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1981 Gabriel 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 31
Sunday, June 21, 1981 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:03:47
Average speed: 130.589 mph
Pole speed: 160.471 mph

Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
Margin of victory: under caution
Attendance: 65000
Lead changes: 47

Glossary 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1981 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	28	Bobby Allison	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Buick	200	24075	running	23	180
2	3	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Pontiac	200	10825	running	24	175
3	6	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	Ford	200	14325	running	18	170
4	22	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	200	10005	running	0	160
5	7	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Rod Osterlund)	Pontiac	200	11925	running	37	160
6	12	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	200	8950	running	1	155
7	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	200	10050	running	54	156
8	17	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline (M.C. Anderson)	Buick	200	3300	running	29	147
9	19	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Ford	199	3100	running	0	138
10	5	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	199	6545	running	0	134
11	21	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	199	7750	running	0	130
12	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	199	4875	running	0	127
13	10	1	Buddy Baker	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	Buick	199	2350	running	7	129
14	25	12	Tim Richmond	UNO (Kennie Childers)	Oldsmobile	198	2000	running	0	121
15	9	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	198	8800	running	0	118
16	13	66	Lake Speed	Sheraton University Inn (Lake Speed)	Buick	198	4165	running	0	115
17	18	98	Johnny Rutherford	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Pontiac	198	1350	running	0	112
18	20	22	Stan Barrett	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Pontiac	197	1300	running	0	109
19	23	3	Richard Childress	Childress Racing (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	197	3705	running	0	106
20	29	99	D.K. Ulrich	UNO (D.K. Ulrich)	Oldsmobile	195	3535	running	0	103
21	16	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	193	2825	engine	0	100
22	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	193	3015	running	0	97
23	34	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Pontiac	193	2785	running	0	94
24	33	40	Joe Booher	Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	192	1055	running	0	91
25	35	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	192	2550	running	0	88
26	36	17	Mike Potter	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Buick	192	2230	running	0	85
27	31	19	Cecil Gordon	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Buick	189	905	running	0	82
28	30	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	188	2120	running	0	79
29	27	71	Dave Marcis	Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis)	Buick	183	2065	engine	1	81
30	15	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Buick	172	6215	engine	1	78
31	2	75	Joe Millikan	Rahmoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	63	2285	engine	5	75
32	11	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	Buick	55	740	engine	0	67
33	28	94	Bobby Wawak	Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak)	Buick	43	730	engine	0	64
34	32	18	Randy Ogden	Piedmont Airlines (Jack Ogden)	Oldsmobile	34	720	valve	0	61
35	8	9	Bill Elliott	Mell-Gear (George Elliott)	Ford	24	710	crash	0	58
36	26	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	13	1200	overheating	0	55
37	14	62	Rick Wilson	Florida Equipment & Service (Rick Wilson)	Oldsmobile	3	950	engine	0	52

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3
	4	7	4	#62 engine
	8	12	5
	13	19	7	#98 spun turn 2
	20	23	4
	24	27	4	#9,37 accident turn 4
	28	65	38
	66	74	9	#24,42 spun turn 2
	75	103	29
	104	107	4	#12 spun turn 4
	108	175	68
	176	179	4	#88 engine
	180	196	17
	197	200	4	#1,2,11,17,27,66 accident turns 1/2
Percent of race run under caution: 18.0% Average green flag run: 23.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	1	1
Benny Parsons	2	2	1
Harry Gant	3	8	6
Benny Parsons	9	14	6
Joe Millikan	15	19	5
Dale Earnhardt	20	22	3
Cale Yarborough	23	26	4
Dale Earnhardt	27	36	10
Darrell Waltrip	37	49	13
Cale Yarborough	50	50	1
Benny Parsons	51	61	11
Cale Yarborough	62	63	2
Harry Gant	64	65	2
Richard Petty	66	66	1
Bobby Allison	67	68	2
Harry Gant	69	76	8
Dale Earnhardt	77	79	3
Cale Yarborough	80	80	1
Dale Earnhardt	81	91	11
Cale Yarborough	92	92	1
Dale Earnhardt	93	95	3
Cale Yarborough	96	103	8
Harry Gant	104	104	1
Dave Marcis	105	105	1
Cale Yarborough	106	109	4
Harry Gant	110	110	1
Cale Yarborough	111	111	1
Dale Earnhardt	112	116	5
Darrell Waltrip	117	137	21
Harry Gant	138	141	4
Darrell Waltrip	142	143	2
Bobby Allison	144	148	5
Darrell Waltrip	149	154	6
Harry Gant	155	155	1
Buddy Baker	156	156	1
Ricky Rudd	157	157	1
Bobby Allison	158	168	11
Buddy Baker	169	172	4
Cale Yarborough	173	174	2
Buddy Baker	175	175	1
Harry Gant	176	176	1
Cale Yarborough	177	180	4
Dale Earnhardt	181	182	2
Darrell Waltrip	183	185	3
Cale Yarborough	186	186	1
Buddy Baker	187	187	1
Darrell Waltrip	188	195	8
Bobby Allison	196	200	5

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	2512
2	Darrell Waltrip	2256	-256
3	Ricky Rudd	2217	-295
4	Dale Earnhardt	2183	-329
5	Harry Gant	2135	-377
6	Jody Ridley	2123	-389
7	Richard Petty	2036	-476
8	Terry Labonte	1982	-530
9	Benny Parsons	1907	-605
10	Buddy Arrington	1827	-685
11	Dave Marcis	1801	-711
12	Morgan Shepherd	1754	-758
13	Richard Childress	1753	-759
14	J.D. McDuffie	1697	-815
15	Kyle Petty	1684	-828
16	Jimmy Means	1668	-844
17	Tommy Gale	1608	-904
18	Tim Richmond	1560	-952
19	James Hylton	1517	-995
20	Cecil Gordon	1377	-1135
21	Joe Millikan	1352	-1160