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Carolina 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
March 1, 1981
492 laps on 1.017 mile paved oval; 500.364 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 4
| Darrell Waltrip
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Buick
| 492
| 21,655
| running
| 13 |
| 2
| 1
| Cale Yarborough
| 27
| M.C. Anderson
| Buick
| 492
| 12,370
| running
| 320 |
| 3
| 3
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Buick
| 492
| 14,370
| running
| 25 |
| 4
| 8
| Neil Bonnett
| 21
| Wood Brothers
| Ford
| 492
| 6,920
| running
| 82 |
| 5
| 6
| Buddy Baker
| 1
| Hoss Ellington
| Oldsmobile
| 491
| 3,895
| running
| 3 |
| 6
| 2
| Bobby Allison
| 28
| Harry Ranier
| Pontiac
| 491
| 9,470
| running
| 17 |
| 7
| 14
| Joe Millikan
| 75
| RahMoc Enterprises
| Chevrolet
| 488
| 6,230
| running
| 8 |
| 8
| 26
| Kyle Petty
| 42
| Petty Enterprises
| Buick
| 486
| 2,670
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 15
| Lake Speed
| 66
| Lake Speed
| Buick
| 482
| 2,770
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 32
| Elliott Forbes-Robinson
| 86
| Richard Howard
| Buick
| 477
| 3,170
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 23
| Ronnie Thomas
| 25
| Ronnie Thomas
| Pontiac
| 476
| 4,680
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 28
| Johnny Rutherford
| 98
| Ron Benfield
| Pontiac
| 473
| 1,870
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 24
| Mike Alexander
| 37
| Bob Rogers
| Oldsmobile
| 470
| 1,700
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 30
| Bobby Wawak
| 94
| Bobby Wawak
| Buick
| 469
| 1,570
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 17
| Dave Marcis
| 71
| Dave Marcis
| Dodge
| 452
| 3,810
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 22
| Tim Richmond
| 99
| D.K. Ulrich
| Buick
| 450
| 3,500
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 34
| Jody Ridley
| 79
| Junior Miller
| Oldsmobile
| 443
| 4,290
| engine
| 0 |
| 18
| 7
| Harry Gant
| 47
| Jack Beebe
| Buick
| 427
| 3,070
| engine
| 18 |
| 19
| 37
| Tom Gale
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 424
| 2,860
| running
| 0 |
| 20
| 21
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| Pontiac
| 421
| 2,730
| running
| 0 |
| 21
| 9
| Terry Labonte
| 44
| Billy Hagan
| Buick
| 412
| 6,270
| accident
| 5 |
| 22
| 16
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Pontiac
| 409
| 2,420
| engine
| 0 |
| 23
| 35
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Buick
| 395
| 2,235
| running
| 0 |
| 24
| 10
| Benny Parsons
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 379
| 6,200
| accident
| 0 |
| 25
| 12
| Slick Johnson
| 53
| J.D. Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 298
| 725
| accident
| 0 |
| 26
| 11
| Dale Earnhardt
| 2
| Rod Osterlund
| Pontiac
| 285
| 8,250
| accident
| 0 |
| 27
| 33
| Glenn Jarrett
| 17
| Roger Hamby
| Chevrolet
| 277
| 1,915
| overheating
| 0 |
| 28
| 13
| Morgan Shepherd
| 5
| Cliff Stewart
| Pontiac
| 268
| 650
| driveshaft
| 0 |
| 29
| 29
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Pontiac
| 254
| 1,855
| accident
| 0 |
| 30
| 20
| David Pearson
| 16
| Joel Halpern
| Chevrolet
| 225
| 675
| engine
| 0 |
| 31
| 5
| Ricky Rudd
| 88
| DiGard
| Oldsmobile
| 224
| 6,045
| accident
| 1 |
| 32
| 36
| Rick Newsom
| 20
| Rick Newsom
| Chevrolet
| 218
| 590
| clutch
| 0 |
| 33
| 19
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Pontiac
| 188
| 1,805
| transmission
| 0 |
| 34
| 18
| Donnie Allison
| 12
| Kennie Childers
| Oldsmobile
| 109
| 580
| oil line
| 0 |
| 35
| 27
| Rick Wilson
| 62
| Rick Wilson
| Oldsmobile
| 97
| 575
| brakes
| 0 |
| 36
| 31
| Stan Barrett
| 22
| Hal Needham
| Pontiac
| 61
| 570
| accident
| 0 |
| 37
| 25
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 34
| 1,770
| engine
| 0 |
|
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| Ned Jarrett
|
| ESPN
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| 0
| pit reporter
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| Bob Jenkins
|
| ESPN
|
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| 0
| lead announcer
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Time of race: 04:21:59
Average Speed: 114.594 MPH
Pole Speed: 26.068 seconds
14 cautions for 75 laps
Attendance: 50,000