1981 - Winston Cup Series - Atlanta Journal 500 Race Results

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1981 - Atlanta Journal 500 Race Results

Race Name - Atlanta Journal 500
Date - 11/8/1981
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 163.266 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 50
Average Race Speed - 130.39 mph
Lead Changes - 36
Total Race Purse - $204,410
Race Number - 30

More Races from 1981

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner Hodgdon National Eng (Wood Brothers)	328	Ford	200	$31,500
2	2	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	328	Buick	11	$17,350
3	21	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline (MC Anderson)	328	Buick	14	$8,800
4	6	Bobby Allison	28	Hardees (Harry Ranier)	328	Buick	0	$12,090
5	25	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	328	Ford	1	$11,700
6	4	Bill Elliott	9	MellGear (George Elliott)	328	Ford	0	$6,200
7	12	Terry Labonte	44	JD Stacy (Billy Hagan)	328	Buick	12	$9,630
8	19	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	328	Buick	12	$6,155
9	13	Buddy Baker	1	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	328	Buick	1	$3,040
10	15	Joe Millikan	5	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	327	Pontiac	0	$7,820
11	32	Rick Wilson	62	Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson)	327	Oldsmobile	1	$3,000
12	33	Connie Saylor	4	Spencer Racing (GC Spencer)	323	Oldsmobile	0	$2,550
13	28	Dick Brooks	13	Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins)	323	Ford	0	$2,350
14	18	Lake Speed	66	Ronnie Steele (Lake Speed)	321	Buick	0	$4,900
15	26	Chuck Bown	16	Rose Auto Wrecking (Dick Bown)	320	Buick	0	$2,125
16	39	John Anderson	17	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	316	Buick	0	$4,545
17	34	Buddy Arrington	67	Kyle Pettys Boot Barn (Buddy Arrington)	315	Dodge	0	$4,310
18	40	Delma Cowart	0	Coastal Transmissions (Heyward Grooms)	315	Buick	0	$1,940
19	24	James Hylton	48	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	303	Buick	0	$4,045
20	1	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	291	Pontiac	25	$5,565
21	16	Tim Richmond	37	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	287	Buick	0	$2,945
22	35	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	277	Ford	0	$3,300
23	37	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	259	Pontiac	0	$3,035
24	9	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler (Richard Childress)	222	Pontiac	0	$4,290
25	8	Joe Ruttman	2	JD Stacy (Jim Stacy)	207	Buick	7	$6,420
26	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	207	Buick	44	$6,380
27	30	DK Ulrich	99	Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich)	198	Buick	0	$2,195
28	22	Dave Marcis	71	JD Stacy (Dave Marcis)	174	Buick	0	$2,175
29	31	Rusty Wallace	72	KangaRoos (John Childs)	156	Buick	0	$1,900
30	10	Geoffrey Bodine	1	Downeys Auto Parts (Emanuel Zervakis)	143	Buick	0	$890
31	20	Morgan Shepherd	96	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	123	Buick	0	$860
32	38	Travis Tiller	46	Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller)	111	Chevrolet	0	$850
33	7	Tommy Ellis	55	Industrial Boiler (Tommy Ellis)	97	Chevrolet	0	$840
34	17	Gary Balough	75	Chaparral Trailers (RahMoc Enterprises)	89	Buick	0	$2,085
35	36	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	66	Pontiac	0	$2,055
36	11	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	42	Ford	0	$6,250
37	27	Johnny Rutherford	98	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	39	Buick	0	$640
38	14	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	36	Buick	0	$6,070
39	23	Ron Bouchard	47	JD Stacy (Jack Beebe)	23	Buick	0	$1,065
40	29	HB Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts (HB Bailey)	1	Pontiac	0	$550