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National 500 Race Results
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Lowe's Motor Speedway
October 11, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.5-Mile Superspeedway 334 Laps/501 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 334 | 180 | 51,600 | Running | |
| 2 | 17 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Chevrolet | 334 | 175 | 27,400 | Running | |
| 3 | 8 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Chevrolet | 334 | 165 | 29,925 | Running | |
| 4 | 22 | 55 | Tommy Ellis | Industrial Boiler Chevrolet | 333 | 0 | 11,400 | Running | |
| 5 | 30 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy Buick | 332 | 155 | 12,180 | Running | |
| 6 | 19 | 72 | Rusty Wallace | Childs Tire Buick | 331 | 150 | 6,750 | Running | |
| 7 | 14 | 01 | Geoff Bodine | Zervakis Racing Buick | 331 | 151 | 7,050 | Running | |
| 8 | 34 | 24 | Morgan Shepherd | Washington Freightliner Buick | 331 | 142 | 8,195 | Running | |
| 9 | 18 | 13 | Jack Ingram | Carolina Tool Ford | 329 | 138 | 4,400 | Running | |
| 10 | 33 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Kyle Petty's Boot Barn Dodge | 328 | 134 | 7,175 | Running | |
| 11 | 21 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Apache Stove Oldsmobile | 328 | 130 | 3,850 | Running | |
| 12 | 37 | 8 | Jimmy Means | Negre Racing Dodge | 327 | 127 | 3,750 | Running | |
| 13 | 25 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Florida Equipment & Service Oldsmobile | 326 | 124 | 3,650 | Running | |
| 15 | 13 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 326 | 123 | 7,805 | Running | |
| 18 | 5 | 37 | Tim Richmond | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 317 | 114 | 5,650 | Engine | |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | J.D. Stacy Buick | 276 | 106 | 10,050 | Engine | |
| 20 | 15 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 259 | 108 | 6,475 | Accident | |
| 21 | 23 | 6 | Bob Senneker | J.D. Stacy Pontiac | 256 | 0 | 1,975 | Accident | |
| 22 | 28 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 246 | 97 | 3,890 | Clutch | |
| 23 | 6 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy Buick | 234 | 99 | 8,375 | Engine | |
| 24 | 11 | 75 | Gary Balough | Chaparral Trailers Buick | 226 | 91 | 4,880 | Accident | |
| 25 | 24 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 220 | 93 | 4,920 | Ignition | |
| 26 | 26 | 23 | Charlie Glotzbach | Oxford Speedway Buick | 218 | 85 | 1,275 | Handling | |
| 27 | 27 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Levi Garrett Buick | 216 | 82 | 1,250 | Rod | |
| 28 | 29 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Chevrolet | 193 | 79 | 1,225 | Clutch | |
| 29 | 7 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / Natl. Eng. Ford | 190 | 86 | 12,450 | Rod Bearing | |
| 30 | 9 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 180 | 78 | 9,125 | Rod | |
| 31 | 3 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 153 | 75 | 2,100 | Engine | |
| 32 | 32 | 40 | Ronnie Thomas | McWhirter Grading Buick | 137 | 67 | 1,075 | Ignition | |
| 33 | 16 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear Ford | 130 | 64 | 1,050 | Timing Chain | |
| 34 | 38 | 66 | Lake Speed | Ronnie Steele Buick | 118 | 61 | 2,600 | Engine | |
| 35 | 31 | 5 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection Pontiac | 98 | 58 | 5,950 | Accident | |
| 36 | 35 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Louise Smith Buick | 66 | 55 | 990 | Valve | |
| 37 | 4 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO Buick | 63 | 52 | 1,480 | Tie Rod | |
| 38 | 12 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 50 | 49 | 6,925 | Clutch | |
| 39 | 39 | 38 | John Anderson | Copper Kettle Marina Buick | 41 | 0 | 965 | Engine | |
| 40 | 20 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Norton Company Buick | 19 | 43 | 2,515 | Engine | |
| 41 | 2 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 4 | 45 | 8,505 | Crank |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 15 Minutes 52 Seconds
Average Speed .:117.483
Margin of Victory .: 32.000 Seconds
