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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway

July 4th, 1981

Race #17 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 160
  • Miles: 400.0
  • Average Speed: 142.588 mph
  • Cautions: 6
  • Caution Laps: 37
  • Lead Changes: 35
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 27 Cale Yarborough Buick 185 175 10 160 78 Running
2 2 33 Harry Gant Buick 175 170 5 160 43 Running
3 14 43 Richard Petty Buick 170 165 5 160 7 Running
4 21 1 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 165 160 5 160 4 Running
5 9 98 Johnny Rutherford Pontiac 155 155 0 160 0 Running
6 10 42 Kyle Petty Buick 150 150 0 160 0 Running
7 15 37 Mike Alexander Buick 151 146 5 160 4 Running
8 5 44 Terry Labonte Buick 142 142 0 159 0 Running
9 7 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 138 138 0 159 0 Running
10 19 11 Darrell Waltrip Buick 134 134 0 159 0 Running
11 16 68 Lennie Pond Buick 130 130 0 159 0 Running
12 40 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 132 127 5 159 7 Running
13 37 71 Dave Marcis Buick 124 124 0 157 0 Running
14 35 4 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile 121 121 0 157 0 Running
15 18 12 Tim Richmond Buick 118 118 0 156 0 Engine
16 32 50 Bruce Hill Buick 115 115 0 155 0 Running
17 33 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 112 112 0 155 0 Running
18 30 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 109 109 0 155 0 Running
19 34 64 Tommy Gale Ford 106 106 0 155 0 Running
20 39 5 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 103 103 0 155 0 Running
21 6 3 Richard Childress Pontiac 100 100 0 154 0 Running
22 41 48 James Hylton Pontiac 97 97 0 154 0 Running
23 24 86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick 94 94 0 153 0 Running
24 17 75 Bill Elswick Buick 91 91 0 150 0 Running
25 29 24 Cecil Gordon Buick 88 88 0 146 0 Engine
26 27 22 Stan Barrett Pontiac 90 85 5 138 3 Engine
27 42 17 Tommy Houston Oldsmobile 82 82 0 127 0 Running
28 4 28 Bobby Allison Buick 84 79 5 111 10 Valve
29 22 6 Joe Ruttman Buick 76 76 0 99 0 Ignition
30 11 21 Neil Bonnett Ford 78 73 5 93 3 Engine
31 38 19 Dick May Buick 70 70 0 89 0 Engine
32 13 51 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile 67 67 0 85 0 Rear end
33 20 66 Lake Speed Buick 64 64 0 76 0 Engine
34 25 9 Bill Elliott Ford 61 61 0 72 0 Engine
35 3 2 Dale Earnhardt Pontiac 63 58 5 71 1 Vibration
36 36 99 Kevin Housby Oldsmobile 55 55 0 53 0 Crash
37 28 13 Jack Ingram Ford 52 52 0 52 0 Clutch
38 31 90 Jody Ridley Ford 49 49 0 34 0 Engine
39 26 15 Benny Parsons Ford 46 46 0 16 0 Crash
40 12 88 Ricky Rudd Oldsmobile 43 43 0 16 0 Crash
41 23 31 Billie Harvey Pontiac 40 40 0 15 0 Crash
42 8 62 Rick Wilson Oldsmobile 37 37 0 8 0 Engine