Gabriel 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1981

Bobby Allison

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1981 Gabriel 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1981, leading 23 of 200 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1981

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		200	—	Running	23	180
2	3	+1	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		200	—	Running	24	175
3	6	+3	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	18	170
4	22	+18	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		200	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		200	—	Running	37	160
6	12	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		200	—	Running	1	155
7	1	-6	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	54	156
8	17	+9	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		200	—	Running	29	147
9	19	+10	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		199	—	Running	—	138
10	5	-5	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		199	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		199	—	Running	—	130
12	24	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	199	—	Running	—	127
13	10	-3	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing		199	—	Running	7	129
14	25	+11	Tim Richmond	Kennie Childers (Owner)		198	—	Running	—	121
15	9	-6	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing		198	—	Running	—	118
16	13	-3	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		198	—	Running	—	115
17	18	+1	Johnny Rutherford	Benfield Racing		198	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Stan Barrett	Mach 1 Racing		197	—	Running	—	109
19	23	+4	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		197	—	Running	—	106
20	29	+9	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		195	—	Running	—	103
21	16	-5	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		193	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	37	+15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		193	—	Running	—	97
23	34	+11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		193	—	Running	—	94
24	33	+9	Joe Booher	Ulrich Racing		192	—	Running	—	0
25	35	+10	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		192	—	Running	—	88
26	36	+10	Mike Potter	Hamby Racing		192	—	Running	—	0
27	31	+4	Cecil Gordon	Gray Racing		189	—	Running	—	82
28	30	+2	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		188	—	Running	—	79
29	27	-2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		183	—	DNF - Engine	1	81
30	15	-15	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		172	—	DNF - Engine	1	78
31	2	-29	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises		63	—	DNF - Engine	5	75
32	11	-21	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	28	-5	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		43	—	DNF	—	64
34	32	-2	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	8	-27	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		24	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	26	-10	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		13	—	DNF	—	55
37	14	-23	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	52