National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1981

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1981 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1981, leading 127 of 334 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Ricky Rudd rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1981

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

13 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		334	—	Running	127	180
2	17	+15	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		334	—	Running	17	175
3	8	+5	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		334	—	Running	—	165
4	22	+18	Tommy Ellis	Tommy Ellis (Owner)		333	—	Running	1	0
5	30	+25	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		332	—	Running	—	155
6	19	+13	Rusty Wallace	John Childs (Owner)		331	—	Running	—	150
7	14	+7	Geoffrey Bodine	Zervakis Enterprises		331	—	Running	11	151
8	34	+26	Morgan Shepherd	Gordon Racing		331	—	Running	—	142
9	18	+9	Jack Ingram	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		329	—	Running	—	138
10	33	+23	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	328	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		328	—	Running	—	130
12	37	+25	Jimmy Means	Negre Racing	Dodge	327	—	Running	—	127
13	25	+12	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		326	—	Running	—	124
14	41	+27	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		326	—	Running	—	121
15	13	-2	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		326	—	Running	1	123
16	36	+20	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		324	—	Running	—	115
17	40	+23	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		322	—	Running	—	112
18	5	-13	Tim Richmond	Rogers Racing		317	—	DNF - Engine	10	114
19	10	-9	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing		276	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	15	-5	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		259	—	DNF - Crash	6	108
21	23	+2	Bob Senneker	Jim Stacy Racing		256	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
22	28	+6	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		246	—	DNF	—	97
23	6	-17	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		234	—	DNF - Engine	6	99
24	11	-13	Gary Balough	RahMoc Enterprises		226	—	DNF - Crash	—	91
25	24	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		220	—	DNF	2	93
26	26	—	Charlie Glotzbach	Bahre Racing		218	—	DNF	—	85
27	27	—	Johnny Rutherford	Benfield Racing		216	—	DNF	—	82
28	29	+1	Sterling Marlin	Marlin Racing		193	—	DNF	—	79
29	7	-22	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		190	—	DNF - Crash	135	86
30	9	-21	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		180	—	DNF	15	78
31	3	-28	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		153	—	DNF - Engine	2	75
32	32	—	Ronnie Thomas	Ulrich Racing		137	—	DNF	—	67
33	16	-17	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		130	—	DNF	—	64
34	38	+4	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		118	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	31	-4	Joe Millikan	Cliff Stewart Racing		98	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	35	-1	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	4	-33	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing		63	—	DNF	—	52
38	12	-26	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		50	—	DNF	—	49
39	39	—	John Anderson	Sandy Satullo (Owner)		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
40	20	-20	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		19	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	2	-39	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		4	—	DNF	1	45