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Firecracker 400 Race Results
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Daytona International Speedway
July 04, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2.5-Mile Superspeedway 160 Laps/400 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 160 | 185 | 24,625 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 160 | 175 | 15,350 | Running | |
| 3 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 160 | 170 | 17,200 | Running | |
| 4 | 21 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO Oldsmobile | 160 | 165 | 8,765 | Running | |
| 5 | 9 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Levi Garrett Pontiac | 160 | 155 | 7,075 | Running | |
| 6 | 10 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 160 | 150 | 8,915 | Running | |
| 7 | 15 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 160 | 151 | 6,200 | Running | |
| 8 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 159 | 142 | 10,040 | Running | |
| 9 | 7 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 159 | 138 | 7,775 | Running | |
| 10 | 19 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 159 | 134 | 9,610 | Running | |
| 11 | 16 | 68 | Lennie Pond | The 5 Racers Buick | 159 | 130 | 3,550 | Running | |
| 13 | 37 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Transmission Buick | 157 | 124 | 6,155 | Running | |
| 14 | 35 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Spencer Racing Oldsmobile | 157 | 121 | 3,160 | Running | |
| 15 | 18 | 12 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 156 | 118 | 2,920 | Engine | |
| 16 | 32 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Native Tan Buick | 155 | 115 | 2,530 | Running | |
| 17 | 33 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Jim Peacock Dodge | 155 | 112 | 5,175 | Running | |
| 18 | 30 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 155 | 109 | 4,870 | Running | |
| 19 | 34 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 155 | 106 | 4,475 | Running | |
| 20 | 39 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection Pontiac | 155 | 103 | 6,870 | Running | |
| 21 | 6 | 3 | Richard Childress | Ronnie Steele Pontiac | 154 | 100 | 3,785 | Running | |
| 22 | 41 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 154 | 97 | 3,225 | Running | |
| 23 | 24 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Cal-Tex Buick | 153 | 94 | 1,470 | Running | |
| 24 | 17 | 75 | Bill Elswick | Buick | 150 | 91 | 3,290 | Running | |
| 25 | 29 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Daytona Inn Buick | 146 | 88 | 2,995 | Engine | |
| 26 | 27 | 22 | Stan Barrett | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 138 | 90 | 1,470 | Engine | |
| 27 | 42 | 17 | Tommy Houston | Kings Inn Daytona Oldsmobile | 127 | 82 | 2,610 | Running | |
| 28 | 4 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Buick | 111 | 84 | 7,020 | Valve | |
| 29 | 22 | 6 | Joe Ruttman | The 5 Racers Buick | 99 | 76 | 1,295 | Ignition | |
| 30 | 11 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Ford | 93 | 78 | 1,820 | Engine | |
| 31 | 38 | 19 | Dick May | Gray Racing Buick | 89 | 70 | 1,060 | Engine | |
| 33 | 20 | 66 | Lake Speed | Native Tan Buick | 76 | 64 | 2,565 | Engine | |
| 34 | 25 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear Ford | 72 | 61 | 985 | Engine | |
| 35 | 3 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 71 | 63 | 8,360 | Vibration | |
| 36 | 36 | 99 | Kevin Housby | Taylor & Martin Oldsmobile | 53 | 55 | 2,480 | Accident | |
| 37 | 28 | 13 | Jack Ingram | Carolina Tool Ford | 52 | 52 | 940 | Clutch | |
| 38 | 31 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 34 | 49 | 2,735 | Engine | |
| 39 | 26 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 16 | 46 | 6,380 | Accident | |
| 40 | 12 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Oldsmobile | 16 | 43 | 6,625 | Accident | |
| 41 | 23 | 31 | Billie Harvey | Johnson / Pistone Pontiac | 15 | 40 | 1,000 | Accident | |
| 42 | 8 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Florida Equipment & Service Oldsmobile | 8 | 37 | 925 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 2 Hours 48 Minutes 32 Seconds
Average Speed .:142.588
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds
