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Darlington Raceway
April 12, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0-Mile 367 Laps/0 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 367 | 185 | 23,225 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 367 | 175 | 11,000 | Running | |
| 3 | 12 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Racing Chevrolet | 366 | 170 | 12,860 | Running | |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear Ford | 366 | 165 | 7,625 | Running | |
| 5 | 11 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 366 | 155 | 10,750 | Running | |
| 6 | 22 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO Buick | 365 | 150 | 4,150 | Running | |
| 7 | 13 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 365 | 146 | 7,310 | Running | |
| 8 | 4 | 16 | David Pearson | U.S. Army Chevrolet | 365 | 0 | 3,600 | Running | |
| 9 | 6 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Tuf-Lon Buick | 364 | 138 | 8,700 | Running | |
| 10 | 23 | 75 | Joe Millikan | Buick | 361 | 134 | 5,715 | Running | |
| 11 | 10 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Buick | 359 | 130 | 8,225 | Running | |
| 12 | 29 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 358 | 127 | 5,680 | Running | |
| 13 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 358 | 124 | 4,470 | Running | |
| 14 | 14 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 356 | 121 | 7,750 | Running | |
| 15 | 15 | 41 | Dick Brooks | Steve's Vette Buick | 354 | 118 | 2,175 | Running | |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 346 | 112 | 9,150 | Running | |
| 18 | 30 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 346 | 109 | 3,690 | Running | |
| 19 | 31 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 342 | 106 | 3,480 | Accident | |
| 20 | 28 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing Buick | 339 | 103 | 3,270 | Running | |
| 21 | 27 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing Buick | 336 | 100 | 3,035 | Running | |
| 23 | 34 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 273 | 94 | 2,465 | Rear End | |
| 24 | 33 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Louise Smith Buick | 271 | 91 | 1,200 | Running | |
| 25 | 21 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 239 | 88 | 1,200 | Engine | |
| 26 | 7 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 233 | 90 | 1,650 | Engine | |
| 27 | 26 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 223 | 82 | 2,355 | Engine | |
| 28 | 24 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Levi Garrett Pontiac | 216 | 79 | 1,100 | Accident | |
| 29 | 8 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Ford | 176 | 76 | 1,590 | Accident | |
| 30 | 20 | 23 | Geoff Bodine | Oxford 250 Pontiac | 89 | 73 | 1,130 | Accident | |
| 31 | 18 | 3 | Richard Childress | Childress Racing Pontiac | 89 | 70 | 2,245 | Engine | |
| 32 | 16 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing Chevrolet | 65 | 67 | 1,020 | Engine | |
| 33 | 9 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 25 | 64 | 6,465 | Oil Pan | |
| 34 | 19 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection Pontiac | 19 | 61 | 1,135 | Handling | |
| 35 | 35 | 17 | Mike Potter | Slick 50 Chevrolet | 17 | 0 | 2,210 | Too Slow | |
| 36 | 36 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 9 | 55 | 950 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 57 Minutes 24 Seconds
Average Speed .:126.703
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds