The 1981 Holly Farms 400 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at North Wilkesboro Speedway on October 4, 1981. Darrell Waltrip led 318 of the 400 laps in route to a dominating one-lap, ten-second victory on Bobby Allison. Waltrip continued to edge out Allison in the points deal, with a fifty-two point marker between them. Stats This was Mark Martin's first career start.