1981 NASCAR Cup Series American 500
Date
November 1, 1981
Circuit
North Carolina Motor Speedway
Distance
1.636 Km x 492 Laps = 804.91 Km
Pole Position
Darrell Waltrip , ??
Fastest Lap
No Info

Race Result

Race Result

Race uploaded by MichaelStern
Pos Driver Laps Time/Retire
1 Darrell Waltrip 492 4h39m32.00
2 Bobby Allison 492
3 Harry Gant 492
4 Richard Petty 492
5 Joe Ruttman 492
6 Benny Parsons 491
7 Terry Labonte 490
8 Bill Elliott 490
9 Dale Earnhardt 489
10 Jody Ridley 487
11 Ron Bouchard 485
12 Dave Marcis 483
13 Tommy Gale 475
14 Buddy Arrington 470
15 Cecil Gordon 457
16 Buddy Baker 445 Rear End
17 D.K. Ulrich 435 Engine
18 Ricky Rudd 434
19 Joe Millikan 425
20 Jimmy Means 404
DNF Dick Brooks 379 Valve
DNF Tim Richmond 334 Accident
DNF Joe Fields 262 Accident
DNF John Anderson 226 Suspension
DNF Cale Yarborough 214 Accident
DNF James Hylton 214 Push Rod
DNF Morgan Shepherd 205 Accident
DNF Chuck Bown 193 Engine
DNF Johnny Rutherford 172 Accident
DNF J.D. McDuffie 165 Engine
DNF Lake Speed 162 Engine
DNF Gary Balough 117 Accident
DNF Don Hume 101 Accident
DNF Dean Combs 89 Accident
DNF Neil Bonnett 55 Collision
DNF Lennie Pond 54 Collision
DNF Kyle Petty 19 Engine

* For this race, except for disqualified and non-starting drivers, all participating drivers are classified. DNFs are only included for ranking purposes.

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying uploaded by MichaelStern
Pos Driver Time
1 Darrell Waltrip ??
2 Harry Gant ??
3 Ricky Rudd ??
4 Buddy Baker ??
5 Dale Earnhardt ??
6 Kyle Petty ??
7 Dean Combs ??
8 Cale Yarborough ??
9 Neil Bonnett ??
10 Terry Labonte ??
11 Johnny Rutherford ??
12 Richard Petty ??
13 Tim Richmond ??
14 Bobby Allison ??
15 Morgan Shepherd ??
16 Joe Ruttman ??
17 Joe Millikan ??
18 Lake Speed ??
19 Jody Ridley ??
20 Lennie Pond ??
21 Gary Balough ??
22 Bill Elliott ??
23 Dick Brooks ??
24 Benny Parsons ??
25 James Hylton ??
26 Dave Marcis ??
27 Tommy Gale ??
28 Chuck Bown ??
29 John Anderson ??
30 J.D. McDuffie ??
31 Buddy Arrington ??
32 D.K. Ulrich ??
33 Don Hume ??
34 Cecil Gordon ??
35 Joe Fields ??
36 Jimmy Means ??
37 Ron Bouchard ??

Entry List

Entry List

Lap Chart

Lap Chart

Time Graph

Time Graph

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Leaders

Leaders

Driver Entrant Laps
Driver Total

AVG Lap Time

AVG Lap Time

AVG Lap Time / Standard Deviation

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