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Champion Spark Plug 400 Race Results
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Michigan International Speedway
August 16, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0-Mile 200 Laps/0 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 200 | 185 | 23,750 | Running | |
| 2 | 15 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 200 | 175 | 17,525 | Running | |
| 3 | 9 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Chevrolet | 200 | 165 | 15,150 | Running | |
| 4 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 200 | 165 | 6,000 | Running | |
| 5 | 19 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO Buick | 200 | 155 | 5,175 | Running | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | J.D. Stacy Pontiac | 200 | 0 | 9,375 | Running | |
| 7 | 12 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Buick | 200 | 151 | 8,950 | Running | |
| 8 | 6 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear Ford | 200 | 142 | 3,525 | Running | |
| 9 | 10 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 200 | 138 | 7,955 | Running | |
| 10 | 20 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 200 | 134 | 3,700 | Running | |
| 11 | 21 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited Buick | 200 | 135 | 5,295 | Running | |
| 12 | 18 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 200 | 132 | 6,275 | Running | |
| 13 | 16 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Levi Garrett Pontiac | 199 | 129 | 2,175 | Running | |
| 14 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 199 | 126 | 7,550 | Running | |
| 15 | 22 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing Buick | 199 | 118 | 4,155 | Running | |
| 17 | 2 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 198 | 117 | 2,445 | Running | |
| 18 | 3 | 75 | Gary Balough | Chaparral Trailers Buick | 198 | 0 | 3,975 | Running | |
| 19 | 17 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 197 | 106 | 3,250 | Running | |
| 20 | 30 | 99 | Rick Knoop | Kargas Sports Buick | 197 | 0 | 3,405 | Running | |
| 21 | 31 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 197 | 105 | 2,760 | Running | |
| 22 | 29 | 40 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms Buick | 196 | 97 | 1,020 | Running | |
| 23 | 24 | 5 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection Pontiac | 195 | 94 | 6,335 | Running | |
| 24 | 26 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing Buick | 195 | 91 | 2,470 | Running | |
| 25 | 33 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 186 | 88 | 2,575 | Running | |
| 26 | 13 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 173 | 90 | 6,725 | Valve Spring | |
| 27 | 36 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 156 | 87 | 2,520 | Running | |
| 28 | 11 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / Natl. Eng. Ford | 155 | 84 | 1,700 | Valve Spring | |
| 29 | 1 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy Buick | 85 | 76 | 3,540 | Engine | |
| 30 | 23 | 12 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 53 | 73 | 765 | Engine | |
| 31 | 35 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing Buick | 28 | 70 | 1,150 | Oil Pump | |
| 32 | 28 | 97 | Bob Schacht | Test Tube Oldsmobile | 22 | 67 | 740 | Transmission | |
| 33 | 32 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Hill Racing Buick | 21 | 64 | 1,130 | Drive Shaft | |
| 34 | 14 | 02 | Morgan Shepherd | Ams Oil Buick | 20 | 61 | 1,120 | Accident | |
| 35 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 13 | 58 | 1,945 | Valve | |
| 36 | 34 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt Buick | 4 | 55 | 1,100 | Cam |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 14 Minutes 24 Seconds
Average Speed .:123.457
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds
