1981 - Winston Cup Series - Talladega 500 Race Results

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1981 - Talladega 500 Race Results

Race Name - Talladega 500
Date - 8/2/1981
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 195.897 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 36
Average Race Speed - 156.73 mph
Lead Changes - 39
Total Race Purse - $254,825
Race Number - 20

More Races from 1981

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	10	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	188	Buick	6	$38,905
2	13	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	188	Buick	36	$23,000
3	4	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	188	Buick	11	$18,500
4	1	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	188	Buick	2	$10,000
5	2	Bobby Allison	28	Hardees (Harry Ranier)	188	Buick	105	$17,825
6	35	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	187	Buick	10	$9,345
7	31	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	187	Buick	0	$6,800
8	27	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	187	Ford	0	$7,665
9	16	Stan Barrett	22	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	186	Pontiac	0	$3,575
10	14	Dave Marcis	71	Paul Young Leasing (Dave Marcis)	185	Buick	0	$6,305
11	18	Bill Elliott	9	MellGear (George Elliott)	185	Ford	0	$3,200
12	26	Elliott ForbesRobinson	86	CalTex (Richard Howard)	184	Buick	0	$3,175
13	22	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	184	Ford	0	$8,450
14	40	Terry Herman	99	Kargas Sports Jim Davis (DK Ulrich)	183	Buick	0	$5,535
15	32	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	181	Buick	0	$2,800
16	28	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	180	Pontiac	0	$5,200
17	34	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	180	Buick	0	$4,865
18	37	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	177	Ford	0	$4,605
19	39	Bobby Wawak	94	Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak)	175	Buick	0	$2,550
20	9	Rick Wilson	62	Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson)	148	Oldsmobile	0	$2,625
21	19	Rusty Wallace	98	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	147	Pontiac	0	$2,225
22	8	Joe Ruttman	6	The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy)	134	Buick	0	$2,175
23	12	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	133	Buick	0	$7,575
24	11	Lennie Pond	68	The 5 Racers (Lennie Pond)	113	Buick	0	$2,075
25	41	Gary Balough	75	The 5 Racers (RahMoc Enterprises)	113	Buick	1	$3,570
26	17	Richard Childress	3	Ronnie Steele (Richard Childress)	111	Pontiac	0	$3,550
27	36	Mike Potter	17	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	100	Buick	0	$3,490
28	5	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline (MC Anderson)	83	Buick	6	$2,725
29	3	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler (Jim Stacy)	83	Pontiac	5	$9,375
30	30	Bruce Hill	50	Native Tan (Bruce Hill)	75	Buick	0	$1,700
31	38	Sandy Satullo	38	Copper Kettle Marina (Sandy Satullo)	68	Buick	0	$1,500
32	7	Buddy Baker	1	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	64	Buick	0	$1,475
33	29	Connie Saylor	4	Ball Equipment (GC Spencer)	64	Oldsmobile	0	$1,450
34	33	Tim Richmond	12	UNO (Kennie Childers)	58	Buick	0	$1,425
35	24	Mike Alexander	37	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	55	Buick	0	$1,700
36	15	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	55	Pontiac	0	$6,325
37	6	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	41	Ford	6	$2,150
38	23	Jack Ingram	13	Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins)	29	Ford	0	$1,325
39	25	James Hylton	48	STP (James Hylton)	29	Pontiac	0	$3,005
40	20	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	12	Buick	0	$6,650
41	21	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	10	Chrysler	0	$2,735
42	42	Joe Booher	25	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	4	Pontiac	0	$1,700