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1981 - Coca-Cola 500 Race Results


Race Name - Coca-Cola 500
Date - 3/15/1981
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 162.94 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 39
Average Race Speed - 133.61 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $226,875
Race Number - 5
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 17 Cale Yarborough 27 Valvoline (MC Anderson) 328 Buick 71 $28,950
2 2 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 328 Buick 94 $32,705
3 5 Dale Earnhardt 2 Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) 327 Pontiac 0 $19,400
4 30 Bobby Allison 28 TufLon (Harry Ranier) 327 Pontiac 4 $14,415
5 13 Benny Parsons 15 Melling Tool (Bud Moore) 326 Ford 4 $11,975
6 7 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 326 Ford 0 $9,680
7 15 AJ Foyt 51 Gilmore Valvoline (AJ Foyt) 325 Oldsmobile 0 $4,425
8 20 Morgan Shepherd 5 Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) 325 Pontiac 0 $4,765
9 10 Bill Elliott 9 MellGear (George Elliott) 323 Ford 0 $3,705
10 25 Joe Ruttman 6 The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy) 322 Buick 0 $3,485
11 31 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 321 Pontiac 0 $5,380
12 33 Johnny Rutherford 98 Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) 321 Pontiac 0 $2,575
13 35 Bill Elswick 57 Performance Boat (RahMoc Enterprises) 317 Buick 0 $2,445
14 26 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 316 Dodge 0 $4,880
15 12 Joe Millikan 75 RahMoc Enterprises 315 Buick 0 $4,630
16 27 Stan Barrett 22 Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) 315 Pontiac 0 $1,885
17 8 Richard Childress 3 Downeys Auto Parts (Richard Childress) 311 Pontiac 1 $4,160
18 32 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 310 Ford 0 $3,940
19 1 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 308 Buick 0 $9,155
20 39 Rick Newsom 20 City (Rick Newsom) 294 Chevrolet 0 $1,725
21 41 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 282 Pontiac 0 $3,250
22 16 Ricky Rudd 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 280 Buick 0 $7,760
23 36 Bruce Hill 7 Hill Racing (Bruce Hill) 275 Buick 0 $2,990
24 34 Dick May 79 Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) 267 Oldsmobile 0 $2,805
25 22 James Hylton 48 Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) 254 Pontiac 0 $2,510
26 19 Tim Richmond 99 UNO (DK Ulrich) 241 Buick 0 $2,420
27 28 Dave Marcis 71 Bowlin Coal (Dave Marcis) 238 Oldsmobile 0 $2,635
28 4 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 234 Ford 84 $1,605
29 23 Donnie Allison 12 The 5 Racers (Kennie Childers) 189 Oldsmobile 0 $1,080
30 40 Steve Spencer 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 170 Buick 0 $2,290
31 42 Ronnie Thomas 25 Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) 159 Pontiac 0 $1,510
32 6 David Pearson 16 Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern) 153 Chevrolet 4 $1,000
33 18 Mike Alexander 37 Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) 139 Buick 0 $990
34 29 Slick Johnson 53 Johnson Racing (JD Johnson) 138 Chevrolet 0 $980
35 21 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 133 Buick 0 $970
36 11 Darrell Waltrip 11 Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) 131 Buick 32 $6,390
37 37 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 124 Buick 0 $1,430
38 14 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 113 Buick 34 $6,370
39 24 Elliott ForbesRobinson 86 Howard Egerton (Richard Howard) 97 Buick 0 $910
40 3 Buddy Baker 1 UNO (Hoss Ellington) 86 Oldsmobile 0 $900
41 9 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 17 Buick 0 $900
42 38 Bobby Wawak 94 Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak) 10 Pontiac 0 $900