Northwestern Bank 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1981

Richard Petty

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1981 Northwestern Bank 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1981, leading 89 of 400 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1981

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	13	+12	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		400	—	Running	89	180
2	3	+1	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		400	—	Running	186	180
3	7	+4	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		400	—	Running	2	170
4	1	-3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		400	—	Running	123	165
5	8	+3	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)		400	—	Running	—	155
6	4	-2	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		399	—	Running	—	150
7	16	+9	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		399	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		399	—	Running	—	142
9	9	—	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing		399	—	Running	—	138
10	2	-8	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		395	—	Running	—	134
11	11	—	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing		395	—	Running	—	130
12	15	+3	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		394	—	Running	—	127
13	23	+10	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		393	—	Running	—	0
14	28	+14	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		393	—	Running	—	121
15	17	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		389	—	Running	—	118
16	29	+13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		387	—	Running	—	115
17	19	+2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		381	—	Running	—	112
18	22	+4	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing		342	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		339	—	Running	—	106
20	24	+4	Tommy Houston	Hamby Racing		339	—	Running	—	0
21	6	-15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		324	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	20	-2	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		319	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	18	-5	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		290	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
24	12	-12	Butch Lindley	Lindley Racing		278	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	25	—	Joe Fields	Fields Racing		191	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	21	-5	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises		174	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	5	-22	Mark Martin	Martin Racing		166	—	DNF	—	82
28	14	-14	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		126	—	DNF	—	79
29	31	+2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	111	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	26	-4	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		67	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	27	-4	Cecil Gordon	Jimmy Means Racing		8	—	DNF	—	70