Winston Cup Series Series by Race
The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1981 - Melling Tool 420 Race Results
Race Name - Melling Tool 420Date - 5/9/1981Race Track - Nashville SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.596 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 104.409 mphNumber of Cautions - 5Caution Laps - 23Average Race Speed - 89.756 mphLead Changes - 5Total Race Purse - $101,525Race Number - 11 | More Races from 1981 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 3 | Benny Parsons | 15 | Melling Tool (Bud Moore) | 420 | Ford | 209 | $15,950 |
2 | 5 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | 420 | Buick | 1 | $10,950 |
3 | 14 | Bobby Allison | 28 | Jim Stacy (Harry Ranier) | 420 | Pontiac | 0 | $8,500 |
4 | 7 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 419 | Buick | 0 | $6,950 |
5 | 1 | Ricky Rudd | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 419 | Buick | 210 | $7,375 |
6 | 11 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | 418 | Buick | 0 | $5,975 |
7 | 13 | Kyle Petty | 42 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 417 | Buick | 0 | $3,095 |
8 | 4 | Morgan Shepherd | 5 | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | 416 | Pontiac | 0 | $6,025 |
9 | 25 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Hills Racing (Ed Negre) | 414 | Dodge | 0 | $3,095 |
10 | 8 | Dave Marcis | 71 | Transmission Enterprise (Dave Marcis) | 413 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,975 |
11 | 2 | Mike Alexander | 37 | Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) | 410 | Buick | 0 | $1,525 |
12 | 19 | Tim Richmond | 99 | UNO (DK Ulrich) | 408 | Buick | 0 | $2,540 |
13 | 18 | Richard Childress | 3 | Nichols (Richard Childress) | 405 | Pontiac | 0 | $2,395 |
14 | 20 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | 402 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,260 |
15 | 21 | Mike Potter | 17 | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | 401 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,175 |
16 | 23 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 400 | Pontiac | 0 | $1,940 |
17 | 16 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 399 | Ford | 0 | $1,805 |
18 | 22 | Bobby Wawak | 94 | Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) | 397 | Buick | 0 | $600 |
19 | 27 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | 383 | Pontiac | 0 | $1,645 |
20 | 12 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) | 379 | Pontiac | 0 | $6,500 |
21 | 24 | James Hylton | 48 | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | 378 | Pontiac | 0 | $1,490 |
22 | 9 | Harry Gant | 12 | Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) | 227 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $530 |
23 | 10 | DK Ulrich | 40 | Price Racing (Baxter Price) | 200 | Buick | 0 | $520 |
24 | 26 | Lake Speed | 66 | Dinwiddie Racing (Harry Dinwiddie) | 125 | Pontiac | 0 | $1,360 |
25 | 15 | Jody Ridley | 90 | Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | 116 | Ford | 0 | $2,045 |
26 | 17 | Charlie Chamblee | 25 | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | 10 | Pontiac | 0 | $830 |
27 | 6 | Mark Martin | 2 | Ams Oil Prototype (Bud Reeder) | 2 | Pontiac | 0 | $475 |