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1981 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 15 of 31 Sunday, June 14, 1981 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (248.900 miles) Time of race: 2:39:30 Average speed: 93.597 mph Pole speed: 114.378 mph Cautions: 6 for 33 laps Margin of victory: .89 sec Attendance: 23300 Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 95 23650 running 39 185 2 2 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 95 18725 running 11 175 3 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 95 12200 running 25 170 4 4 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Ford 95 4650 running 14 165 20 5 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 72 6375 crash 0 103 5 6 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 95 8900 running 0 155 29 7 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 26 6150 engine 0 76 31 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 23 650 engine 0 70 22 9 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 71 6375 engine 2 102 21 10 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 72 5850 crash 0 100 25 11 01   Hershel McGriff Industrial Leasing   (Gerald Craker) Buick 53 800 engine 1 93 35 12 86   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Cal-Tex   (Richard Howard) Buick 2 500 engine 0 58 6 13 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 95 4860 running 2 155 8 14 0   Roy Smith Aircraft Standards   (Robert Beadle) Buick 95 4740 running 0 142 24 15 73   Bill Schmitt Pro-Power Engines   (Bill Schmitt) Buick 56 1525 engine 0 91 33 16 99   Tim Richmond UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 12 1100 crash 0 64 32 17 16   Jim Bown Rose Auto Wrecking   (Dick Bown) Oldsmobile 14 625 overheating 0 67 27 18 64   D.K. Ulrich Bondurant Driving School   (D.K. Ulrich) Oldsmobile 43 1250 crash 0 82 12 19 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 93 3450 running 0 127 23 20 38   Don Waterman St. John's Auto Parts   (Don Waterman) Buick 68 1570 oil leak 1 99 9 21 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 95 3930 running 0 138 10 22 78   Jim Robinson Hammer Security   (Jack Williams) Oldsmobile 93 3595 running 0 134 18 23 3   Richard Childress McDonald's   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 83 2215 crash 0 109 11 24 22   Stan Barrett Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 93 2100 running 0 130 7 25 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 95 5610 running 0 146 19 26 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 79 2180 running 0 106 16 27 8   Rick O'Dell Behn's Ent. / Delta Inst.   (Torsten Behn) Buick 86 2145 running 0 115 30 28 40   Tommy Gale Price Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 25 675 engine 0 73 28 29 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 29 1225 crash 0 79 15 30 18   Randy Ogden Piedmont Airlines   (Jack Ogden) Oldsmobile 88 1175 running 0 118 17 31 13   Don Puskarich Puskarich Racing   (Matt Puskarich) Oldsmobile 86 1960 running 0 112 26 32 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 48 1275 engine 0 85 13 33 24   Cecil Gordon Johnson Truck Body   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 93 3240 running 0 124 34 34 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 7 1050 engine 0 61 14 35 17   Steve Pfeifer Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 92 3080 running 0 121 36 36 1   Jimmy Insolo San Fernando Valley Lumber   (A.J. Kurten) Buick 0 750 did not start 0 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 13 13     14 16 3   #99 accident turn 9   17 26 10     27 31 5   #28 engine turn 8   32 36 5     37 42 6   #52 accident turn 6   43 44 2     45 49 5   #64 spun turn 3   50 71 22     72 81 10   oil dogleg   82 85 4     86 89 4   #3 accident turn 9   90 95 6       Percent of race run under caution: 34.7%             Average green flag run: 8.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 14 14   Hershel McGriff 15 15 1   Don Waterman 16 16 1   Neil Bonnett 17 30 14   Dale Earnhardt 31 34 4   Darrell Waltrip 35 38 4   Kyle Petty 39 40 2   Terry Labonte 41 42 2   Richard Petty 43 60 18   Darrell Waltrip 61 72 12   Richard Petty 73 73 1   Darrell Waltrip 74 80 7   Dale Earnhardt 81 86 6   Richard Petty 87 92 6   Dale Earnhardt 93 93 1   Darrell Waltrip 94 95 2 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 2332     2   Ricky Rudd 2139   -193   3   Darrell Waltrip 2100   -232   4   Dale Earnhardt 2023   -309   5   Jody Ridley 1963   -369   6   Harry Gant 1960   -372   7   Richard Petty 1881   -451   8   Terry Labonte 1852   -480   9   Benny Parsons 1737   -595   10   Dave Marcis 1720   -612   11   Buddy Arrington 1700   -632   12   Richard Childress 1647   -685   13   Morgan Shepherd 1636   -696   14   J.D. McDuffie 1600   -732   15   Jimmy Means 1589   -743   16   Kyle Petty 1584   -748   17   Tommy Gale 1553   -779   18   Tim Richmond 1439   -893   19   James Hylton 1423   -909   20   Cecil Gordon 1295   -1037   21   Joe Millikan 1277   -1055