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 - Richmond 400 Race Results
Race Name - Richmond 400Date - 2/22/1981Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds RacewayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.542 milesRace Length (Miles) - 217 milesPole Speed - 92.821 mphNumber of Cautions - 7Caution Laps - 50Average Race Speed - 76.57 mphLead Changes - 4Total Race Purse - $114,310Race Number - 3 | More Races from 1981 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 7 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | 400 | Buick | 204 | $18,800 |
2 | 8 | Ricky Rudd | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 400 | Oldsmobile | 7 | $13,400 |
3 | 3 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 399 | Buick | 39 | $9,775 |
4 | 1 | Morgan Shepherd | 5 | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | 399 | Pontiac | 150 | $5,100 |
5 | 4 | Benny Parsons | 15 | Melling Tool (Bud Moore) | 399 | Ford | 0 | $7,050 |
6 | 2 | Harry Gant | 47 | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | 399 | Buick | 0 | $4,770 |
7 | 6 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) | 397 | Pontiac | 0 | $7,550 |
8 | 25 | Jody Ridley | 90 | Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | 397 | Ford | 0 | $4,845 |
9 | 14 | Joe Millikan | 75 | RahMoc Enterprises | 396 | Buick | 0 | $3,450 |
10 | 10 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 395 | Pontiac | 0 | $3,240 |
11 | 12 | Lennie Pond | 68 | The 5 Racers (Jim Testa) | 395 | Buick | 0 | $2,720 |
12 | 26 | Lake Speed | 66 | Speed Racing (Lake Speed) | 392 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,100 |
13 | 18 | Richard Childress | 3 | Childress Racing (Richard Childress) | 391 | Pontiac | 0 | $2,710 |
14 | 20 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | 390 | Pontiac | 0 | $2,565 |
15 | 11 | Don Sprouse | 37 | Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) | 389 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $950 |
16 | 19 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | 385 | Dodge | 0 | $2,380 |
17 | 27 | Tim Richmond | 99 | UNO (DK Ulrich) | 382 | Buick | 0 | $2,220 |
18 | 23 | Tommy Gale | 79 | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | 381 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $2,035 |
19 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Home Craft Homes (Cecil Gordon) | 380 | Buick | 0 | $1,690 |
20 | 30 | Henry Jones | 94 | Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) | 363 | Buick | 0 | $765 |
21 | 13 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | 358 | Pontiac | 0 | $1,640 |
22 | 16 | Dave Marcis | 71 | Hudson Bowlin Coal (Dave Marcis) | 321 | Dodge | 0 | $965 |
23 | 5 | Bobby Allison | 28 | JW Hunt Produce (Butch Lindley) | 276 | Chevrolet | 0 | $5,415 |
24 | 17 | Kyle Petty | 42 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 223 | Buick | 0 | $665 |
25 | 22 | Glenn Jarrett | 17 | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | 216 | Chevrolet | 0 | $905 |
26 | 9 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) | 204 | Buick | 0 | $5,085 |
27 | 29 | Rick Newsom | 20 | Newsom Racing (Rick Newsom) | 169 | Chevrolet | 0 | $615 |
28 | 21 | Joe Fields | 92 | Richmond Printing (Joe Fields) | 118 | Pontiac | 0 | $590 |
29 | 15 | James Hylton | 48 | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | 47 | Pontiac | 0 | $815 |
30 | 28 | Baxter Price | 45 | McWhirter Grading (Baxter Price) | 16 | Buick | 0 | $500 |