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Riverside International Raceway
June 14, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2.62-Mile Road Course 95 Laps/249 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 95 | 185 | 23,650 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 95 | 175 | 18,725 | Running | |
| 3 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 95 | 170 | 12,200 | Running | |
| 4 | 4 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Ford | 95 | 165 | 4,650 | Running | |
| 5 | 6 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Buick | 95 | 155 | 8,900 | Running | |
| 6 | 13 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 95 | 155 | 4,860 | Running | |
| 7 | 25 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 95 | 146 | 5,610 | Running | |
| 8 | 14 | 0 | Roy Smith | Aircraft Standards Buick | 95 | 142 | 4,740 | Running | |
| 9 | 21 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission Chevrolet | 95 | 138 | 3,930 | Running | |
| 10 | 22 | 78 | Jim Robinson | Hammer Security Oldsmobile | 93 | 134 | 3,595 | Running | |
| 11 | 24 | 22 | Stan Barrett | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 93 | 130 | 2,100 | Running | |
| 13 | 33 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Johnson Truck Body Buick | 93 | 124 | 3,240 | Running | |
| 14 | 35 | 17 | Steve Pfeifer | Kings Inn Daytona Chevrolet | 92 | 0 | 3,080 | Running | |
| 15 | 30 | 18 | Randy Ogden | Piedmont Airlines Oldsmobile | 88 | 118 | 1,175 | Running | |
| 16 | 27 | 8 | Rick O'Dell | Behn's Ent. / Delta Inst. Buick | 86 | 115 | 2,145 | Running | |
| 17 | 31 | 13 | Don Puskarich | Puskarich Racing Oldsmobile | 86 | 112 | 1,960 | Engine | |
| 18 | 23 | 3 | Richard Childress | McDonald's Pontiac | 83 | 109 | 2,215 | Accident | |
| 19 | 26 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 79 | 106 | 2,180 | Running | |
| 20 | 5 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 72 | 103 | 6,375 | Accident | |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection Pontiac | 72 | 100 | 5,850 | Accident | |
| 22 | 9 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 71 | 102 | 6,375 | Engine | |
| 23 | 20 | 38 | Don Waterman | St. John's Auto Parts Buick | 68 | 99 | 1,570 | Oil Leak | |
| 24 | 15 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Pro-Power Engines Buick | 56 | 91 | 1,525 | Engine | |
| 25 | 11 | 01 | Hershel McGriff | Industrial Leasing Buick | 53 | 93 | 800 | Engine | |
| 26 | 32 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 48 | 85 | 1,275 | Engine | |
| 28 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 29 | 79 | 1,225 | Accident | |
| 29 | 7 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Buick | 26 | 76 | 6,150 | Engine | |
| 30 | 28 | 40 | Tommy Gale | Price Racing Buick | 25 | 73 | 675 | Engine | |
| 31 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 23 | 70 | 650 | Engine | |
| 32 | 17 | 16 | Jim Bown | Rose Auto Wrecking Oldsmobile | 14 | 67 | 625 | Overheating | |
| 33 | 16 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 12 | 64 | 1,100 | Accident | |
| 34 | 34 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing Pontiac | 7 | 61 | 1,050 | Engine | |
| 35 | 12 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Cal-Tex Buick | 2 | 58 | 500 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 2 Hours 39 Minutes 30 Seconds
Average Speed .:93.597
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds