Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Valleydale 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

March 29th, 1981

Race #6 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 266.5
  • Average Speed: 89.530 mph
  • Cautions: 8
  • Caution Laps: 44
  • Lead Changes: 21
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 11 Darrell Waltrip Buick 185 175 10 500 323 Running
2 5 88 Ricky Rudd Oldsmobile 170 170 0 500 0 Running
3 11 28 Bobby Allison Pontiac 165 165 0 500 0 Running
4 7 5 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 165 160 5 500 18 Running
5 8 15 Benny Parsons Ford 160 155 5 499 57 Running
6 6 90 Jody Ridley Ford 150 150 0 497 0 Running
7 4 44 Terry Labonte Buick 151 146 5 495 1 Running
8 14 48 Harry Gant Pontiac 147 142 5 493 1 Running
9 21 66 Lake Speed Oldsmobile 138 138 0 491 0 Running
10 13 99 Tim Richmond Buick 134 134 0 491 0 Running
11 23 42 Kyle Petty Buick 130 130 0 487 0 Running
12 12 37 Mike Alexander Oldsmobile 127 127 0 486 0 Running
13 19 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 124 124 0 485 0 Running
14 26 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 121 121 0 480 0 Running
15 24 64 Tommy Gale Ford 118 118 0 479 0 Running
16 20 3 Richard Childress Pontiac 115 115 0 476 0 Running
17 18 75 Joe Millikan Buick 117 112 5 474 1 Running
18 10 25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac 109 109 0 473 0 Running
19 17 45 DK Ulrich Buick 106 106 0 473 0 Running
20 31 17 Steve Spencer Chevrolet 103 103 0 468 0 Running
21 25 24 Cecil Gordon Buick 100 100 0 461 0 Running
22 22 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 97 97 0 377 0 Valve
23 30 20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet 94 94 0 356 0 Engine
24 3 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 96 91 5 349 6 Engine
25 15 26 Butch Lindley Chevrolet 93 88 5 194 9 Engine
26 27 50 Bruce Hill Buick 85 85 0 184 0 Wheel
27 28 86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Oldsmobile 82 82 0 164 0 Sway bar
28 2 2 Dale Earnhardt Pontiac 84 79 5 140 65 Crash
29 9 43 Richard Petty Buick 81 76 5 116 1 Engine
30 29 06 Ernie Cline Pontiac 73 73 0 77 0 Brakes
31 16 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 75 70 5 60 18 Rear end