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Richmond International Raceway
September 13, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.75-Mile Short Track 400 Laps/300 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 400 | 180 | 18,525 | Running | |
| 2 | 3 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 400 | 175 | 10,195 | Running | |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 400 | 175 | 12,500 | Running | |
| 4 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy Buick | 400 | 165 | 7,550 | Running | |
| 5 | 7 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Buick | 400 | 160 | 7,275 | Running | |
| 6 | 11 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 398 | 150 | 6,270 | Running | |
| 7 | 1 | 02 | Mark Martin | Ams Oil / Prototype Pontiac | 398 | 146 | 3,300 | Running | |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection Pontiac | 397 | 142 | 5,675 | Running | |
| 9 | 19 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 396 | 138 | 4,750 | Running | |
| 10 | 22 | 75 | Gary Balough | Chaparral Trailers Buick | 395 | 134 | 3,580 | Running | |
| 11 | 21 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 395 | 135 | 5,660 | Running | |
| 12 | 12 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Chevrolet | 392 | 127 | 5,550 | Running | |
| 13 | 30 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 389 | 124 | 3,120 | Running | |
| 14 | 17 | 12 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 388 | 121 | 1,465 | Running | |
| 15 | 18 | 92 | Joe Fields | Fields Racing Buick | 387 | 118 | 965 | Running | |
| 16 | 27 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 385 | 115 | 2,900 | Running | |
| 17 | 20 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 378 | 112 | 2,740 | Running | |
| 18 | 32 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 375 | 109 | 2,305 | Running | |
| 19 | 13 | 71 | Dave Marcis | J.D. Stacy Chevrolet | 374 | 111 | 2,470 | Engine | |
| 20 | 28 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing Oldsmobile | 364 | 103 | 2,285 | Running | |
| 22 | 29 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 343 | 97 | 1,665 | Running | |
| 23 | 26 | 40 | Cecil Gordon | Midlothian Texaco Buick | 323 | 94 | 690 | Running | |
| 24 | 25 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing Chevrolet | 320 | 91 | 1,240 | Running | |
| 25 | 5 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy Buick | 229 | 88 | 1,230 | Accident | |
| 26 | 6 | 55 | Tommy Ellis | Industrial Boiler Chevrolet | 207 | 90 | 635 | Brakes | |
| 27 | 15 | 68 | Lennie Pond | J.D. Stacy Buick | 149 | 82 | 615 | Rear End | |
| 28 | 23 | 29 | Dave Dion | Central Seeding Ford | 143 | 79 | 615 | Accident | |
| 29 | 16 | 24 | Morgan Shepherd | Washington Freightliner Buick | 125 | 76 | 1,115 | Transmission | |
| 30 | 9 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | Pontiac | 68 | 73 | 4,950 | Engine | |
| 31 | 24 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Levi Garrett Pontiac | 53 | 70 | 525 | Accident | |
| 32 | 31 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 0 | 67 | 500 | Electrical |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 5 Minutes 50 Seconds
Average Speed .:69.998
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds