Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway

August 2nd, 1981

Race #20 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 188
  • Miles: 500.1
  • Average Speed: 156.737 mph
  • Cautions: 8
  • Caution Laps: 36
  • Lead Changes: 39
#19 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 10 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 180 175 5 188 6 Running
2 13 11 Darrell Waltrip Buick 175 170 5 188 36 Running
3 4 44 Terry Labonte Buick 170 165 5 188 11 Running
4 1 33 Harry Gant Buick 165 160 5 188 2 Running
5 2 28 Bobby Allison Buick 165 155 10 188 105 Running
6 35 66 Lake Speed Buick 155 150 5 187 10 Running
7 31 42 Kyle Petty Buick 146 146 0 187 0 Running
8 27 90 Jody Ridley Ford 142 142 0 187 0 Running
9 16 22 Stan Barrett Pontiac 138 138 0 186 0 Running
10 14 71 Dave Marcis Buick 134 134 0 185 0 Running
11 18 9 Bill Elliott Ford 130 130 0 185 0 Running
12 26 86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick 127 127 0 184 0 Running
13 22 15 Benny Parsons Ford 124 124 0 184 0 Running
14 40 99 Terry Herman Buick 121 121 0 183 0 Running
15 32 19 Dick May Buick 118 118 0 181 0 Running
16 28 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 115 115 0 180 0 Running
17 34 24 Cecil Gordon Buick 112 112 0 180 0 Running
18 37 64 Tommy Gale Ford 109 109 0 177 0 Running
19 39 94 Bobby Wawak Buick 106 106 0 175 0 Running
20 9 62 Rick Wilson Oldsmobile 103 103 0 148 0 Crash
21 19 98 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 100 100 0 147 0 Engine
22 8 6 Joe Ruttman Buick 97 97 0 134 0 Brakes
23 12 88 Ricky Rudd Buick 94 94 0 133 0 Running
24 11 68 Lennie Pond Buick 91 91 0 113 0 Rear end
25 41 75 Gary Balough Buick 93 88 5 113 1 Engine
26 17 3 Richard Childress Pontiac 85 85 0 111 0 Engine
27 36 17 Mike Potter Buick 82 82 0 100 0 Transmission
28 5 27 Cale Yarborough Buick 84 79 5 83 6 Crash
29 3 2 Dale Earnhardt Pontiac 81 76 5 83 5 Transmission
30 30 50 Bruce Hill Buick 73 73 0 75 0 Engine
31 38 38 Sandy Satullo Buick 70 70 0 68 0 Engine
32 7 1 Buddy Baker Buick 67 67 0 64 0 Engine
33 29 4 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile 64 64 0 64 0 Rocker arm
34 33 12 Tim Richmond Buick 61 61 0 58 0 Engine
35 24 37 Mike Alexander Buick 58 58 0 55 0 Engine
36 15 5 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 55 55 0 55 0 Engine
37 6 21 Neil Bonnett Ford 57 52 5 41 6 Ignition
38 23 13 Jack Ingram Ford 49 49 0 29 0 Valve
39 25 48 James Hylton Pontiac 46 46 0 29 0 Vibration
40 20 43 Richard Petty Buick 43 43 0 12 0 Oil pan
41 21 67 Buddy Arrington Chrysler 40 40 0 10 0 Valve
42 42 25 Joe Booher Pontiac 37 37 0 4 0 Engine