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Official NASCAR Race Results

Ron Bouchard won the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

08-02-1981 | Talladega 500 | Talladega Superspeedway

Table initially ordered on Finish Position. Click a column header to re-sort by that value.

Fin     St     #     Driver Make Sponsor Pts     Laps     Led     Status Money    
1 10 47 Ron Bouchard Buick Race Hill Farm 180 188 6 Running 38,905
2 13 11 Darrell Waltrip Buick Mountain Dew 175 188 36 Running 23,000
3 4 44 Terry Labonte Buick Stratagraph 170 188 11 Running 18,500
4 1 33 Harry Gant Buick Skoal Bandit 165 188 2 Running 10,000
5 2 28 Bobby Allison Buick Hardee's 165 188 105 Running 17,825
6 35 66 Lake Speed Buick Speed Racing 155 187 10 Running 9,345
7 31 42 Kyle Petty Buick STP 146 187 0 Running 6,800
8 27 90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King 142 187 0 Running 7,665
9 16 22 Stan Barrett Pontiac Skoal Bandit 138 186 0 Running 3,575
10 14 71 Dave Marcis Buick Paul Young Leasing 134 185 0 Running 6,305
11 18 9 Bill Elliott Ford Mell-Gear 130 185 0 Running 3,200
12 26 86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick Cal-Tex 127 184 0 Running 3,175
13 22 15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool 124 184 0 Running 8,450
14 40 99 Terry Herman Buick Kargas Sports / Jim Davis 121 183 0 Running 5,535
15 32 19 Dick May Buick Belden Asphalt 118 181 0 Running 2,800
16 28 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac Broadway Motors 115 180 0 Running 5,200
17 34 24 Cecil Gordon Buick Gordon Racing 112 180 0 Running 4,865
18 37 64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda 109 177 0 Running 4,605
19 39 94 Bobby Wawak Buick Louise Smith 106 175 0 Running 2,550
20 9 62 Rick Wilson Oldsmobile Florida Equipment & Service 103 148 0 Crash 2,625
21 19 98 Rusty Wallace Pontiac Levi Garrett 100 147 0 Engine 2,225
22 8 6 Joe Ruttman Buick The 5 Racers 97 134 0 Brakes 2,175
23 12 88 Ricky Rudd Buick Gatorade 94 133 0 Running 7,575
24 11 68 Lennie Pond Buick The 5 Racers 91 113 0 Rear end 2,075
25 41 75 Gary Balough Buick The 5 Racers 93 113 1 Engine 3,570
26 17 3 Richard Childress Pontiac Ronnie Steele 85 111 0 Engine 3,550
27 36 17 Mike Potter Buick Kings Inn Daytona 82 100 0 Transmission 3,490
28 5 27 Cale Yarborough Buick Valvoline 84 83 6 Crash 2,725
29 3 2 Dale Earnhardt Pontiac Wrangler 81 83 5 Transmission 9,375
30 30 50 Bruce Hill Buick Native Tan 73 75 0 Engine 1,700
31 38 38 Sandy Satullo Buick Copper Kettle Marina 70 68 0 Engine 1,500
32 7 1 Buddy Baker Buick UNO 67 64 0 Engine 1,475
33 29 4 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile Ball Equipment 64 64 0 Rocker arm 1,450
34 33 12 Tim Richmond Buick UNO 61 58 0 Engine 1,425
35 24 37 Mike Alexander Buick Rogers Auto Leasing 58 55 0 Engine 1,700
36 15 5 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac Performance Connection 55 55 0 Engine 6,325
37 6 21 Neil Bonnett Ford Purolator 57 41 6 Ignition 2,150
38 23 13 Jack Ingram Ford Carolina Tool 49 29 0 Valve 1,325
39 25 48 James Hylton Pontiac STP 46 29 0 Vibration 3,005
40 20 43 Richard Petty Buick STP 43 12 0 Oil pan 6,650
41 21 67 Buddy Arrington Chrysler Hills Racing 40 10 0 Valve 2,735
42 42 25 Joe Booher Pontiac Thomas Racing 37 4 0 Engine 1,700

Race Recap

  • Date: 08-02-1981
  • Track: Talladega Superspeedway
  • Race: Talladega 500
  • Race #: 20
  • Cars: 42
  • Winner: Ron Bouchard
  • Start Position: 10th
  • Car Make: Buick
  • Avg Speed: 156.737 mph
  • Distance: 500 miles
  • Purse: $254,825
  • Cautions: 8
  • Caution Laps: 36
  • Lead Changes: 39
  • Pole: 195.897 mph

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