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1981 Northwestern Bank 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 31 Sunday, April 5, 1981 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:55:41 Average speed: 85.381 mph Pole speed: 114.647 mph Cautions: 10 for 87 laps Margin of victory: 3.7 sec Attendance: 22000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 4 1 71   Dave Marcis Hudson   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 400 10470 running 123 165 10 2 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 395 8800 running 0 134 2 3 28   Bobby Allison Tuf-Lon   (Harry Ranier) Pontiac 400 12350 running 186 180 6 4 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 399 6550 running 0 150 27 5 02   Mark Martin Prototype / Ams Oil   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 166 625 rear end 0 82 21 6 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 324 5200 engine 0 100 3 7 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 400 9875 running 2 170 5 8 12   Harry Gant The 5 Racers   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 400 2550 running 0 155 9 9 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 399 1350 running 0 138 8 10 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 399 3820 running 0 142 11 11 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Oldsmobile 395 1150 running 0 130 24 12 26   Butch Lindley Lindley Racing   (Butch Lindley) Chevrolet 278 645 engine 0 91 1 13 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 400 18850 running 89 180 28 14 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 126 1820 rear end 0 79 12 15 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 394 2800 running 0 127 7 16 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 399 6200 running 0 146 15 17 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 393 2590 running 0 118 23 18 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 290 1560 crash 0 94 17 19 3   Richard Childress Childress Racing   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 381 2250 running 0 112 22 20 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 319 635 crash 0 97 26 21 75   Joe Millikan Rahmoc Enterprises Chevrolet 174 1410 oil pressure 0 85 18 22 99   Tim Richmond UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 342 2065 running 0 109 13 23 40   D.K. Ulrich Mastin Pool   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 393 1000 running 0 124 20 24 17   Tommy Houston Lowe's   (Roger Hamby) Buick 339 1820 running 0 103 25 25 92   Joe Fields The Shop   (Joe Fields) Buick 191 635 engine 0 88 30 26 94   Bobby Wawak Louise Smith   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 67 550 engine 0 73 31 27 53   Cecil Gordon Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Buick 8 550 rear end 0 70 14 28 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 393 2590 running 0 121 16 29 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 389 2545 running 0 115 19 30 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 339 1930 running 0 106 29 31 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 111 760 engine 0 76

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dave Marcis 1 1 1   Bobby Allison 2 25 24   Dave Marcis 26 131 106   Bobby Allison 132 196 65   Darrell Waltrip 197 197 1   Bobby Allison 198 266 69   Richard Petty 267 293 27   Bobby Allison 294 294 1   Dave Marcis 295 300 6   Bobby Allison 301 327 27   Darrell Waltrip 328 328 1   Dave Marcis 329 338 10   Richard Petty 339 400 62 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 1124     2   Richard Petty 995   -129   3   Harry Gant 958   -166   4   Darrell Waltrip 952   -172   5   Ricky Rudd 948   -176   6   Dale Earnhardt 939   -185   7   Jody Ridley 925   -199   8   Joe Millikan 876   -248   9   Benny Parsons 851   -273   10   Terry Labonte 811   -313   11   Richard Childress 779   -345   12   Jimmy Means 748   -376   13   Dave Marcis 739   -385   14   J.D. McDuffie 725   -399   15   Buddy Arrington 711   -413   16   Tim Richmond 704   -420   17   Morgan Shepherd 689   -435   18   Kyle Petty 670   -454   19   Tommy Gale 660   -464   20   Lake Speed 616   -508   21   Ronnie Thomas 615   -509