| 1981 Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 2 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Official 1981 Daytona 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running |  | 180 | 200 | 27 |
| 2 | 1 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Tuf-Lon | Running |  | 180 | 200 | 117 |
| 3 | 5 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade | Running |  | 170 | 200 | 8 |
| 4 | 6 | 1 | Buddy Baker | Uno | Running | | 165 | 200 | 10 |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Running | | 160 | 200 | 4 |
| 6 | 16 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear Tuning Components | Running |  | 155 | 199 | 4 |
| 7 | 27 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore Industries / Sunny Ki | Running | | 146 | 198 | 0 |
| 8 | 29 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline | Running | | 142 | 197 | 0 |
| 9 | 34 | 75 | Joe Millikan | Rahmoc Racing | Running | | 138 | 197 | 0 |
| 10 | 35 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford (R) | Levi Garrett | Running | | 134 | 195 | 0 |
| 11 | 21 | 57 | Bill Elswick | Performer Boats | Running | | 130 | 195 | 0 |
| 12 | 33 | 12 | Donnie Allison | The 5 Racers Corporation | Running | | 127 | 195 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | 22 | Stan Barrett (R) | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 124 | 195 | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | 93 | Don Whittington | Smith Racing | Running | | 121 | 194 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Chevrolet | Running | | 118 | 194 | 0 |
| 16 | 38 | 41 | Dick Brooks | Billy Mathews Racing | Running | | 0 | 193 | 1 |
| 17 | 28 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 112 | 192 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | 19 | Ronnie Sanders | Home Trend Realty | Running | | 109 | 191 | 0 |
| 19 | 23 | 17 | Glenn Jarrett | Tuf-Lon of Florida | Running | | 106 | 186 | 0 |
| 20 | 39 | 37 | Don Sprouse | Rogers Auto Leasing | Running | | 103 | 181 | 0 |
| 21 | 26 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Running | | 100 | 179 | 0 |
| 22 | 14 | 23 | Geoffrey Bodine | Bahre Racing | Running | | 97 | 178 | 0 |
| 23 | 31 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 94 | 175 | 0 |
| 24 | 41 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Running | | 91 | 169 | 0 |
| 25 | 37 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robin (R) | Howard & Egerton Racing | Valves | | 88 | 167 | 0 |
| 26 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing | Running |  | 85 | 159 | 0 |
| 27 | 32 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Burger King | Oil Pump | | 82 | 155 | 0 |
| 28 | 19 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing | Clutch | | 79 | 151 | 0 |
| 29 | 9 | 16 | David Pearson | Halpern Enterprises | Engine |  | 81 | 144 | 3 |
| 30 | 40 | 99 | Tim Richmond (R) | Uno | Transmission | | 73 | 144 | 0 |
| 31 | 4 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Company | Overheating | | 70 | 135 | 0 |
| 32 | 11 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP | Engine | | 67 | 128 | 0 |
| 33 | 3 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator | Clutch | | 69 | 123 | 26 |
| 34 | 25 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Piston | | 61 | 123 | 0 |
| 35 | 10 | 51 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore / Valvoline | Valve Spring | | 58 | 120 | 0 |
| 36 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew | Engine | | 55 | 117 | 0 |
| 37 | 42 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Home Craft Homes | Running | | 52 | 116 | 0 |
| 38 | 18 | 3 | Richard Childress | Wachovia Carpet | Valves | | 49 | 110 | 0 |
| 39 | 24 | 7 | Bruce Hill | Native Tan | Accident | | 46 | 54 | 0 |
| 40 | 12 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Incorporated | Running | | 43 | 47 | 0 |
| 41 | 36 | 31 | Billie Harvey | Graf Lear Jets | Engine | | 40 | 45 | 0 |
| 42 | 30 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin / Clements Auto | Accident | | 37 | 17 | 0 |
