The 1981 World 600 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 24, 1981. Points leader Bobby Allison drove to victory, leading 140 of the 400 laps and holding off Harry Gant by 8.2 seconds. Allison also did well in the points situation, now expanding his points lead on Ricky Rudd (4th) to 193 points. Stats