1981 Gabriel 400

Race 16 of 31

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 3:03:47
Average speed of winner: 130.589 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 47 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1, Parsons 2, Gant 3-8, Parsons 9-14, Millikan 15-19, Earnhardt 20-22, Yarborough 23-26, Earnhardt 27-36, Waltrip 37-49, Yarborough 50, Parsons 51-61, Yarborough 62-63, Gant 64-65, R. Petty 66, Allison 67-68, Gant 69-76, Earnhardt 77-79, Yarborough 80, Earnhardt 81-91, Yarborough 92, Earnhardt 93-95, Yarborough 96-103, Gant 104, Marcis 105, Yarborough 106-109, Gant 110, Yarborough 111, Earnhardt 112-116, Waltrip 117-137, Gant 138-141, Waltrip 142-143, Allison 144-148, Waltrip 149-154, Gant 155, Baker 156, Rudd 157, Allison 158-168, Baker 169-172, Yarborough 173-174, Baker 175, Gant 176, Yarborough 177-180, Earnhardt 181-182, Waltrip 183-185, Yarborough 186, Baker 187, Waltrip 188-195, Allison 196-200

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Bobby Allison	28	Hardee's	Buick	Ranier	Wilson		200	4	23	running	24075	180
2	3	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham	Carter		200	8	24	running	10825	175
3	6	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Moore	Moore		200	3	18	running	14325	170
4	22	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			200	0	0	running	10005	160
5	7	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler Jeans	Pontiac	Osterlund	Richert		200	7	37	running	11925	160
6	12	Richard Petty	43	STP	Buick	Petty	Hmiel		200	1	1	running	8950	155
7	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Brewer	160.471	200	7	54	running	10050	156
8	17	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		200	11	29	running	3300	147
9	19	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		199	0	0	running	3100	138
10	5	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			199	0	0	running	6545	134
11	21	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan			199	0	0	running	7750	130
12	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Jim Hill Racing	Dodge	Arrington			199	0	0	running	4875	127
13	10	Buddy Baker	1	UNO	Buick	Ellington	Pittman		199	4	7	running	2350	129
14	25	Tim Richmond	12	UNO	Oldsmobile	Childers			198	0	0	running	2000	121
15	9	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart	Darrell Bryant		198	0	0	running	8800	118
16	13	Lake Speed	66	Sheraton University Inn	Buick	Speed			198	0	0	running	4165	115
17	18	Johnny Rutherford	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		198	0	0	running	1350	112
18	20	Stan Barrett	22	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham			197	0	0	running	1300	109
19	23	Richard Childress	3	Childress Racing	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		197	0	0	running	3705	106
20	29	D.K. Ulrich	99	UNO	Oldsmobile	Ulrich			195	0	0	running	3535	103
21	16	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Buick	Petty			193	0	0	engine	2825	100
22	37	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			193	0	0	running	3015	97
23	34	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			193	0	0	running	2785	94
24	33	Joe Booher	40	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Baxter Price			192	0	0	running	1055	0
25	35	Ronnie Thomas	25	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			192	0	0	running	2550	88
26	36	Mike Potter	17	Kings Inn	Buick	Hamby			192	0	0	running	2230	0
27	31	Cecil Gordon	19	Belden Asphalt	Buick	Henley Gray			189	0	0	running	905	82
28	30	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			188	0	0	running	2120	79
29	27	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited	Buick	Marcis			183	1	1	engine	2065	81
30	15	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		172	1	1	engine	6215	78
31	2	Joe Millikan	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		63	1	5	engine	2285	75
32	11	Mike Alexander	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Buick	Bob Rogers			55	0	0	engine	740	67
33	28	Bobby Wawak	94	Louise Smith	Buick	Wawak			43	0	0	cylinder	730	64
34	32	Randy Ogden	18	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Jack Ogden			34	0	0	valve	720	61
35	8	Bill Elliott	9	Mell-Gear Tuning Components	Ford	George Elliott	Elliott		24	0	0	accident	710	58
36	26	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			13	0	0	overheating	1200	55
37	14	Rick Wilson	62	Florida Equipment & Service	Oldsmobile	Rick Wilson			3	0	0	engine	950	52

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	2512	16	2	4	11	13
2	Darrell Waltrip	2256	16	4	5	8	10
3	Ricky Rudd	2217	16	2	0	9	10
4	Dale Earnhardt	2183	16	0	0	7	10
5	Harry Gant	2130	16	0	0	6	9
6	Jody Ridley	2123	16	0	1	2	11
7	Richard Petty	2036	16	0	2	8	9
8	Terry Labonte	1982	16	2	0	2	7
9	Benny Parsons	1907	16	0	2	7	7
10	Buddy Arrington	1827	16	0	0	0	4
11	Dave Marcis	1801	16	1	0	3	5
12	Morgan Shepherd	1759	14	1	1	3	8
13	Richard Childress	1753	16	0	0	1	1
14	J.D. McDuffie	1697	16	0	0	0	1
15	Kyle Petty	1684	16	0	0	1	4
16	Jimmy Means	1668	16	0	0	0	1
17	Tommy Gale	1608	15	0	0	0	0
18	Tim Richmond	1560	14	0	0	0	3
19	James Hylton	1517	15	0	0	0	0
20	Cecil Gordon	1377	16	0	0	0	0
21	Joe Millikan	1352	12	0	0	0	5
22	Ronnie Thomas	1313	14	0	0	0	0
23	Lake Speed	1303	12	0	0	0	4
24	Neil Bonnett	1241	11	1	0	3	4
25	Cale Yarborough	1059	9	1	1	3	6