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Daytona 500 Race Results

Daytona International Speedway
February 15, 1981

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2.5-Mile Superspeedway
200 Laps/500 Miles

FP	SP	Car	Driver	Team / Make	Laps	Points	Money	Status
1	8	43	Richard Petty	STP Buick	200	180	90,575	Running
2	1	28	Bobby Allison	Tuf-Lon Pontiac	200	180	84,050	Running
3	5	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade Oldsmobile	200	170	53,115	Running
4	6	1	Buddy Baker	UNO Oldsmobile	200	165	35,740	Running
5	7	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Pontiac	200	160	37,365	Running
6	16	9	Bill Elliott	Mell-Gear Ford	199	155	30,615	Running
7	27	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King Ford	198	146	29,665	Running
8	29	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline Oldsmobile	197	142	20,325	Running
9	34	75	Joe Millikan	Buick	197	138	21,500	Running
10	35	98	Johnny Rutherford	Levi Garrett Pontiac	195	134	17,285	Running
11	21	57	Bill Elswick	Performance Boat Oldsmobile	195	0	14,365	Running
12	33	12	Donnie Allison	The 5 Racers Oldsmobile	195	127	12,660	Running
13	22	22	Stan Barrett	Skoal Bandit Pontiac	195	124	12,870	Running
14	13	93	Don Whittington	Smith Racing Oldsmobile	194	121	11,585	Running
15	15	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission Oldsmobile	194	118	13,225	Running
16	38	41	Dick Brooks	Matthews Racing Buick	193	0	7,920	Running
17	28	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford	192	112	11,835	Running
18	17	19	Ronnie Sanders	Home Trend Realty Buick	191	109	7,635	Running
19	23	17	Glenn Jarrett	Tuf-Lon of Florida Buick	186	106	9,830	Running
20	39	37	Don Sprouse	Rogers Auto Leasing Oldsmobile	181	103	5,900	Running
21	26	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors Pontiac	179	100	7,425	Running
22	14	23	Geoff Bodine	Bahre Racing Pontiac	178	97	5,260	Running
23	31	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Buick	175	94	6,375	Running
25	37	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton Buick	167	88	3,835	Axle
26	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing Dodge	159	85	10,655	Running
27	32	68	Lennie Pond	Burger King Buick	155	82	4,600	Oil Pump
28	19	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing Pontiac	151	79	5,125	Clutch
29	9	16	David Pearson	Halpern Enterprises Chevrolet	144	81	4,350	Engine
30	40	99	Tim Richmond	UNO Buick	144	73	4,690	Transmission
31	4	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool Ford	135	70	13,750	Overheating
32	11	42	Kyle Petty	STP Buick	128	67	3,755	Engine
33	3	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator Ford	123	69	10,625	Clutch
34	25	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac	123	61	4,530	Piston
36	2	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew Buick	117	55	20,475	Engine
37	42	24	Cecil Gordon	Home Craft Homes Buick	116	52	3,955	Running
38	18	3	Richard Childress	Wachovia Carpet Pontiac	110	49	3,825	Valve
39	24	7	Bruce Hill	Native Tan Buick	54	46	3,450	Accident
40	12	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph / Apache Stove Buick	47	43	8,775	Running
41	36	31	Billie Harvey	Graf Lear Jets Pontiac	45	40	2,915	Engine
42	30	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin / Clements Ford	17	37	2,750	Accident

Time of Race .: 2 Hours 56 Minutes 50 Seconds

Average Speed .:169.651

Margin of Victory .: 3.500 Seconds

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