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Richmond 400
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
February 22, 1981
400 laps on 0.542 mile paved oval; 216.8 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 7
| Darrell Waltrip
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Buick
| 400
| 18,800
| running
| 204 |
| 2
| 8
| Ricky Rudd
| 88
| DiGard
| Oldsmobile
| 400
| 13,400
| running
| 7 |
| 3
| 3
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Buick
| 399
| 9,775
| running
| 39 |
| 4
| 1
| Morgan Shepherd
| 5
| Cliff Stewart
| Pontiac
| 399
| 5,100
| running
| 150 |
| 5
| 4
| Benny Parsons
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 399
| 7,050
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 2
| Harry Gant
| 47
| Jack Beebe
| Buick
| 399
| 4,770
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 6
| Dale Earnhardt
| 2
| Rod Osterlund
| Pontiac
| 397
| 7,550
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 25
| Jody Ridley
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 397
| 4,845
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 14
| Joe Millikan
| 75
| RahMoc Enterprises
| Buick
| 396
| 3,450
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 10
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Pontiac
| 395
| 3,240
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 12
| Lennie Pond
| 68
| Jim Testa
| Buick
| 395
| 2,720
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 26
| Lake Speed
| 66
| Lake Speed
| Oldsmobile
| 392
| 1,100
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 18
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Pontiac
| 391
| 2,710
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 20
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Pontiac
| 390
| 2,565
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 11
| Don Sprouse
| 37
| Bob Rogers
| Oldsmobile
| 389
| 950
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 19
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 385
| 2,380
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 27
| Tim Richmond
| 99
| D.K. Ulrich
| Buick
| 382
| 2,220
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 23
| Tom Gale
| 79
| Junior Miller
| Oldsmobile
| 381
| 2,035
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Buick
| 380
| 1,690
| running
| 0 |
| 20
| 30
| Henry Jones
| 94
| Bobby Wawak
| Buick
| 363
| 765
| running
| 0 |
| 21
| 13
| Ronnie Thomas
| 25
| Ronnie Thomas
| Pontiac
| 358
| 1,640
| running
| 0 |
| 22
| 16
| Dave Marcis
| 71
| Dave Marcis
| Dodge
| 321
| 965
| driveshaft
| 0 |
| 23
| 5
| Bobby Allison
| 28
| Butch Lindley
| Chevrolet
| 276
| 5,415
| rear end
| 0 |
| 24
| 17
| Kyle Petty
| 42
| Petty Enterprises
| Buick
| 223
| 665
| rear end
| 0 |
| 25
| 22
| Glenn Jarrett
| 17
| Roger Hamby
| Chevrolet
| 216
| 905
| transmission
| 0 |
| 26
| 9
| Terry Labonte
| 44
| Billy Hagan
| Buick
| 204
| 5,085
| clutch
| 0 |
| 27
| 29
| Rick Newsom
| 20
| Rick Newsom
| Chevrolet
| 169
| 615
| rear end
| 0 |
| 28
| 21
| Joe Fields
| 92
| Joe Fields
| Pontiac
| 118
| 590
| running
| 0 |
| 29
| 15
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| Pontiac
| 47
| 815
| distributor
| 0 |
| 30
| 28
| Baxter Price
| 45
| Baxter Price
| Buick
| 16
| 500
| driveshaft
| 0 |
Time of race: 02:49:53
Average Speed: 76.57 MPH
Pole Speed: 21.021 seconds
7 cautions for 50 laps
Attendance: 24,000