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Nashville Speedway
May 09, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0-Mile 420 Laps/0 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 420 | 180 | 15,950 | Running | |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 420 | 175 | 10,950 | Running | |
| 3 | 14 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Jim Stacy Pontiac | 420 | 165 | 8,500 | Running | |
| 4 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 419 | 160 | 6,950 | Running | |
| 5 | 1 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Buick | 419 | 165 | 7,375 | Running | |
| 6 | 11 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 418 | 150 | 5,975 | Running | |
| 7 | 13 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 417 | 146 | 3,095 | Running | |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection Pontiac | 416 | 142 | 6,025 | Running | |
| 9 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 414 | 138 | 3,095 | Running | |
| 10 | 8 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmission Enterprise Chevrolet | 413 | 134 | 2,975 | Running | |
| 11 | 2 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 410 | 130 | 1,525 | Running | |
| 12 | 19 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 408 | 127 | 2,540 | Running | |
| 13 | 18 | 3 | Richard Childress | Nichols Pontiac | 405 | 124 | 2,395 | Running | |
| 14 | 20 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Chevrolet | 402 | 121 | 2,260 | Running | |
| 15 | 21 | 17 | Mike Potter | Kings Inn Daytona Chevrolet | 401 | 0 | 2,175 | Running | |
| 17 | 16 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 399 | 112 | 1,805 | Running | |
| 18 | 22 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Louise Smith Buick | 397 | 109 | 600 | Running | |
| 19 | 27 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing Pontiac | 383 | 106 | 1,645 | Running | |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 379 | 103 | 6,500 | Running | |
| 21 | 24 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 378 | 100 | 1,490 | Running | |
| 22 | 9 | 12 | Harry Gant | Kencoal Mining Oldsmobile | 227 | 97 | 530 | Engine | |
| 24 | 26 | 66 | Lake Speed | Dinwiddie Racing Pontiac | 125 | 91 | 1,360 | Alternator | |
| 25 | 15 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 116 | 88 | 2,045 | Engine | |
| 26 | 17 | 25 | Charlie Chamblee | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 10 | 0 | 830 | Oil Pressure | |
| 27 | 6 | 02 | Mark Martin | Ams Oil / Prototype Pontiac | 2 | 82 | 475 | Cam |
Time of Race .: 2 Hours 47 Minutes 2 Seconds
Average Speed .:89.756
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds