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Talladega 500 Race Results
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Talladega Superspeedway
August 02, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0-Mile 188 Laps/0 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 188 | 180 | 38,905 | Running | |
| 2 | 13 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 188 | 175 | 23,000 | Running | |
| 3 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 188 | 170 | 18,500 | Running | |
| 4 | 1 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Buick | 188 | 165 | 10,000 | Running | |
| 5 | 2 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Buick | 188 | 165 | 17,825 | Running | |
| 6 | 35 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing Buick | 187 | 155 | 9,345 | Running | |
| 7 | 31 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 187 | 146 | 6,800 | Running | |
| 8 | 27 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 187 | 142 | 7,665 | Running | |
| 9 | 16 | 22 | Stan Barrett | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 186 | 138 | 3,575 | Running | |
| 10 | 14 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Paul Young Leasing Buick | 185 | 134 | 6,305 | Running | |
| 11 | 18 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear Ford | 185 | 130 | 3,200 | Running | |
| 12 | 26 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Cal-Tex Buick | 184 | 127 | 3,175 | Running | |
| 13 | 22 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 184 | 124 | 8,450 | Running | |
| 14 | 40 | 99 | Terry Herman | Kargas Sports / Jim Davis Buick | 183 | 0 | 5,535 | Running | |
| 15 | 32 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt Buick | 181 | 118 | 2,800 | Running | |
| 16 | 28 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 180 | 115 | 5,200 | Running | |
| 17 | 34 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing Buick | 180 | 112 | 4,865 | Running | |
| 18 | 37 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 177 | 109 | 4,605 | Running | |
| 19 | 39 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Louise Smith Buick | 175 | 106 | 2,550 | Running | |
| 20 | 9 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Florida Equipment & Service Oldsmobile | 148 | 103 | 2,625 | Accident | |
| 21 | 19 | 98 | Rusty Wallace | Levi Garrett Pontiac | 147 | 100 | 2,225 | Engine | |
| 22 | 8 | 6 | Joe Ruttman | The 5 Racers Buick | 134 | 97 | 2,175 | Brakes | |
| 23 | 12 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Buick | 133 | 94 | 7,575 | Running | |
| 24 | 11 | 68 | Lennie Pond | The 5 Racers Buick | 113 | 91 | 2,075 | Rear End | |
| 25 | 41 | 75 | Gary Balough | The 5 Racers Buick | 113 | 0 | 3,570 | Engine | |
| 26 | 17 | 3 | Richard Childress | Ronnie Steele Pontiac | 111 | 85 | 3,550 | Engine | |
| 27 | 36 | 17 | Mike Potter | Kings Inn Daytona Buick | 100 | 0 | 3,490 | Transmission | |
| 28 | 5 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 83 | 84 | 2,725 | Accident | |
| 29 | 3 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 83 | 81 | 9,375 | Transmission | |
| 30 | 30 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Native Tan Buick | 75 | 73 | 1,700 | Engine | |
| 31 | 38 | 38 | Sandy Satullo | Copper Kettle Marina Buick | 68 | 70 | 1,500 | Engine | |
| 32 | 7 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO Buick | 64 | 67 | 1,475 | Engine | |
| 33 | 29 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Ball Equipment Oldsmobile | 64 | 64 | 1,450 | Rocker Arm | |
| 34 | 33 | 12 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 58 | 61 | 1,425 | Engine | |
| 35 | 24 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 55 | 58 | 1,700 | Engine | |
| 36 | 15 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection Pontiac | 55 | 55 | 6,325 | Engine | |
| 37 | 6 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Ford | 41 | 57 | 2,150 | Ignition | |
| 38 | 23 | 13 | Jack Ingram | Carolina Tool Ford | 29 | 49 | 1,325 | Valve Spring | |
| 39 | 25 | 48 | James Hylton | STP Buick | 29 | 46 | 3,005 | Vibration | |
| 40 | 20 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 12 | 43 | 6,650 | Oil Pan | |
| 41 | 21 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Chrysler | 10 | 40 | 2,735 | Valve | |
| 42 | 42 | 25 | Joe Booher | Thomas Racing Pontiac | 4 | 0 | 1,700 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 11 Minutes 24 Seconds
Average Speed .:156.737
Margin of Victory .: 2.000 Seconds
