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Dover International Speedway
September 20, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1-Mile Superspeedway 500 Laps/500 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / Natl. Eng. Ford | 500 | 185 | 19,000 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 499 | 175 | 16,025 | Running | |
| 3 | 9 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Buick | 499 | 170 | 13,000 | Running | |
| 4 | 17 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy Buick | 495 | 160 | 9,060 | Running | |
| 5 | 1 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Chevrolet | 495 | 160 | 11,375 | Running | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | J.D. Stacy Pontiac | 495 | 155 | 8,225 | Running | |
| 7 | 7 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 495 | 146 | 4,685 | Running | |
| 8 | 12 | 71 | Dave Marcis | J.D. Stacy Chevrolet | 495 | 147 | 5,065 | Running | |
| 9 | 15 | 37 | Tim Richmond | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 494 | 138 | 2,350 | Running | |
| 10 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 494 | 139 | 7,575 | Running | |
| 11 | 16 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 493 | 130 | 5,180 | Running | |
| 12 | 18 | 24 | Morgan Shepherd | Washington Freightliner Buick | 492 | 127 | 4,110 | Running | |
| 13 | 6 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 492 | 124 | 2,210 | Running | |
| 14 | 19 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 490 | 121 | 3,720 | Running | |
| 15 | 22 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 490 | 118 | 5,275 | Running | |
| 16 | 21 | 68 | Lennie Pond | J.D. Stacy Buick | 490 | 115 | 1,350 | Running | |
| 17 | 4 | 75 | Gary Balough | Buick | 487 | 112 | 3,145 | Running | |
| 19 | 20 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 481 | 106 | 2,730 | Running | |
| 20 | 27 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Drummond Racing Pontiac | 479 | 103 | 2,400 | Running | |
| 21 | 13 | 5 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection Pontiac | 474 | 100 | 5,850 | Running | |
| 22 | 29 | 17 | Lowell Cowell | Kings Inn Daytona Chevrolet | 468 | 97 | 2,230 | Running | |
| 23 | 14 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 437 | 99 | 1,895 | Engine | |
| 24 | 23 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 404 | 91 | 2,050 | Running | |
| 25 | 32 | 40 | Dick May | Price Racing Buick | 311 | 88 | 675 | Alternator | |
| 26 | 30 | 20 | Cecil Gordon | Superior Piping Chevrolet | 296 | 85 | 650 | Rear End | |
| 27 | 24 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing Buick | 288 | 82 | 1,275 | Engine | |
| 29 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy Buick | 230 | 81 | 6,025 | Accident | |
| 30 | 31 | 97 | Bob Schacht | Test Tube Oldsmobile | 219 | 73 | 550 | Cylinder | |
| 31 | 34 | 63 | Jocko Maggiacomo | Shaw Motors Oldsmobile | 189 | 70 | 540 | Push Rod | |
| 32 | 33 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 123 | 67 | 1,180 | Engine | |
| 33 | 28 | 60 | Bob Riley | Snellman Brothers Construction Pontiac | 49 | 64 | 520 | Engine | |
| 34 | 8 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 31 | 61 | 5,960 | Overheating |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 10 Minutes 55 Seconds
Average Speed .:119.561
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds