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Winston 500 Race Results
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Talladega Superspeedway
May 03, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0-Mile 188 Laps/0 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 28 | Bobby Allison | The 5 Racers Buick | 188 | 180 | 41,500 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO Buick | 188 | 180 | 34,450 | Running | |
| 3 | 11 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 188 | 170 | 20,325 | Running | |
| 4 | 10 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Oldsmobile | 188 | 165 | 18,750 | Running | |
| 5 | 14 | 77 | Donnie Allison | Warren Fabricating Oldsmobile | 187 | 160 | 10,050 | Running | |
| 6 | 23 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 185 | 150 | 12,105 | Running | |
| 7 | 7 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 185 | 151 | 13,125 | Running | |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 183 | 147 | 14,775 | Running | |
| 9 | 27 | 25 | Dick May | Thomas Racing Dodge | 183 | 138 | 8,745 | Running | |
| 10 | 26 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Louise Smith Buick | 183 | 134 | 5,375 | Running | |
| 11 | 34 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 181 | 130 | 7,065 | Running | |
| 12 | 35 | 17 | Tommy Houston | Kings Inn Daytona Buick | 181 | 0 | 6,745 | Running | |
| 13 | 13 | 3 | Richard Childress | Ronnie Steele / Nichols Pontiac | 180 | 129 | 6,625 | Running | |
| 14 | 40 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson / Bowlin Coal Buick | 178 | 121 | 11,145 | Running | |
| 15 | 32 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing Buick | 176 | 118 | 5,725 | Running | |
| 16 | 12 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Cal-Tex Buick | 172 | 115 | 3,340 | Engine | |
| 17 | 17 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 171 | 112 | 5,145 | Running | |
| 18 | 28 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing Buick | 170 | 109 | 4,825 | Running | |
| 19 | 33 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 147 | 111 | 4,755 | Engine | |
| 20 | 22 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 140 | 103 | 3,925 | Engine | |
| 21 | 3 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 135 | 100 | 2,745 | Engine | |
| 23 | 30 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection Pontiac | 116 | 94 | 7,260 | Overheating | |
| 24 | 8 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 86 | 91 | 2,860 | Engine | |
| 25 | 5 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Florida Equipment & Service Oldsmobile | 76 | 93 | 2,500 | Engine | |
| 26 | 38 | 40 | Ronnie Thomas | Price Racing Buick | 75 | 85 | 1,805 | Oil Line | |
| 27 | 36 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 68 | 82 | 3,005 | Engine | |
| 28 | 31 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Hill Racing Buick | 51 | 79 | 1,695 | Overheating | |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Joe Ruttman | The 5 Racers Buick | 46 | 76 | 1,640 | Engine | |
| 30 | 25 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 38 | 73 | 1,585 | Ignition | |
| 31 | 29 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 25 | 70 | 3,765 | Steering | |
| 32 | 6 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Ford | 15 | 67 | 2,000 | Engine | |
| 33 | 39 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Superior Piping Chevrolet | 15 | 64 | 1,470 | Engine | |
| 34 | 9 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 1 | 61 | 1,560 | Accident | |
| 35 | 16 | 22 | Stan Barrett | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 1 | 58 | 1,405 | Accident | |
| 36 | 18 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 1 | 55 | 6,825 | Accident | |
| 37 | 19 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Mitco Oldsmobile | 1 | 52 | 1,345 | Accident | |
| 38 | 20 | 75 | Joe Millikan | Oldsmobile | 1 | 49 | 1,815 | Accident | |
| 39 | 21 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 1 | 46 | 6,735 | Accident | |
| 40 | 24 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear Ford | 1 | 43 | 1,255 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 20 Minutes 52 Seconds
Average Speed .:149.376
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds
