Race Results
NASCAR Cup Series
National 500
Charlotte Motor Speedway
October 11th, 1981
Race #28 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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FIN | ST | Car # | Driver | Make | TOT PTS | F PTS | B PTS | Laps | Led | STUS |
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1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Buick | 180 | 175 | 5 | 334 | 127 | Running |
2 | 17 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Chevrolet | 175 | 170 | 5 | 334 | 17 | Running |
3 | 8 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Chevrolet | 165 | 165 | 0 | 334 | 0 | Running |
4 | 22 | 55 | Tommy Ellis | Chevrolet | 165 | 160 | 5 | 333 | 1 | Running |
5 | 30 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Buick | 155 | 155 | 0 | 332 | 0 | Running |
6 | 19 | 72 | Rusty Wallace | Buick | 150 | 150 | 0 | 331 | 0 | Running |
7 | 14 | 01 | Geoff Bodine | Buick | 151 | 146 | 5 | 331 | 11 | Running |
8 | 34 | 24 | Morgan Shepherd | Buick | 142 | 142 | 0 | 331 | 0 | Running |
9 | 18 | 13 | Jack Ingram | Ford | 138 | 138 | 0 | 329 | 0 | Running |
10 | 33 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 134 | 134 | 0 | 328 | 0 | Running |
11 | 21 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Oldsmobile | 130 | 130 | 0 | 328 | 0 | Running |
12 | 37 | 8 | Jimmy Means | Dodge | 127 | 127 | 0 | 327 | 0 | Running |
13 | 25 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Oldsmobile | 124 | 124 | 0 | 326 | 0 | Running |
14 | 41 | 99 | DK Ulrich | Buick | 121 | 121 | 0 | 326 | 0 | Running |
15 | 13 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Ford | 123 | 118 | 5 | 326 | 1 | Running |
16 | 36 | 36 | HB Bailey | Pontiac | 115 | 115 | 0 | 324 | 0 | Running |
17 | 40 | 70 | JD McDuffie | Pontiac | 112 | 112 | 0 | 322 | 0 | Running |
18 | 5 | 37 | Tim Richmond | Buick | 114 | 109 | 5 | 317 | 10 | Engine |
19 | 10 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | Buick | 106 | 106 | 0 | 276 | 0 | Engine |
20 | 15 | 42 | Kyle Petty | Buick | 108 | 103 | 5 | 259 | 6 | Crash |
21 | 23 | 6 | Bob Senneker | Pontiac | 100 | 100 | 0 | 256 | 0 | Crash |
22 | 28 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | 97 | 97 | 0 | 246 | 0 | Clutch |
23 | 6 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Buick | 99 | 94 | 5 | 234 | 6 | Engine |
24 | 11 | 75 | Gary Balough | Buick | 91 | 91 | 0 | 226 | 0 | Crash |
25 | 24 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Pontiac | 93 | 88 | 5 | 220 | 2 | Ignition |
26 | 26 | 23 | Charlie Glotzbach | Buick | 85 | 85 | 0 | 218 | 0 | Handling |
27 | 27 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Buick | 82 | 82 | 0 | 216 | 0 | Engine |
28 | 29 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | 79 | 79 | 0 | 193 | 0 | Clutch |
29 | 7 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Ford | 86 | 76 | 10 | 190 | 135 | Engine |
30 | 9 | 43 | Richard Petty | Buick | 78 | 73 | 5 | 180 | 15 | Engine |
31 | 3 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Buick | 75 | 70 | 5 | 153 | 2 | Engine |
32 | 32 | 40 | Ronnie Thomas | Buick | 67 | 67 | 0 | 137 | 0 | Ignition |
33 | 16 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Ford | 64 | 64 | 0 | 130 | 0 | Timing chain |
34 | 38 | 66 | Lake Speed | Buick | 61 | 61 | 0 | 118 | 0 | Engine |
35 | 31 | 5 | Joe Millikan | Pontiac | 58 | 58 | 0 | 98 | 0 | Crash |
36 | 35 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Buick | 55 | 55 | 0 | 66 | 0 | Valve |
37 | 4 | 1 | Buddy Baker | Buick | 52 | 52 | 0 | 63 | 0 | Tie rod |
38 | 12 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Ford | 49 | 49 | 0 | 50 | 0 | Clutch |
39 | 39 | 38 | John Anderson | Buick | 46 | 46 | 0 | 41 | 0 | Engine |
40 | 20 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buick | 43 | 43 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Engine |
41 | 2 | 33 | Harry Gant | Pontiac | 45 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Crank |