Buick 155 4600 oil pump 0 82 28 19 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 151 5125 clutch 0 79 29 9 16   David Pearson Halpern Enterprises   (Joel Halpern) Chevrolet 144 4350 engine 3 81 30 40 99   Tim Richmond UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 144 4690 transmission 0 73 31 4 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 135 13750 overheating 0 70 32 11 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 128 3755 engine 0 67 33 3 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Ford 123 10625 clutch 26 69 34 25 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 123 4530 piston 0 61 35 10 51   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / Valvoline   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 120 3750 valve 0 58 36 2 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 117 20475 engine 0 55 37 42 24   Cecil Gordon Home Craft Homes   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 116 3955 running 0 52 38 18 3   Richard Childress Wachovia Carpet   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 110 3825 valve 0 49 39 24 7   Bruce Hill Native Tan   (Nelson Malloch) Buick 54 3450 crash 0 46 40 12 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph / Apache Stove   (Billy Hagan) Buick 47 8775 engine 0 43 41 36 31   Billie Harvey Graf Lear Jets   (Billie Harvey) Pontiac 45 2915 engine 0 40 42 30 39   Blackie Wangerin Wangerin / Clements   (Blackie Wangerin) Ford 17 2750 crash 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Dickie Boswell 01 Ginn Racing Dick Boswell Pontiac Connie Saylor 4 Mitco G.C. Spencer Oldsmobile Tom Sneva 5 Derby & Co. Buick Dick May 8 Dick Brooks Honda Norman Negre Dodge Alan Rogers 08 Kinsey Auto Parts Alan Rogers Chevrolet Jerry Lovall 17 Lovall Racing Jerry Lovall Oldsmobile H.B. Bailey 36 Almeda Auto Parts H.B. Bailey Pontiac Baxter Price 45 Price Racing Baxter Price Buick Harry Dinwiddie 49 Pabst Blue Ribbon Harry Dinwiddie Pontiac A.C. York 59 Eddie's Auto Parts A.C. York Chevrolet Sal Tovella 60 Test Tube Rick Jaynes Oldsmobile Tommy Hilbert 61 Hilbert Racing Tommy Hilbert Pontiac Rick Wilson 62 Florida Equipment & Service Rick Wilson Oldsmobile Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing Lake Speed Oldsmobile Steve Moore 73 Kings Inn Willard Moore Chevrolet Henry Jones 74 Pro Sports Racing Bobby Wawak Pontiac John Anderson 77 Warren Fabricating John Rebhan Oldsmobile Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith Special Bobby Wawak Buick Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 19 19     20 25 6   #39 accident tri-oval   26 49 24     50 54 5   #23 accident turn 4   55 57 3     58 60 3   #7 accident turn 2   61 91 31     92 95 4   #16,27 accident   96 200 105       Percent of race run under caution: 9.0%             Average green flag run: 36.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 3 3   Neil Bonnett 4 4 1   Bobby Allison 5 5 1   Buddy Baker 6 7 2   Bobby Allison 8 8 1   Neil Bonnett 9 11 3   Bobby Allison 12 14 3   Neil Bonnett 15 15 1   Dale Earnhardt 16 16 1   Neil Bonnett 17 20 4   Ricky Rudd 21 28 8   Bobby Allison 29 30 2   Neil Bonnett 31 31 1   Bobby Allison 32 36 5   Neil Bonnett 37 38 2   Bobby Allison 39 50 12   Dick Brooks 51 51 1   Dale Earnhardt 52 54 3   Bobby Allison 55 55 1   Neil Bonnett 56 56 1   Bobby Allison 57 69 13   Buddy Baker 70 70 1   Neil Bonnett 71 71 1   Bobby Allison 72 75 4   Neil Bonnett 76 77 2   Bobby Allison 78 83 6   Neil Bonnett 84 85 2   Bobby Allison 86 92 7   Bill Elliott 93 96 4   Bobby Allison 97 99 3   Neil Bonnett 100 100 1   Bobby Allison 101 103 3   Neil Bonnett 104 104 1   Buddy Baker 105 105 1   Neil Bonnett 106 107 2   Bobby Allison 108 109 2   Neil Bonnett 110 110 1   Bobby Allison 111 114 4   Neil Bonnett 115 117 3   Bobby Allison 118 133 16   David Pearson 134 136 3   Bobby Allison 137 142 6   Buddy Baker 143 145 3   Bobby Allison 146 154 9   Buddy Baker 155 155 1   Bobby Allison 156 164 9   Buddy Baker 165 166 2   Bobby Allison 167 173 7   Richard Petty 174 200 27 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 365     2   Richard Petty 340   -25   3   Dale Earnhardt 325   -40   4   Jody Ridley 292   -73   5   Ricky Rudd 281   -84   6   Joe Millikan 267   -98   7   Don Whittington 242   -123   8   Elliott Forbes-Robinson 230   -135   9   Buddy Arrington 223   -142   10   Terry Labonte 218   -147   11   Richard Childress 214   -151   12   Harry Gant 212   -153   13   Jimmy Means 209   -156   14   Dave Marcis 202   -163   15   James Hylton 191   -174   16   Benny Parsons 185   -180   16   J.D. McDuffie 185   -180   18   Darrell Waltrip 172   -193   19   Kyle Petty 170   -195   20   Buddy Baker 165   -200