Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Carolina 500

North Carolina Speedway

March 1st, 1981

Race #4 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 114.594 mph
  • Cautions: 14
  • Caution Laps: 75
  • Lead Changes: 36
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 4 11 Darrell Waltrip Buick 180 175 5 492 13 Running
2 1 27 Cale Yarborough Buick 180 170 10 492 320 Running
3 3 43 Richard Petty Buick 170 165 5 492 25 Running
4 8 21 Neil Bonnett Ford 165 160 5 492 82 Running
5 6 1 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 160 155 5 491 3 Running
6 2 28 Bobby Allison Pontiac 155 150 5 491 17 Running
7 14 75 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 151 146 5 488 8 Running
8 26 42 Kyle Petty Buick 142 142 0 486 0 Running
9 15 66 Lake Speed Buick 138 138 0 482 0 Running
10 32 86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick 134 134 0 477 0 Running
11 23 25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac 130 130 0 476 0 Running
12 28 98 Johnny Rutherford Pontiac 127 127 0 473 0 Running
13 24 37 Mike Alexander Oldsmobile 124 124 0 470 0 Running
14 30 94 Bobby Wawak Buick 121 121 0 469 0 Running
15 17 71 Dave Marcis Dodge 118 118 0 452 0 Running
16 22 99 Tim Richmond Buick 115 115 0 450 0 Running
17 34 79 Jody Ridley Oldsmobile 112 112 0 443 0 Engine
18 7 47 Harry Gant Buick 114 109 5 427 18 Engine
19 37 64 Tommy Gale Ford 106 106 0 424 0 Running
20 21 48 James Hylton Pontiac 103 103 0 421 0 Running
21 9 44 Terry Labonte Buick 105 100 5 412 5 Crash
22 16 3 Richard Childress Pontiac 97 97 0 409 0 Engine
23 35 24 Cecil Gordon Buick 94 94 0 395 0 Running
24 10 15 Benny Parsons Ford 91 91 0 379 0 Crash
25 12 53 Slick Johnson Chevrolet 88 88 0 298 0 Crash
26 11 2 Dale Earnhardt Pontiac 85 85 0 285 0 Crash
27 33 17 Glenn Jarrett Chevrolet 82 82 0 277 0 Overheating
28 13 5 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 79 79 0 268 0 Driveshaft
29 29 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 76 76 0 254 0 Crash
30 20 16 David Pearson Chevrolet 73 73 0 225 0 Engine
31 5 88 Ricky Rudd Oldsmobile 75 70 5 224 1 Crash
32 36 20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet 67 67 0 218 0 Clutch
33 19 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 64 64 0 188 0 Transmission
34 18 12 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile 61 61 0 109 0 Oil line
35 27 62 Rick Wilson Oldsmobile 58 58 0 97 0 Brakes
36 31 22 Stan Barrett Pontiac 55 55 0 61 0 Crash
37 25 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 52 52 0 34 0 Engine