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Valleydale 500 Race Results
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Bristol Motor Speedway
March 29, 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 | 22,450 | Running | |
| 2 | 5 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Oldsmobile | 500 | 170 | 14,375 | Running | |
| 3 | 11 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Tuf-Lon Pontiac | 500 | 165 | 10,450 | Running | |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection Pontiac | 500 | 165 | 4,600 | Running | |
| 5 | 8 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 499 | 160 | 7,375 | Running | |
| 6 | 6 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 497 | 150 | 5,920 | Running | |
| 7 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 495 | 151 | 6,550 | Running | |
| 8 | 14 | 48 | Harry Gant | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 493 | 147 | 4,270 | Running | |
| 9 | 21 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing Oldsmobile | 491 | 138 | 3,800 | Running | |
| 10 | 13 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 491 | 134 | 3,590 | Running | |
| 11 | 23 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 487 | 130 | 1,400 | Running | |
| 12 | 12 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Oldsmobile | 486 | 127 | 1,300 | Running | |
| 13 | 19 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 485 | 124 | 3,020 | Running | |
| 14 | 26 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Chevrolet | 480 | 121 | 2,810 | Running | |
| 15 | 24 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 479 | 118 | 2,600 | Running | |
| 16 | 20 | 3 | Richard Childress | Nichols Pontiac | 476 | 115 | 2,415 | Running | |
| 17 | 18 | 75 | Joe Millikan | Buick | 474 | 117 | 2,230 | Running | |
| 18 | 10 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing Pontiac | 473 | 109 | 2,020 | Running | |
| 20 | 31 | 17 | Steve Spencer | Slick 50 Chevrolet | 468 | 103 | 1,625 | Running | |
| 21 | 25 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Brian's Steakhouse Buick | 461 | 100 | 1,600 | Running | |
| 23 | 30 | 20 | Rick Newsom | City Chevrolet | 356 | 94 | 650 | Engine | |
| 24 | 3 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 349 | 0 | 875 | Engine | |
| 25 | 15 | 26 | Butch Lindley | Lindley Racing Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | 600 | Engine | |
| 26 | 27 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Hill Racing Buick | 184 | 85 | 590 | Wheel | |
| 27 | 28 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Howard & Egerton Oldsmobile | 164 | 82 | 580 | Sway Bar | |
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 140 | 84 | 7,270 | Accident | |
| 29 | 9 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 116 | 81 | 5,010 | Engine | |
| 30 | 29 | 06 | Ernie Cline | Bush Inc. Pontiac | 77 | 73 | 550 | Brakes | |
| 31 | 16 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Bowlin Coal / Hudson Chevrolet | 60 | 75 | 1,100 | Rear End |
Time of Race .: 2 Hours 58 Minutes 36 Seconds
Average Speed .:89.53
Margin of Victory .: 2.500 Seconds
