1981 - Winston Cup Series - CRC Chemicals 500 Race Results

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1981 - CRC Chemicals 500 Race Results

Race Name - CRC Chemicals 500
Date - 9/20/1981
Race Track - Dover Downs International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 136.757 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 22
Average Race Speed - 119.56 mph
Lead Changes - 17
Total Race Purse - $160,080
Race Number - 25

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner Hodgdon National Eng (Wood Brothers)	500	Ford	185	$19,000
2	2	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	499	Buick	1	$16,025
3	9	Bobby Allison	28	Hardees (Harry Ranier)	499	Buick	74	$13,000
4	17	Ron Bouchard	47	JD Stacy (Jack Beebe)	495	Buick	0	$9,060
5	1	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	495	Chevrolet	55	$11,375
6	5	Joe Ruttman	2	JD Stacy (Jim Stacy)	495	Pontiac	1	$8,225
7	7	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	495	Buick	0	$4,685
8	12	Dave Marcis	71	JD Stacy (Dave Marcis)	495	Chevrolet	1	$5,065
9	15	Tim Richmond	37	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	494	Buick	0	$2,350
10	11	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	494	Buick	2	$7,575
11	16	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	493	Ford	0	$5,180
12	18	Morgan Shepherd	24	Washington Freightliner (Cecil Gordon)	492	Buick	0	$4,110
13	6	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline (MC Anderson)	492	Buick	0	$2,210
14	19	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	490	Dodge	0	$3,720
15	22	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler (Richard Childress)	490	Pontiac	0	$5,275
16	21	Lennie Pond	68	JD Stacy (Lennie Pond)	490	Buick	0	$1,350
17	4	Gary Balough	75	RahMoc Enterprises	487	Buick	0	$3,145
18	25	DK Ulrich	99	Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich)	482	Buick	0	$2,950
19	20	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	481	Pontiac	0	$2,730
20	27	Ronnie Thomas	25	Drummond Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	479	Pontiac	0	$2,400
21	13	Joe Millikan	5	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	474	Pontiac	0	$5,850
22	29	Lowell Cowell	17	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	468	Chevrolet	0	$2,230
23	14	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	437	Pontiac	178	$1,895
24	23	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	404	Ford	0	$2,050
25	32	Dick May	40	Price Racing (DK Ulrich)	311	Buick	0	$675
26	30	Cecil Gordon	20	Superior Piping (Rick Newsom)	296	Chevrolet	0	$650
27	24	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	288	Buick	0	$1,275
28	26	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	256	Pontiac	0	$1,250
29	10	Terry Labonte	44	JD Stacy (Billy Hagan)	230	Buick	3	$6,025
30	31	Bob Schacht	97	Test Tube (Bob Schacht)	219	Oldsmobile	0	$550
31	34	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Shaw Motors (Jocko Maggiacomo)	189	Oldsmobile	0	$540
32	33	James Hylton	48	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	123	Pontiac	0	$1,180
33	28	Bob Riley	60	Snellman Brothers Construction (Joe May)	49	Pontiac	0	$520
34	8	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	31	Ford	0	$5,960