1981 Mason-Dixon 500

Network: ESPN

Date and time: July 18, 1981, 1:30 PM

Format: Tape-delayed

Length: 2 and a half hours

The race, edited into a 2 and a half hour broadcast, would be shown on tape-delay on ESPN. It wasn't aired until 2 months after the race ran.

Personnel:

Announcers: Bob Jenkins, Dick Berggren

Pit reporter: Ned Jarrett