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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 West Series race number 5 of 14 Combination race with Winston Cup drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn 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 West Series results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 29 7 28   Bobby Allison   (Cup) Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 26 6150 engine 0 0 26 32 67   Buddy Arrington   (Cup) Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 48 1275 engine 0 0 11 24 22   Stan Barrett   (Cup) Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 93 2100 running 0 0 4 4 21   Neil Bonnett   (Cup) Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Ford 95 4650 running 14 0 32 17 16   Jim Bown Rose Auto Wrecking   (Dick Bown) Oldsmobile 14 625 overheating 0 42 18 23 3   Richard Childress   (Cup) McDonald's   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 83 2215 crash 0 0 2 2 2   Dale Earnhardt   (Cup) Wrangler   (Rod Osterlund) Pontiac 95 18725 running 11 0 35 12 86   Elliott Forbes-Robinson   (Cup) Cal-Tex   (Richard Howard) Buick 2 500 engine 0 0 30 28 40   Tommy Gale   (Cup) Price Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 25 675 engine 0 0 31 8 33   Harry Gant   (Cup) Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 23 650 engine 0 0 13 33 24   Cecil Gordon   (Cup) Johnson Truck Body   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 93 3240 running 0 0 19 26 48   James Hylton   (Cup) Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 79 2180 running 0 0 36 36 1   Jimmy Insolo San Fernando Valley Lumber   (A.J. Kurten) Buick 0 750 did not start 0 0 22 9 44   Terry Labonte   (Cup) Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 71 6375 engine 2 0 9 21 71   Dave Marcis   (Cup) Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 95 3930 running 0 0 12 19 70   J.D. McDuffie   (Cup) Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 93 3450 running 0 0 25 11 01   Hershel McGriff Industrial Leasing   (Gerald Craker) Buick 53 800 engine 1 43 28 29 52   Jimmy Means   (Cup) Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 29 1225 crash 0 0 16 27 8   Rick O'Dell Behn's Ent. / Delta Inst.   (Torsten Behn) Buick 86 2145 running 0 47 15 30 18   Randy Ogden   (Cup) Piedmont Airlines   (Jack Ogden) Oldsmobile 88 1175 running 0 0 20 5 15   Benny Parsons   (Cup) Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 72 6375 crash 0 0 6 13 42   Kyle Petty   (Cup) STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 95 4860 running 2 0 3 3 43   Richard Petty   (Cup) STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 95 12200 running 25 0 14 35 17   Steve Pfeifer Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 92 3080 running 0 0 17 31 13   Don Puskarich Puskarich Racing   (Matt Puskarich) Oldsmobile 86 1960 running 0 46 33 16 99   Tim Richmond   (Cup) UNO   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 12 1100 crash 0 0 7 25 90   Jody Ridley   (Cup) Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 95 5610 running 0 0 10 22 78   Jim Robinson Hammer Security   (Jack Williams) Oldsmobile 93 3595 running 0 49 5 6 88   Ricky Rudd   (Cup) Gatorade   (DiGard) Buick 95 8900 running 0 0 24 15 73   Bill Schmitt Pro-Power Engines   (Bill Schmitt) Buick 56 1525 engine 0 44 21 10 5   Morgan Shepherd   (Cup) Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 72 5850 crash 0 0 8 14 0   Roy Smith Aircraft Standards   (Robert Beadle) Buick 95 4740 running 0 50 34 34 25   Ronnie Thomas   (Cup) Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 7 1050 engine 0 0 27 18 64   D.K. Ulrich   (Cup) Bondurant Driving School   (D.K. Ulrich) Oldsmobile 43 1250 crash 0 0 1 1 11   Darrell Waltrip   (Cup) Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 95 23650 running 39 0 23 20 38   Don Waterman St. John's Auto Parts   (Don Waterman) Buick 68 1570 oil leak 1 45

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   Jim Robinson 236     2   Roy Smith 231   -5   3   Bill Schmitt 226   -10   4   Don Waterman 222   -14   5   Hershel McGriff 207   -29   6   Jimmy Insolo 200   -36   7   Don Puskarich 193   -43   8   Rick O'Dell 173   -63   9   Jim Bown 172   -64   10   Robert Tartaglia 163   -73   11   Rick McCray 148   -88   12   Harry Goularte 136   -100   13   Don Graham 118   -118   14   Pat Mintey 113   -123   15   Russ Pursley 108   -128   16   Eddie Westwood 106   -130   17   Gene Thonesen 102   -134   18   John Borneman 92   -144   19   Gary Johnson 84   -152   20   Dan Reed 82   -154   21   Jim Hopkinson 74   -162