Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1981

Ron Bouchard

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ron Bouchard won the 1981 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1981, leading 6 of 188 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Terry Labonte rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1981

Winner

Ron Bouchard

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		188	—	Running	6	180
2	13	+11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		188	—	Running	36	175
3	4	+1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		188	—	Running	11	170
4	1	-3	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		188	—	Running	2	165
5	2	-3	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		188	—	Running	105	165
6	35	+29	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		187	—	Running	10	155
7	31	+24	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		187	—	Running	—	146
8	27	+19	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		187	—	Running	—	142
9	16	+7	Stan Barrett	Mach 1 Racing		186	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		185	—	Running	—	134
11	18	+7	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		185	—	Running	—	130
12	26	+14	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton Racing		184	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		184	—	Running	—	124
14	40	+26	Terry Herman	Ulrich Racing		183	—	Running	—	0
15	32	+17	Dick May	Gray Racing		181	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		180	—	Running	—	115
17	34	+17	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		180	—	Running	—	112
18	37	+19	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		177	—	Running	—	109
19	39	+20	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		175	—	Running	—	106
20	9	-11	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		148	—	DNF - Crash	—	103
21	19	-2	Rusty Wallace	Benfield Racing		147	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	8	-14	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing		134	—	DNF	—	97
23	12	-11	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		133	—	Running	—	94
24	11	-13	Lennie Pond	Lennie Pond (Owner)		113	—	DNF	—	91
25	41	+16	Gary Balough	RahMoc Enterprises		113	—	DNF - Engine	1	0
26	17	-9	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		111	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	36	+9	Mike Potter	Hamby Racing		100	—	DNF	—	0
28	5	-23	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		83	—	DNF - Crash	6	84
29	3	-26	Dale Earnhardt	Jim Stacy Racing		83	—	DNF	5	81
30	30	—	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		75	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	38	+7	Sandy Satullo	Sandy Satullo (Owner)		68	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	7	-25	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing		64	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	29	-4	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		64	—	DNF	—	64
34	33	-1	Tim Richmond	Kennie Childers (Owner)		58	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	24	-11	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	15	-21	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	6	-31	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		41	—	DNF	6	57
38	23	-15	Jack Ingram	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		29	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	25	-14	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		29	—	DNF	—	46
40	20	-20	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		12	—	DNF	—	43
41	21	-20	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	42	—	Joe Booher	Ronnie Thomas Racing		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	0