RESULTS

1981 Official Race Results : Daytona 500

Daytona 500 | February 15, 1981 | Race 2 of 31

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS	WINNINGS

1	8	43	Richard Petty	Buick	STP	180/5	200	Running	90,575
2	1	28	Bobby Allison	Pontiac	Tuf-Lon	180/10	200	Running	84,050
3	5	88	Ricky Rudd	Oldsmobile	Gatorade	170/5	200	Running	53,115
4	6	1	Buddy Baker	Oldsmobile	Uno	165/5	200	Running	35,740
5	7	2	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	Wrangler Jeans	160/5	200	Running	37,365
6	16	9	Bill Elliott	Ford	Mell-Gear Tuning Components	155/5	199	Running	30,615
7	27	90	Jody Ridley	Ford	Truxmore / Sunny King	146/0	198	Running	29,665
8	29	27	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	Valvoline	142/0	197	Running	20,325
9	34	75	Joe Millikan	Buick	Rahmoc Racing	138/0	197	Running	21,500
10	35	98	Johnny Rutherford	Pontiac	Levi Garrett	134/0	195	Running	17,285
11	21	57	Bill Elswick	Oldsmobile	Performer Boats	PE	195	Running	14,365
12	33	12	Donnie Allison	Oldsmobile	5 Racers Corp.	127/0	195	Running	12,660
13	22	22	Stan Barrett	Pontiac	Skoal Bandit	124/0	195	Running	12,870
14	13	93	Don Whittington	Oldsmobile	Smith Racing	121/0	194	Running	11,585
15	15	71	Dave Marcis	Oldsmobile	Buck Stove / Hudson Chev.	118/0	194	Running	13,225
16	38	41	Dick Brooks	Buick	Mathews Racing	PE	193	Running	7,920
17	28	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	112/0	192	Running	11,835
18	17	19	Ronnie Sanders	Buick	Home Trend Realty	109/0	191	Running	7,635
19	23	17	Glenn Jarrett	Buick	Tuf-Lon Of Florida	106/0	186	Running	9,830
20	39	37	Don Sprouse	Oldsmobile	Rogers Auto Leasing	103/0	181	Running	5,900
21	26	52	Jimmy Means	Pontiac	Broadway Motors	100/0	179	Running	7,425
22	14	23	Geoffrey Bodine	Pontiac	Bahre Racing	97/0	178	Running	5,260
23	31	47	Harry Gant	Buick	Race Hill Farm	94/0	175	Running	6,375
24	41	70	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac	Bailey Excavating	91/0	169	Running	6,205
25	37	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Buick	Howard & Egerton Racing	88/0	167	Rear Axle Bearing	3,835
26	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Hills Racing	85/0	159	Running	10,655
27	32	68	Lennie Pond	Buick	Burger King	82/0	155	Oil Pump	4,600
28	19	25	Ronnie Thomas	Pontiac	Thomas Racing	79/0	151	Clutch	5,125
29	9	16	David Pearson	Chevrolet	Halpern Enterprises	81/5	144	Engine Failure	4,350
30	40	99	Tim Richmond	Buick	Uno	73/0	144	Transmission	4,690
31	4	15	Benny Parsons	Ford	Melling Tool Company	70/0	135	Overheating	13,750
32	11	42	Kyle Petty	Buick	STP	67/0	128	Engine Failure	3,775
33	3	21	Neil Bonnett	Ford	Purolator	69/5	123	Clutch	10,625
34	25	48	James Hylton	Pontiac	Palatine Automotive	61/0	123	Piston	4,530
35	10	51	AJ Foyt	Oldsmobile	Gilmore / Valvoline	58/0	120	Valve Spring	3,750
36	2	11	Darrell Waltrip	Buick	Mountain Dew	55/0	117	Engine Failure	20,475
37	42	24	Cecil Gordon	Buick	Home Craft Homes	52/0	116	Running	3,955
38	18	3	Richard Childress	Pontiac	Wachovia Carpet	49/0	110	Broken Valve	3,825
39	24	7	Bruce Hill	Buick	Native Tan	46/0	54	Accident	3,450
40	12	44	Terry Labonte	Buick	Stratagraph / Apache Stove	43/0	47	Running	8,775
41	36	31	Billie Harvey	Pontiac	Graf Lear Jets	40/0	45	Engine Failure	2,915
42	30	39	Blackie Wangerin	Ford	Wangerin / Clements Auto	37/0	17	Accident	2,750