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 - World 600 Race Results
Race Name - World 600Date - 5/24/1981Race Track - Charlotte Motor SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 600 milesPole Speed - 158.115 mphNumber of Cautions - 7Caution Laps - 50Average Race Speed - 129.32 mphLead Changes - 32Total Race Purse - $357,577Race Number - 13 | More Races from 1981 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 7 | Bobby Allison | 28 | Hardees (Harry Ranier) | 400 | Buick | 140 | $60,200 |
2 | 4 | Harry Gant | 33 | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | 400 | Chevrolet | 65 | $28,600 |
3 | 2 | Cale Yarborough | 27 | Valvoline (MC Anderson) | 398 | Buick | 0 | $22,425 |
4 | 13 | Ricky Rudd | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 397 | Buick | 0 | $18,975 |
5 | 18 | Kyle Petty | 42 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 396 | Buick | 0 | $13,080 |
6 | 10 | Morgan Shepherd | 5 | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | 395 | Pontiac | 0 | $14,500 |
7 | 19 | Joe Ruttman | 6 | The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy) | 395 | Buick | 0 | $7,775 |
8 | 9 | Joe Millikan | 75 | Bic Shaver (RahMoc Enterprises) | 393 | Chevrolet | 0 | $10,120 |
9 | 16 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | 392 | Buick | 3 | $11,700 |
10 | 34 | Elliott ForbesRobinson | 86 | Western Steer (Richard Howard) | 390 | Buick | 0 | $6,550 |
11 | 30 | Lennie Pond | 24 | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | 388 | Buick | 0 | $8,100 |
12 | 32 | Connie Saylor | 4 | Spencer Racing (GC Spencer) | 388 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $5,225 |
13 | 33 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Golden Corral (JD McDuffie) | 384 | Pontiac | 0 | $7,515 |
14 | 15 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | 380 | Buick | 0 | $10,125 |
15 | 36 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | 380 | Dodge | 0 | $6,930 |
16 | 40 | James Hylton | 48 | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | 377 | Pontiac | 0 | $6,562 |
17 | 39 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 363 | Ford | 0 | $6,150 |
18 | 5 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) | 362 | Pontiac | 54 | $13,675 |
19 | 17 | Richard Childress | 3 | UNO (Richard Childress) | 340 | Pontiac | 0 | $5,815 |
20 | 8 | Jody Ridley | 90 | Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | 337 | Ford | 0 | $6,530 |
21 | 28 | Bill Dennis | 19 | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | 327 | Buick | 0 | $3,200 |
22 | 37 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | 321 | Pontiac | 0 | $4,645 |
23 | 42 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | 310 | Pontiac | 0 | $4,225 |
24 | 3 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 296 | Buick | 4 | $11,700 |
25 | 31 | Dick May | 40 | Price Racing (DK Ulrich) | 271 | Buick | 0 | $2,700 |
26 | 12 | Ron Bouchard | 47 | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | 268 | Buick | 0 | $3,450 |
27 | 14 | Mike Alexander | 37 | Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) | 227 | Buick | 0 | $2,090 |
28 | 23 | Lake Speed | 66 | Speed Racing (Lake Speed) | 221 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $3,320 |
29 | 1 | Neil Bonnett | 21 | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | 210 | Ford | 133 | $23,790 |
30 | 21 | Rusty Wallace | 98 | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | 204 | Pontiac | 0 | $2,020 |
31 | 35 | Bobby Wawak | 94 | Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) | 201 | Buick | 0 | $1,775 |
32 | 22 | Stan Barrett | 22 | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | 177 | Pontiac | 0 | $1,750 |
33 | 27 | Buddy Baker | 1 | UNO (Hoss Ellington) | 164 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,700 |
34 | 25 | Jack Ingram | 13 | Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins) | 159 | Ford | 0 | $1,650 |
35 | 24 | Dave Marcis | 71 | Brooks Honda (Dave Marcis) | 155 | Dodge | 1 | $2,860 |
36 | 6 | Dick Brooks | 41 | Tarts (Billy Matthews) | 148 | Buick | 0 | $1,575 |
37 | 11 | Benny Parsons | 15 | Melling Tool (Bud Moore) | 147 | Ford | 0 | $6,950 |
38 | 38 | Donnie Allison | 77 | Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan) | 146 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,475 |
39 | 41 | Chuck Bown | 99 | CocaCola (DK Ulrich) | 118 | Buick | 0 | $1,950 |
40 | 29 | Bill Elliott | 9 | MellGear (George Elliott) | 93 | Ford | 0 | $1,400 |
41 | 26 | Bruce Hill | 50 | Hill Racing (Bruce Hill) | 65 | Buick | 0 | $1,400 |
42 | 20 | Rick Wilson | 62 | Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson) | 4 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,400 |