1981 Richmond 400

Race 3 of 31

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:49:53
Average speed of winner: 76.570 mph
Margin of victory: 3.6 sec.
Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 50 laps
Lap leaders: Shepherd 1-150, R. Petty 151-189, Waltrip 190-347, Rudd 348-354, Waltrip 355-400

Race notes: First pole for Morgan Shepherd. Finale for Henry Jones and Don Sprouse. Richard Petty took the points lead from Bobby Allison.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Brewer		400	2	204	running	18800	185
2	8	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade	Oldsmobile	DiGard	Nelson		400	1	7	running	13400	175
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	Buick	Petty	Inman		399	1	39	running	9775	170
4	1	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart	Darrell Bryant	92.821	399	1	150	running	5100	165
5	4	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Moore	Moore		399	0	0	running	7050	155
6	2	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			399	0	0	running	4770	150
7	6	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler Jeans	Pontiac	Osterlund	Richert		397	0	0	running	7550	146
8	25	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			397	0	0	running	4845	142
9	14	Joe Millikan	75	RahMoc Racing	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		396	0	0	running	3450	138
10	10	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			395	0	0	running	3240	134
11	12	Lennie Pond	68	The 5 Racers	Buick	Testa			395	0	0	running	2720	130
12	26	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Speed			392	0	0	running	1100	127
13	18	Richard Childress	3	Childress Racing	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		391	0	0	running	2710	124
14	20	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			390	0	0	running	2565	121
15	11	Don Sprouse	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Oldsmobile	Bob Rogers			389	0	0	running	965	118
16	19	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			385	0	0	running	2380	115
17	27	Tim Richmond	99	UNO	Buick	Ulrich			382	0	0	running	2220	112
18	23	Tommy Gale	79	Junior Miller Roofing	Oldsmobile	Junior Miller			381	0	0	running	2035	109
19	24	Cecil Gordon	24	Home Craft Homes	Buick	Cecil Gordon			380	0	0	running	1690	106
20	30	Henry Jones	94	Louise Smith	Buick	Wawak			363	0	0	running	765	103
21	13	Ronnie Thomas	25	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			358	0	0	running	1640	100
22	16	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Chevrolet/W.H. Bowlin	Dodge	Marcis			321	0	0	drive shaft	965	97
23	5	Bobby Allison	28	J.W. Hunt Produce	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		276	0	0	rear end	5415	94
24	17	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Buick	Petty			223	0	0	rear end	665	91
25	22	Glenn Jarrett	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			216	0	0	transmission	905	88
26	9	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove	Buick	Hagan			204	0	0	clutch	5085	85
27	29	Rick Newsom	20	Newsom Racing	Chevrolet	Newsom			169	0	0	rear end	615	82
28	21	Joe Fields	92	Richmond Printing	Pontiac	Joe Fields			118	0	0	running	590	0
29	15	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			47	0	0	distributor	815	76
30	28	Baxter Price	45	McWhirter Grading	Buick	Baxter Price			16	0	0	drive shaft	500	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	510	3	0	1	3	3
2	Dale Earnhardt	471	3	0	0	2	3
3	Bobby Allison	459	3	1	1	2	2
4	Ricky Rudd	456	3	0	0	2	2
5	Jody Ridley	434	3	0	0	0	3
6	Joe Millikan	405	3	0	0	0	2
7	Harry Gant	362	3	0	0	0	1
8	Darrell Waltrip	357	3	1	1	1	1
9	Benny Parsons	340	3	0	0	1	1
10	Richard Childress	338	3	0	0	1	1
11	Buddy Arrington	338	3	0	0	0	1
12	Jimmy Means	330	3	0	0	0	0
13	J.D. McDuffie	319	3	0	0	0	1
14	Terry Labonte	303	3	0	0	1	1
15	Dave Marcis	299	3	0	0	0	0
16	James Hylton	267	3	0	0	0	0
17	Tim Richmond	261	3	0	0	0	0
18	Kyle Petty	261	3	0	0	0	0
19	Don Whittington	242	2	0	0	0	0
20	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	230	2	0	0	0	1
21	Don Sprouse	221	2	0	0	0	0
22	Tommy Gale	221	2	0	0	0	0
23	Cecil Gordon	213	3	0	0	0	0
24	Lennie Pond	212	2	0	0	0	0
25	Glenn Jarrett	194	2	0	0	0	0