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 49 of 119 laps. Joe Ruttman finished second; Terry Labonte 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

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		119	—	Running	49	185
2	15	+13	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing		119	—	Running	39	175
3	2	-1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		119	—	Running	15	170
4	3	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		119	—	Running	—	160
5	9	+4	Joe Millikan	Cliff Stewart Racing		119	—	Running	—	155
6	1	-5	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		119	—	Running	1	155
7	25	+18	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		119	—	Running	—	146
8	4	-4	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		118	—	Running	6	147
9	21	+12	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		118	—	Running	—	138
10	24	+14	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		118	—	Running	—	134
11	29	+18	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		118	—	Running	1	135
12	33	+21	Gary Kershaw	Edgett Racing		117	—	Running	—	127
13	8	-5	Morgan Shepherd	Gordon Racing		117	—	Running	—	124
14	18	+4	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		116	—	Running	1	126
15	35	+20	Don Waterman	Waterman Racing		116	—	Running	—	118
16	34	+18	Lake Speed	Hamby Racing		115	—	Running	—	115
17	28	+11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		115	—	Running	—	112
18	16	-2	Bob Bondurant			114	—	Running	—	0
19	20	+1	Gary Balough	RahMoc Enterprises		113	—	Running	—	106
20	6	-14	Tim Richmond	Rogers Racing		113	—	Running	—	103
21	30	+9	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing		111	—	Running	—	100
22	40	+18	Gene Thonesen	Thonesen Racing		110	—	Running	—	97
23	39	+16	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing		109	—	Running	—	94
24	36	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	106	—	Running	—	91
25	19	-6	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		103	—	DNF - Engine	3	93
26	37	+11	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Dodge	95	—	DNF	—	85
27	7	-20	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		90	—	DNF - Engine	4	87
28	14	-14	Chuck Pittinger	Chuck Pittinger (Owner)		80	—	DNF	—	0
29	23	-6	Scott Miller			69	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	26	-4	Roy Smith	Robert Beadle (Owner)		58	—	DNF	—	73
31	12	-19	Terry Herman	Ulrich Racing		55	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
32	22	-10	Jim Robinson	Jack Williams (Owner)		53	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	10	-23	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		49	—	DNF	—	64
34	38	+4	Pat Mintey	Pat Mintey (Owner)		40	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	11	-24	Don Whittington	Scott Smith Racing		37	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	32	-4	Jim Bown	Bown Racing		34	—	DNF	—	55
37	27	-10	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		27	—	DNF	—	52
38	17	-21	Hershel McGriff	Gerald Craker (Owner)		17	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	31	-8	Richard Childress	Junior Johnson & Associates		5	—	DNF	—	0
40	13	-27	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	43