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1981 Busch 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 31 Saturday, August 22, 1981 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:08:44 Average speed: 84.723 mph Pole speed: 110.818 mph Cautions: 7 for 52 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap Attendance: 34500 Lead changes: 11 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 500 18800 running 251 185 11 2 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 485 3695 running 0 130 2 3 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 499 12375 running 92 175 20 4 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 317 2875 sway bar 0 103 9 5 71   Dave Marcis Bowlin Coal   (Dave Marcis) Buick 487 3600 running 0 138 4 6 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 497 7075 running 4 165 5 7 47   Ron Bouchard J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Buick 497 5650 running 0 155 6 8 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 497 6250 running 0 150 8 9 12   Tim Richmond UNO   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 488 1315 crash 0 142 24 10 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 73 5060 cylinder head 0 91 28 11 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 28 860 transmission 0 79 21 12 2   Joe Ruttman J.D. Stacy   (Jim Stacy) Pontiac 302 5100 oil pan 49 105 19 13 24   Morgan Shepherd Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 339 1905 rear end 104 111 27 14 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 31 2620 crash 0 82 7 15 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 493 4170 running 0 146 3 16 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 498 8800 running 0 165 25 17 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 49 595 crash 0 88 17 18 5   Joe Millikan Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 434 4965 running 0 112 30 19 40   Cecil Gordon Dixie Engineering   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 3 530 quit 0 73 10 20 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 486 3780 running 0 134 18 21 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 392 2255 running 0 109 12 22 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 480 3035 running 0 127 13 23 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 479 2875 running 0 124 23 24 99   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 246 870 brakes 0 94 15 25 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 471 2615 running 0 118 14 26 68   Lennie Pond Bekaert   (Lennie Pond) Buick 478 1000 running 0 121 26 27 17   Mike Potter Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 32 1130 steering 0 85 16 28 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 464 2475 running 0 115 22 29 20   Rick Newsom Newsom Racing   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 248 635 handling 0 97 29 30 08   Joel Stowe Don Satterfield Pontiac 14 540 flagged 0 76

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Gary Balough 75 Chaparral Trailers RahMoc Enterprises Buick Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 51 51   Morgan Shepherd 52 155 104   Darrell Waltrip 156 156 1   Bobby Allison 157 160 4   Ricky Rudd 161 250 90   Darrell Waltrip 251 252 2   Joe Ruttman 253 300 48   Darrell Waltrip 301 301 1   Joe Ruttman 302 302 1   Darrell Waltrip 303 416 114   Ricky Rudd 417 418 2   Darrell Waltrip 419 500 82 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 3345     2   Darrell Waltrip 3295   -50   3   Harry Gant 3077   -268   4   Ricky Rudd 3004   -341   5   Terry Labonte 2864   -481   6   Richard Petty 2838   -507   7   Dale Earnhardt 2828   -517   8   Jody Ridley 2801   -544   9   Benny Parsons 2657   -688   10   Dave Marcis 2489   -856   11   Kyle Petty 2457   -888   12   Buddy Arrington 2365   -980   13   Jimmy Means 2331   -1014   14   Morgan Shepherd 2284   -1061   15   J.D. McDuffie 2280   -1065   16   Tim Richmond 2219   -1126   17   Tommy Gale 2216   -1129   18   Richard Childress 2144   -1201   19   James Hylton 2074   -1271   20   Lake Speed 1965   -1380   21   Cecil Gordon 1917   -1428