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1981 - Valleydale 500 Race Results


Race Name - Valleydale 500
Date - 3/29/1981
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 112.125 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 44
Average Race Speed - 89.53 mph
Lead Changes - 21
Total Race Purse - $123,400
Race Number - 6
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 500 Buick 323 $22,450
2 5 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 500 Oldsmobile 0 $14,375
3 11 Bobby Allison 28 TufLon (Harry Ranier) 500 Pontiac 0 $10,450
4 7 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 500 Pontiac 18 $4,600
5 8 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 499 Ford 57 $7,375
6 6 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 497 Ford 0 $5,920
7 4 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 495 Buick 1 $6,550
8 14 Harry Gant 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 493 Pontiac 1 $4,270
9 21 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 491 Oldsmobile 0 $3,800
10 13 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 491 Buick 0 $3,590
11 23 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 487 Buick 0 $1,400
12 12 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 486 Oldsmobile 0 $1,300
13 19 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 485 Dodge 0 $3,020
14 26 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 480 Chevrolet 0 $2,810
15 24 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 479 Ford 0 $2,600
16 20 Richard Childress 3 Nichols (Richard Childress) 476 Pontiac 0 $2,415
17 18 Joe Millikan 75 RahMoc Enterprises 474 Buick 1 $2,230
18 10 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 473 Pontiac 0 $2,020
19 17 DK Ulrich 45 McWhirter Grading (Baxter Price) 473 Buick 0 $850
20 31 Steve Spencer 17 Slick 50 (Roger Hamby) 468 Chevrolet 0 $1,625
21 25 Cecil Gordon 24 Brians Steakhouse (Cecil Gordon) 461 Buick 0 $1,600
22 22 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 377 Pontiac 0 $925
23 30 Rick Newsom 20 City (Rick Newsom) 356 Chevrolet 0 $650
24 3 Ron Bouchard 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 349 Buick 6 $875
25 15 Butch Lindley 26 Lindley Racing (Butch Lindley) 194 Chevrolet 9 $600
26 27 Bruce Hill 50 Hill Racing (Bruce Hill) 184 Buick 0 $590
27 28 Elliott ForbesRobinson 86 Howard Egerton (Richard Howard) 164 Oldsmobile 0 $580
28 2 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 140 Pontiac 65 $7,270
29 9 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 116 Buick 1 $5,010
30 29 Ernie Cline 6 Bush Inc (Ernie Cline) 77 Pontiac 0 $550
31 16 Dave Marcis 71 Bowlin Coal Hudson (Dave Marcis) 60 Chevrolet 18 $1,100