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 - Mason-Dixon 500 Race Results
Race Name - Mason-Dixon 500Date - 5/17/1981Race Track - Dover Downs International SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 500 milesPole Speed - 138.425 mphNumber of Cautions - 2Caution Laps - 24Average Race Speed - 116.59 mphLead Changes - 12Total Race Purse - $156,750Race Number - 12 | More Races from 1981 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 11 | Jody Ridley | 90 | Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | 500 | Ford | 20 | $22,560 |
2 | 8 | Bobby Allison | 28 | The 5 Racers (Harry Ranier) | 500 | Buick | 0 | $16,725 |
3 | 14 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) | 499 | Pontiac | 0 | $15,125 |
4 | 18 | DK Ulrich | 99 | UNO (DK Ulrich) | 491 | Buick | 0 | $7,160 |
5 | 4 | Ricky Rudd | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 490 | Buick | 0 | $9,450 |
6 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | 5 | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | 489 | Pontiac | 0 | $8,625 |
7 | 19 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | 488 | Dodge | 0 | $4,965 |
8 | 7 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | 486 | Buick | 0 | $7,725 |
9 | 22 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | 481 | Pontiac | 0 | $4,280 |
10 | 6 | Cale Yarborough | 27 | Valvoline (MC Anderson) | 480 | Buick | 32 | $2,925 |
11 | 17 | Donnie Allison | 77 | Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan) | 480 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,900 |
12 | 5 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | 476 | Buick | 0 | $7,240 |
13 | 3 | Neil Bonnett | 21 | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | 459 | Ford | 404 | $2,560 |
14 | 30 | Tommy Gale | 40 | Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) | 459 | Buick | 0 | $1,620 |
15 | 23 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Buffalo Stampede (Cecil Gordon) | 458 | Buick | 0 | $3,605 |
16 | 10 | Harry Gant | 33 | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | 448 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,350 |
17 | 24 | Richard Childress | 3 | Nichols (Richard Childress) | 412 | Pontiac | 0 | $3,215 |
18 | 25 | James Hylton | 48 | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | 379 | Pontiac | 0 | $3,020 |
19 | 9 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 368 | Buick | 3 | $6,570 |
20 | 16 | Kyle Petty | 42 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 342 | Buick | 0 | $2,240 |
21 | 20 | Mike Alexander | 37 | Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) | 297 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $900 |
22 | 32 | Joe Fields | 64 | Richmond Printing (Joe Fields) | 254 | Buick | 0 | $2,470 |
23 | 28 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Golden Corral (JD McDuffie) | 161 | Pontiac | 0 | $2,235 |
24 | 27 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Drummond Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | 90 | Pontiac | 0 | $1,940 |
25 | 1 | David Pearson | 12 | Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) | 57 | Oldsmobile | 41 | $2,675 |
26 | 31 | Junior Miller | 79 | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | 46 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,880 |
27 | 12 | Ron Bouchard | 47 | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | 22 | Buick | 0 | $1,845 |
28 | 21 | Lowell Cowell | 17 | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | 11 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,800 |
29 | 29 | Elmo Langley | 66 | Speed Racing (Lake Speed) | 6 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $575 |
30 | 26 | Bob Riley | 94 | Atlanta Int Messenger (Joe May) | 6 | Buick | 0 | $550 |
31 | 13 | Dave Marcis | 71 | Hudson Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) | 1 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,040 |
32 | 15 | Benny Parsons | 15 | Melling Tool (Bud Moore) | 1 | Ford | 0 | $5,980 |