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1981 Busch Nashville 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 31 Saturday, July 11, 1981 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:48:47 Average speed: 90.052 mph Pole speed: 104.353 mph Cautions: 3 for 15 laps Margin of victory: 3 cl Attendance: 17000 Lead changes: 14 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 11 1 02   Mark Martin Ams Oil / Prototype   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 415 2025 running 36 135 4 2 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 419 7450 running 0 160 3 3 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 420 8750 running 10 170 1 4 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 420 15700 running 303 185 13 5 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 413 5025 running 0 124 12 6 75   Tim Richmond UNO / Rahmoc Enterprises   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 413 3450 running 0 127 7 7 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Jim Stacy) Pontiac 418 7375 running 0 146 8 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 417 1325 running 0 142 9 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 417 5675 running 0 138 27 10 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 220 475 ignition 0 82 5 11 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 418 6300 running 0 155 2 12 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 420 10975 running 70 175 6 13 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 418 3195 running 0 150 25 14 71   Dave Marcis Bowlin Coal   (Norman Negre) Chrysler 292 745 distributor 1 93 15 15 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Buick 406 2270 running 0 118 28 16 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 93 720 engine 0 79 23 17 40   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 331 520 running 0 94 22 18 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 374 1380 alternator 0 97 19 19 17   Tommy Houston Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 400 1755 running 0 106 10 20 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 416 4445 running 0 134 20 21 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 400 1720 running 0 103 24 22 18   Randy Ogden Piedmont Airlines   (Jack Ogden) Oldsmobile 318 510 running 0 91 21 23 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 397 1490 running 0 100 14 24 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 406 2390 running 0 121 17 25 3   Richard Childress Childress Racing   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 401 2075 running 0 112 26 26 99   Sterling Marlin Coors   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 244 730 engine 0 85 16 27 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 401 2160 running 0 115 18 28 24   Steve Spencer Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 400 1890 running 0 109 29 29 94   Cecil Gordon Louise Smith   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 2 455 rear end 0 76 30 30 08   Don Satterfield Satterfield Racing   (Don Satterfield) Chevrolet 1 450 brakes 0 73

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 223 223     224 229 6   #75 spun turn 4   230 296 67     297 301 5   #71 stalled turn 2   302 346 45     347 350 4   #17 spun turn 2   351 420 70       Percent of race run under caution: 3.6%             Average green flag run: 101.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mark Martin 1 36 36   Darrell Waltrip 37 158 122   Dave Marcis 159 159 1   Benny Parsons 160 168 9   Darrell Waltrip 169 185 17   Bobby Allison 186 224 39   Darrell Waltrip 225 225 1   Bobby Allison 226 233 8   Darrell Waltrip 234 283 50   Bobby Allison 284 297 14   Benny Parsons 298 298 1   Bobby Allison 299 301 3   Darrell Waltrip 302 348 47   Bobby Allison 349 354 6   Darrell Waltrip 355 420 66 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 2771     2   Darrell Waltrip 2575   -196   3   Harry Gant 2452   -319   4   Ricky Rudd 2420   -351   5   Dale Earnhardt 2392   -379   6   Richard Petty 2344   -427   7   Jody Ridley 2306   -465   8   Terry Labonte 2279   -492   9   Benny Parsons 2123   -648   10   Dave Marcis 2018   -753   10   Buddy Arrington 2018   -753   12   Kyle Petty 1984   -787   13   Morgan Shepherd 1981   -790   14   Richard Childress 1965   -806   15   J.D. McDuffie 1932   -839   16   Jimmy Means 1895   -876   17   Tommy Gale 1814   -957   18   Tim Richmond 1805   -966   19   James Hylton 1729   -1042   20   Cecil Gordon 1541   -1230   21   Lake Speed 1464   -1307