Richmond 400

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1981

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1981 Richmond 400 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1981, leading 204 of 400 laps. Ricky Rudd finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1981

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		400	—	Running	204	185
2	8	+6	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		400	—	Running	7	175
3	3	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		399	—	Running	39	170
4	1	-3	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing		399	—	Running	150	165
5	4	-1	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		399	—	Running	—	155
6	2	-4	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		399	—	Running	—	150
7	6	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		397	—	Running	—	146
8	25	+17	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		397	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises		396	—	Running	—	138
10	10	—	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		395	—	Running	—	134
11	12	+1	Lennie Pond	Testa Racing		395	—	Running	—	130
12	26	+14	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		392	—	Running	—	127
13	18	+5	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		391	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		390	—	Running	—	121
15	11	-4	Don Sprouse	Rogers Racing		389	—	Running	—	118
16	19	+3	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	385	—	Running	—	115
17	27	+10	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing		382	—	Running	—	112
18	23	+5	Tommy Gale	Junior Miller Racing		381	—	Running	—	109
19	24	+5	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		380	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Henry Jones	Wawak Racing		363	—	Running	—	103
21	13	-8	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		358	—	Running	—	100
22	16	-6	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	321	—	DNF	—	97
23	5	-18	Bobby Allison	Lindley Racing		276	—	DNF	—	94
24	17	-7	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		223	—	DNF	—	91
25	22	-3	Glenn Jarrett	Hamby Racing		216	—	DNF	—	88
26	9	-17	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		204	—	DNF	—	85
27	29	+2	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		169	—	DNF	—	82
28	21	-7	Joe Fields	Fields Racing		118	—	Running	—	0
29	15	-14	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		47	—	DNF	—	76
30	28	-2	Baxter Price	Price Racing		16	—	DNF	—	73