World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1981

Bobby Allison

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1981 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1981, leading 140 of 400 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1981

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		400	—	Running	140	185
2	4	+2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		400	—	Running	65	175
3	2	-1	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		398	—	Running	—	165
4	13	+9	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		397	—	Running	—	160
5	18	+13	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		396	—	Running	—	155
6	10	+4	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing		395	—	Running	—	150
7	19	+12	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing		395	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises		393	—	Running	—	142
9	16	+7	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		392	—	Running	3	143
10	34	+24	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton Racing		390	—	Running	—	134
11	30	+19	Lennie Pond	Gordon Racing		388	—	Running	—	0
12	32	+20	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		388	—	Running	—	127
13	33	+20	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		384	—	Running	—	124
14	15	+1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		380	—	Running	—	121
15	36	+21	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	380	—	Running	—	118
16	40	+24	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		377	—	Running	—	115
17	39	+22	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		363	—	Running	—	112
18	5	-13	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		362	—	DNF - Engine	54	114
19	17	-2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		340	—	Running	—	106
20	8	-12	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		337	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	28	+7	Bill Dennis	Gray Racing		327	—	Running	—	100
22	37	+15	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		321	—	Running	—	97
23	42	+19	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		310	—	Running	—	94
24	3	-21	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		296	—	DNF - Engine	4	96
25	31	+6	Dick May	Ulrich Racing		271	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	12	-14	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		268	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	14	-13	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing		227	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	23	-5	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		221	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	1	-28	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		210	—	DNF - Crash	133	81
30	21	-9	Rusty Wallace	Benfield Racing		204	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	35	+4	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		201	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	22	-10	Stan Barrett	Mach 1 Racing		177	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	27	-6	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing		164	—	DNF	—	64
34	25	-9	Jack Ingram	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		159	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	24	-11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	155	—	DNF	1	63
36	6	-30	Dick Brooks	Matthews Racing		148	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	11	-26	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		147	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	38	—	Donnie Allison	John Rebhan (Owner)		146	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	41	+2	Chuck Bown	Ulrich Racing		118	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
40	29	-11	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		93	—	DNF	—	43
41	26	-15	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		65	—	DNF	—	40
42	20	-22	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		4	—	DNF - Crash	—	37