1981 - Winston Cup Series - Carolina 500 Race Results

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1981 - Carolina 500 Race Results

Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/1/1981
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 140.448 mph
Number of Cautions - 14
Caution Laps - 75
Average Race Speed - 114.59 mph
Lead Changes - 36
Total Race Purse - $156,730
Race Number - 4

More Races from 1981

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	492	Buick	13	$21,655
2	1	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline (MC Anderson)	492	Buick	320	$12,370
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	492	Buick	25	$14,370
4	8	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	492	Ford	82	$6,920
5	6	Buddy Baker	1	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	491	Oldsmobile	3	$3,895
6	2	Bobby Allison	28	TufLon (Harry Ranier)	491	Pontiac	17	$9,470
7	14	Joe Millikan	75	RahMoc Enterprises	488	Chevrolet	8	$6,230
8	26	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	486	Buick	0	$2,670
9	15	Lake Speed	66	Georges TShirts (Lake Speed)	482	Buick	0	$2,770
10	32	Elliott ForbesRobinson	86	Howard Egerton (Richard Howard)	477	Buick	0	$3,170
11	23	Ronnie Thomas	25	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	476	Pontiac	0	$4,680
12	28	Johnny Rutherford	98	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	473	Pontiac	0	$1,870
13	24	Mike Alexander	37	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	470	Oldsmobile	0	$1,700
14	30	Bobby Wawak	94	Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak)	469	Buick	0	$1,570
15	17	Dave Marcis	71	Buck Stove (Dave Marcis)	452	Dodge	0	$3,810
16	22	Tim Richmond	99	UNO (DK Ulrich)	450	Buick	0	$3,500
17	34	Jody Ridley	79	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	443	Oldsmobile	0	$4,290
18	7	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	427	Buick	18	$3,070
19	37	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	424	Ford	0	$2,860
20	21	James Hylton	48	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	421	Pontiac	0	$2,730
21	9	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove (Billy Hagan)	412	Buick	5	$6,270
22	16	Richard Childress	3	Childress Racing (Richard Childress)	409	Pontiac	0	$2,420
23	35	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon)	395	Buick	0	$2,235
24	10	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	379	Ford	0	$6,200
25	12	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson Racing (JD Johnson)	298	Chevrolet	0	$725
26	11	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler (Rod Osterlund)	285	Pontiac	0	$8,250
27	33	Glenn Jarrett	17	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	277	Chevrolet	0	$1,915
28	13	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	268	Pontiac	0	$650
29	29	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	254	Pontiac	0	$1,855
30	20	David Pearson	16	Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern)	225	Chevrolet	0	$675
31	5	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	224	Oldsmobile	1	$6,045
32	36	Rick Newsom	20	Newsom Racing (Rick Newsom)	218	Chevrolet	0	$590
33	19	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	188	Pontiac	0	$1,805
34	18	Donnie Allison	12	The 5 Racers (Kennie Childers)	109	Oldsmobile	0	$580
35	27	Rick Wilson	62	Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson)	97	Oldsmobile	0	$575
36	31	Stan Barrett	22	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	61	Pontiac	0	$570
37	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	34	Dodge	0	$1,770