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1981 Warner W. Hodgdon 400
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Riverside
June 14, 1981
Note: Winston West Drivers Denoted in Gold Rows
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status
1 1 11 Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew Buick 95 39 running
2 2 2 Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Pontiac 95 11 running
3 3 43 Richard Petty STP Buick 95 25 running
4 4 21 Neil Bonnett Purolator Ford 95 14 running
5 6 88 Ricky Rudd Gatorade Buick 95 0 running
6 13 42 Kyle Petty STP Buick 95 2 running
7 25 90 Jody Ridley Truxmore/Sunny King Ford 95 0 running
8 14 0 Roy Smith Aircraft Standards Buick 95 0 running
9 21 71 Dave Marcis Buck Stove Chevy 95 0 running
10 22 78 Jim Robinson Hammer Security Olds 93 0 running
11 24 22 Stan Barrett Skoal Bandit Pontiac 93 0 running
12 19 70 J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating Pontiac 93 0 running
13 33 24 Cecil Gordon Johnson Truck Body Buick 93 0 running
14 35 17 Steve Pfeifer Kings Inn Daytona Chevy 92 0 running
15 30 18 Randy Ogden Piedmont Airlines Olds 88 0 running
16 27 8 Rick O'Dell Behn's Ent./Delta Inst. Buick 86 0 running
17 31 13 Don Puskarich Puskarich Racing Olds 86 0 running
18 23 3 Richard Childress McDonald's Pontiac 83 0 crash
19 26 48 James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac 79 0 running
20 5 15 Benny Parsons Melling Tool Ford 72 0 crash
21 10 5 Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection Pontiac 72 0 crash
22 9 44 Terry Labonte Stratagraph Buick 71 2 engine
23 20 38 Don Waterman St. John's Auto Parts Buick 68 1 oil leak
24 15 73 Bill Schmitt Pro-Power Engines Buick 56 0 engine
25 11 01 Hershel McGriff Industrial Leasing Buick 53 1 engine
26 32 67 Buddy Arrington Hills Racing Dodge 48 0 engine
27 18 64 D.K. Ulrich Bondurant Driving Olds 43 0 crash
28 29 52 Jimmy Means Broadway Motors Pontiac 29 0 crash
29 7 28 Bobby Allison Hardee's Buick 26 0 engine
30 28 40 Tommy Gale Price Racing Buick 25 0 engine
31 8 33 Harry Gant Skoal Bandit Chevy 23 0 engine
32 17 16 Jim Bown Rose Auto Wrecking Olds 14 0 overheating
33 16 99 Tim Richmond UNO Buick 12 0 crash
34 34 25 Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing Pontiac 7 0 engine
35 12 86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Cal-Tex Buick 2 0 engine

The Race::1981 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) - Winston West Series (now known as the ) combination event held at Track::Riverside International Raceway on June 14, 1981. Pole sitter Darrell Waltrip won from the pole, leading 39 laps and holding off Dale Earnhardt by nearly a second. Points leader Bobby Allison struggled to 29th due to engine issues and Ricky Rudd (5th) closed to 193 points behind. Eventual West Series champ Roy Smith was the highest finishing West driver in 8th.

Race Data[]

Lap leaders: D. Waltrip 1-14, H. McGriff 15, D. Waterman 16, N. Bonnett 17-30, D. Earnhardt 31-34, D. Waltrip 35-38, K. Petty 39-40, T. Labonte 41-42, R. Petty 43-60, D. Waltrip 61-72, R. Petty 73, D. Waltrip 74-80, D. Earnhardt 81-86, R. Petty 87-92, D. Earnhardt 93, D. Waltrip 94-95

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