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1981 Richmond 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 31
Sunday, February 22, 1981 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA
400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles)

Time of race: 2:49:53
Average speed: 76.57 mph
Pole speed: 92.821 mph

Cautions: 7 for 50 laps
Margin of victory: 3.6 sec
Attendance: 24000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1981 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	400	18800	running	204	185
2	8	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Oldsmobile	400	13400	running	7	175
3	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	399	9775	running	39	170
4	1	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	399	5100	running	150	165
5	4	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	Ford	399	7050	running	0	155
6	2	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	399	4770	running	0	150
7	6	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Rod Osterlund)	Pontiac	397	7550	running	0	146
8	25	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	397	4845	running	0	142
9	14	75	Joe Millikan	Rahmoc Enterprises	Buick	396	3450	running	0	138
10	10	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	395	3240	running	0	134
11	12	68	Lennie Pond	The 5 Racers (Jim Testa)	Buick	395	2720	running	0	130
12	26	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	392	1100	running	0	127
13	18	3	Richard Childress	Childress Racing (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	391	2710	running	0	124
14	20	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	390	2565	running	0	121
15	11	37	Don Sprouse	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	Oldsmobile	389	950	running	0	118
16	19	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	385	2380	running	0	115
17	27	99	Tim Richmond	UNO (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	382	2220	running	0	112
18	23	79	Tommy Gale	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Oldsmobile	381	2035	running	0	109
19	24	24	Cecil Gordon	Home Craft Homes (Cecil Gordon)	Buick	380	1690	running	0	106
20	30	94	Henry Jones	Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak)	Buick	363	765	running	0	103
21	13	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	358	1640	running	0	100
22	16	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson / Bowlin Coal (Dave Marcis)	Dodge	321	965	driveshaft	0	97
23	5	28	Bobby Allison	J.W. Hunt Produce / Tuf-Lon (Butch Lindley)	Chevrolet	276	5415	rear end	0	94
24	17	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	223	665	rear end	0	91
25	22	17	Glenn Jarrett	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	216	905	transmission	0	88
26	9	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Stove (Billy Hagan)	Buick	204	5085	clutch	0	85
27	29	20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing (Rick Newsom)	Chevrolet	169	615	rear end	0	82
28	21	92	Joe Fields	Richmond Printing (Joe Fields)	Pontiac	118	590	running	0	79
29	15	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Pontiac	47	815	distributor	0	76
30	28	45	Baxter Price	McWhirter Grading (Baxter Price)	Buick	16	500	driveshaft	0	73

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Morgan Shepherd	1	150	150
Richard Petty	151	189	39
Darrell Waltrip	190	347	158
Ricky Rudd	348	354	7
Darrell Waltrip	355	400	46

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Richard Petty	510
2	Dale Earnhardt	471	-39
3	Bobby Allison	459	-51
4	Ricky Rudd	456	-54
5	Jody Ridley	434	-76
6	Joe Millikan	405	-105
7	Harry Gant	362	-148
8	Darrell Waltrip	357	-153
9	Benny Parsons	340	-170
10	Richard Childress	338	-172
10	Buddy Arrington	338	-172
12	Jimmy Means	330	-180
13	J.D. McDuffie	319	-191
14	Terry Labonte	303	-207
15	Dave Marcis	299	-211
16	James Hylton	267	-243
17	Tim Richmond	261	-249
17	Kyle Petty	261	-249
19	Don Whittington	242	-268
20	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	230	-280