Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1981

Bobby Allison

Winner

119

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1981 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1981, leading 37 of 119 laps. Terry Labonte finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1981

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		119	—	Running	37	185
2	4	+2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		119	—	Running	32	175
3	6	+3	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		119	—	Running	—	165
4	10	+6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		119	—	Running	11	165
5	17	+12	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		119	—	Running	4	160
6	14	+8	Jim Robinson	Jack Williams (Owner)		118	—	Running	—	150
7	22	+15	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		117	—	Running	—	146
8	19	+11	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton Racing		117	—	Running	—	142
9	31	+22	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	117	—	Running	—	138
10	32	+22	Don Waterman	Waterman Racing		117	—	Running	—	134
11	29	+18	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		117	—	Running	—	130
12	27	+15	John Borneman	Borneman Motorsports		116	—	Running	—	127
13	9	-4	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises		115	—	Running	1	129
14	13	-1	Don Whittington	Scott Smith Racing		115	—	Running	—	121
15	28	+13	Harry Gant	Hamby Racing		114	—	Running	—	118
16	11	-5	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		113	—	Running	—	115
17	1	-16	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		108	—	Running	3	117
18	34	+16	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		108	—	Running	—	109
19	3	-16	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		98	—	DNF - Engine	19	111
20	15	-5	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		96	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	26	+5	Bob Bondurant	Bob Bondurant (Owner)		93	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	12	-10	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		85	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	20	-3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		84	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
24	35	+11	Steve Pfeifer	Pfeifer Racing		83	—	DNF	—	91
25	30	+5	John Gunn			67	—	DNF	—	88
26	25	-1	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports		66	—	DNF	—	85
27	7	-20	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		59	—	DNF	9	87
28	8	-20	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	3	84
29	18	-11	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing		53	—	DNF	—	76
30	16	-14	Jimmy Insolo			41	—	DNF	—	73
31	5	-26	Roy Smith	Robert Beadle (Owner)		25	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	21	-11	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing		14	—	DNF	—	67
33	23	-10	Hershel McGriff	Gerald Craker (Owner)	Dodge	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	33	-1	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	36	+1	Robert Tartaglia	Tartaglia Racing		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	24	-12	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	55