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1981 Winston Western 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston West Series race number 13 of 14 Combination race with Winston Cup drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn Sunday, November 22, 1981 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.780 miles) Time of race: 3:16:19 Average speed: 95.288 mph Pole speed: 114.981 mph Cautions: 7 for 33 laps Margin of victory: .24 sec Attendance: 46000 Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston West Series results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 28   Bobby Allison   (Cup) Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 119 24300 running 49 0 24 36 67   Buddy Arrington   (Cup) Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 106 2555 running 0 0 19 20 75   Gary Balough   (Cup) Chaparral Trailers   (RahMoc Enterprises) Buick 113 2790 running 0 0 18 16 69   Bob Bondurant HFJ Racing Pontiac 114 1300 running 0 0 33 10 21   Neil Bonnett   (Cup) Warner Hodgdon / National Engineering   (Wood Brothers) Ford 49 1100 plugs 0 0 10 24 47   Ron Bouchard   (Cup) J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Buick 118 5380 running 0 0 36 32 16   Jim Bown Rose Auto Wrecking   (Dick Bown) Buick 34 790 piston 0 39 39 31 41   Richard Childress   (Cup) Junior Johnson Buick 5 460 quit 0 0 4 3 3   Dale Earnhardt   (Cup) Wrangler   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 119 10560 running 0 0 26 37 64   Tommy Gale   (Cup) Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 95 1755 differential 0 0 8 4 33   Harry Gant   (Cup) Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 118 4860 running 6 0 31 12 99   Terry Herman   (Cup) Jim Davis   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 55 1500 crash 0 0 17 28 48   James Hylton   (Cup) Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Buick 115 3110 running 0 0 12 33 74   Gary Kershaw Edgett Racing   (John Edgett) Buick 117 1800 running 0 50 3 2 44   Terry Labonte   (Cup) J.D. Stacy   (Billy Hagan) Buick 119 16450 running 15 0 25 19 71   Dave Marcis   (Cup) J.D. Stacy   (Dave Marcis) Pontiac 103 1805 engine 3 0 11 29 70   J.D. McDuffie   (Cup) Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 118 4320 running 1 0 38 17 01   Hershel McGriff Howard Johnson's   (Gerald Craker) Buick 17 770 engine 0 38 29 23 51   Scott Miller J.D. Stacy   (Scott Miller) Pontiac 69 805 engine 0 43 5 9 5   Joe Millikan   (Cup) Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 119 9125 running 0 0 34 38 35   Pat Mintey Marv's Chevy Only   (Pat Mintey) Chevrolet 40 850 engine 0 40 27 7 15   Benny Parsons   (Cup) Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 90 6355 engine 4 0 37 27 42   Kyle Petty   (Cup) STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 27 780 brakes 0 0 7 25 43   Richard Petty   (Cup) STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 119 8100 running 0 0 28 14 1   Chuck Pittenger   (Cup) Pitt's Performance   (Chuck Pittenger) Buick 80 1155 clutch 0 0 21 30 13   Don Puskarich Puskarich Racing   (Matt Puskarich) Oldsmobile 111 2160 running 0 46 20 6 37   Tim Richmond   (Cup) Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 113 1195 running 0 0 9 21 90   Jody Ridley   (Cup) Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 118 5940 running 0 0 32 22 78   Jim Robinson Hammer Security   (Jack Williams) Oldsmobile 53 950 crash 0 41 40 13 88   Ricky Rudd   (Cup) Gatorade   (DiGard) Buick 2 6150 engine 0 0 2 12 2   Joe Ruttman   (Cup) J.D. Stacy   (Jim Stacy) Buick 119 17675 running 39 0 14 18 73   Bill Schmitt Shasta County Bank   (Bill Schmitt) Buick 116 3240 running 1 49 13 8 24   Morgan Shepherd   (Cup) Washington Freightliner   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 117 3950 running 0 0 30 26 0   Roy Smith Aircraft Standards   (Robert Beadle) Buick 58 2155 cam 0 42 16 34 17   Lake Speed   (Cup) Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Buick 115 3345 running 0 0 23 39 85   Mark Stahl   (Cup) Stahl Racing   (Mark Stahl) Ford 109 1080 running 0 0 22 40 07   Gene Thonesen Thonesen Racing   (Gene Thonesen) Buick 110 2125 running 0 45 6 1 11   Darrell Waltrip   (Cup) Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 119 10300 running 1 0 15 35 38   Don Waterman St. John's Auto Parts   (Don Waterman) Buick 116 3030 running 0 48 35 11 93   Don Whittington   (Cup) Scott Smith Oldsmobile 37 500 crash 0 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 5 3     6 27 22     28 32 5     33 34 2     35 38 4     39 42 4     43 49 7     50 56 7     57 61 5     62 68 7     69 73 5     74 104 31     105 108 4     109 119 11       Percent of race run under caution: 27.7%             Average green flag run: 10.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 1 1   Harry Gant 2 7 6   Bobby Allison 8 26 19   Terry Labonte 27 29 3   Bobby Allison 30 34 5   Joe Ruttman 35 43 9   Dave Marcis 44 46 3   Terry Labonte 47 50 4   Bobby Allison 51 52 2   Joe Ruttman 53 55 3   Bobby Allison 56 58 3   Bill Schmitt 59 59 1   Benny Parsons 60 63 4   Bobby Allison 64 70 7   J.D. McDuffie 71 71 1   Terry Labonte 72 79 8   Joe Ruttman 80 102 23   Bobby Allison 103 105 3   Joe Ruttman 106 109 4   Bobby Allison 110 119 10 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Roy Smith 632     2   Jim Robinson 623   -9   3   Bill Schmitt 574   -58   3   Don Waterman 574   -58   5   Hershel McGriff 552   -80   6   Jim Bown 537   -95   7   Pat Mintey 451   -181   8   Gene Thonesen 391   -241   9   Rick McCray 372   -260   10   Don Puskarich 366   -266   10   Rick O'Dell 366   -266   12   Terry Forsythe 243   -389   13   Sumner McKnight 242   -390   14   Jimmy Insolo 237   -395   15   Johnny Kieper 210   -422   16   Robert Tartaglia 163   -469   17   Derrike Cope 154   -478   18   Harry Goularte 136   -496   19   Moe Willits 118   -514   19   Don Graham 118   -514   21   Russ Pursley 108   -524