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1981 Winston Western 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 31 Sunday, January 11, 1981 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.780 miles) Time of race: 3:16:18 Average speed: 95.263 mph Pole speed: 114.711 mph Cautions: 6 for 31 laps Margin of victory: 1.73 sec Attendance: 35000 Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 28   Bobby Allison Tuf-Lon   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 119 24600 running 37 185 2 4 44   Terry Labonte Apache Stove   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 119 19600 running 32 175 3 6 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 119 16325 running 0 165 4 10 3   Richard Childress McDonald's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 119 8510 running 11 165 5 17 42   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 119 4250 running 4 160 6 14 78   Jim Robinson San Fernando Valley Lumber   (Jack Williams) Chevrolet 118 4960 running 0 150 7 22 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 117 5990 running 0 146 8 19 86   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Howard & Egerton   (Richard Howard) Buick 117 2950 running 0 142 9 31 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 117 4430 running 0 138 10 32 38   Don Waterman St. John's Auto Parts   (Don Waterman) Oldsmobile 117 3970 running 0 134 11 29 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 117 3900 running 0 130 12 27 81   John Borneman Borneman Plastering   (John Borneman) Chevrolet 116 3140 running 0 127 13 9 75   Joe Millikan Hodgdon / Mike Curb   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 115 3430 running 1 129 14 13 93   Don Whittington Road Atlanta   (Scott Smith) Chevrolet 115 1600 running 0 121 15 28 17   Harry Gant Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 114 3120 running 0 118 16 11 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 113 6850 running 0 115 17 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 108 8800 running 3 117 18 34 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 108 2760 running 0 109 19 3 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 98 6950 engine 19 111 20 15 43   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 96 6645 engine 0 103 21 26 03   Bob Bondurant Pro-Power Engines   (Bob Bondurant) Oldsmobile 93 1130 engine 0 100 22 12 73   Bill Schmitt Pro-Power Engines   (Bill Schmitt) Buick 85 1845 crash 0 97 23 20 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 84 2310 crash 0 94 24 35 94   Steve Pfeifer Pfeifer Racing   (Steve Pfeifer) Chevrolet 83 1055 suspension 0 91 25 30 64   John Gunn Auto Merchant Chevrolet 67 2225 clutch 0 88 26 25 08   Rick McCray McCray Racing   (Rick McCray) Chevrolet 66 1655 transmission 0 85 27 7 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Ford 59 1405 transmission 9 87 28 8 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 55 1355 engine 3 84 29 18 99   Tim Richmond UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 53 1305 lifter 0 76 30 16 9   Jimmy Insolo Trick Instant H.P.   (Charles Williamson) Buick 41 755 suspension 0 73 31 5 45   Roy Smith Aircraft Standards   (Robert Beadle) Oldsmobile 25 1800 engine 0 70 32 21 13   Don Puskarich Puskarich Racing   (Matt Puskarich) Chevrolet 14 650 sump 0 67 33 23 01   Hershel McGriff Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Dodge 10 600 engine 0 64 34 33 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Chevrolet 4 550 engine 0 61 35 36 2W   Robert Tartaglia Tartaglia Racing   (Robert Tartaglia) Chevrolet 4 500 valve 0 58 36 24 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 2 1000 engine 0 55

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jim Bown 16 Allied Plating / Bumper Exchange Ernie Stierly Chevrolet Don Sprouse 37 Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers Chevrolet Harry Dinwiddie 41 Harry Dinwiddie Pontiac Henry Jones 74 Bobby Wawak Oldsmobile Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 3 3   Terry Labonte 4 11 8   Dave Marcis 12 14 3   Terry Labonte 15 33 19   Richard Childress 34 35 2   Neil Bonnett 36 42 7   Richard Childress 43 45 3   Richard Petty 46 49 4   Neil Bonnett 50 51 2   Bobby Allison 52 58 7   Joe Millikan 59 59 1   Richard Childress 60 65 6   Ricky Rudd 66 84 19   Bobby Allison 85 99 15   Terry Labonte 100 104 5   Bobby Allison 105 119 15 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 185     2   Terry Labonte 175   -10   3   Dale Earnhardt 165   -20   3   Richard Childress 165   -20   5   Richard Petty 160   -25   6   Jim Robinson 150   -35   7   Jody Ridley 146   -39   8   Elliott Forbes-Robinson 142   -43   9   Buddy Arrington 138   -47   10   Don Waterman 134   -51   11   James Hylton 130   -55   12   Joe Millikan 129   -56   13   John Borneman 127   -58   14   Don Whittington 121   -64   15   Harry Gant 118   -67   16   Darrell Waltrip 117   -68   17   Benny Parsons 115   -70   18   Ricky Rudd 111   -74   19   Jimmy Means 109   -76   20   Kyle Petty 103   -82   21   Bob Bondurant 100   -85