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 | Pts | Purse | 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 |