1981 Talladega 500

Date 02.08.1981 Category Stock cars
Circuit Talladega Superspeedway Championship NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Race title Talladega 500 Round 20
Distance 188 laps = 500.080 miles Country USA
Winner's speed: 156.737 mph
Pole's speed: 195.897 mph
Fastest lap speed: n/a
Rank Pos. # Driver Entrant Car Laps Laps
lead
Time Status Class Class
place
Pts Purse FL
time
FL
rank
Grid Row Qual
time
1 1 47 Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm Team Buick Regal 188 6 3:11'24 finished 180 38'905 USD 10 5
2 2 11 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates Buick Regal 188 36 finished 175 23'000 USD 13 7
3 3 44 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Buick Regal 188 11 finished 170 18'500 USD 4 2
4 4 33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Buick Regal 188 2 finished 165 10'000 USD 1 1 195.897 mph
5 5 28 Bobby Allison Ranier-Lundy Racing Buick Regal 188 105 finished 165 17'825 USD 2 1
9 9 22 Stan Barrett Mach 1 Racing Pontiac Grand Prix 186 finished 138 3'575 USD 16 8
14 14 99 Terry Herman D.K. Ulrich Buick 183 finished 121 5'535 USD 40 20
20 20 62 Rick Wilson Rick Wilson Oldsmobile 148 DNF, crash 103 2'625 USD 9 5
31 31 38 Sandy Satullo Sandy Satullo Buick 68 DNF, engine 70 1'500 USD 38 19
37 37 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Ford Thunderbird 41 6 DNF, ignition 57 2'150 USD 6 3