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Bristol Motor Speedway
August 22, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 500 | 185 | 18,800 | Running | |
| 2 | 3 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Chevrolet | 499 | 175 | 12,375 | Running | |
| 3 | 16 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 498 | 165 | 8,800 | Running | |
| 4 | 6 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Buick | 497 | 165 | 7,075 | Running | |
| 5 | 7 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy Buick | 497 | 155 | 5,670 | Running | |
| 6 | 8 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 497 | 150 | 6,250 | Running | |
| 7 | 15 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing Oldsmobile | 493 | 146 | 4,170 | Running | |
| 8 | 9 | 12 | Tim Richmond | UNO Oldsmobile | 488 | 142 | 1,315 | Accident | |
| 9 | 5 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Bowlin Coal Buick | 487 | 138 | 3,600 | Running | |
| 10 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 486 | 134 | 3,780 | Running | |
| 11 | 2 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 485 | 130 | 3,695 | Running | |
| 12 | 22 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 480 | 127 | 3,035 | Running | |
| 14 | 26 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Bekaert Buick | 478 | 121 | 1,000 | Running | |
| 15 | 25 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 471 | 118 | 2,615 | Running | |
| 16 | 28 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 464 | 115 | 2,475 | Running | |
| 17 | 18 | 5 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection Pontiac | 434 | 112 | 4,965 | Running | |
| 18 | 21 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing Pontiac | 392 | 109 | 2,255 | Running | |
| 19 | 13 | 24 | Morgan Shepherd | Gordon Racing Buick | 339 | 111 | 1,905 | Rear End | |
| 20 | 4 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 317 | 103 | 2,875 | Sway Bar | |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | J.D. Stacy Pontiac | 302 | 105 | 5,100 | Oil Pan | |
| 22 | 29 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing Chevrolet | 248 | 97 | 635 | Handling | |
| 23 | 24 | 99 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Ulrich Racing Buick | 246 | 0 | 870 | Brakes | |
| 24 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 73 | 91 | 5,060 | Cylinder Head | |
| 25 | 17 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 49 | 88 | 595 | Accident | |
| 26 | 27 | 17 | Mike Potter | Kings Inn Daytona Chevrolet | 32 | 0 | 1,130 | Steering | |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 31 | 82 | 2,620 | Accident | |
| 28 | 11 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 28 | 79 | 860 | Transmission | |
| 29 | 30 | 08 | Joel Stowe | Pontiac | 14 | 0 | 540 | Too Slow | |
| 30 | 19 | 40 | Cecil Gordon | Dixie Engineering Buick | 3 | 73 | 530 | Quit |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 8 Minutes 44 Seconds
Average Speed .:84.723
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds
