Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Atlanta Journal 500
Atlanta Motor Speedway
November 8th, 1981
Race #30 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 328
- Drivers Entered: 40
- Makes
- Buick (23)
- Chevrolet (2)
- Dodge (1)
- Ford (6)
- Oldsmobile (2)
- Pontiac (6)
- Last Atlanta Motor Speedway
race (Coca-Cola 500)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
| Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Delma Cowart | Buick | Coastal Transmissions | Heyward Grooms | ||
| 01 | Geoff Bodine | Chemung, NY | Buick | Downey's Auto Parts | Emanuel Zervakis | |
| 1 | Buddy Baker | Buick | UNO | Hoss Ellington | ||
| 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Franklin, TN | Buick | Mountain Dew | Junior Johnson | |
| 13 | Dick Brooks | Ford | Carolina Tool | Bobby Hawkins | ||
| 15 | Benny Parsons | Ford | Melling Tool | Bud Moore | ||
| 16 | Chuck Bown | Buick | Rose Auto Wrecking | Dick Bown | ||
| 17 | John Anderson | Buick | Kings Inn Daytona | Roger Hamby | ||
| 2 | Joe Ruttman | Upland, CA | Buick | J.D. Stacy | Jim Stacy | |
| 21 | Neil Bonnett | Ford | Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. | Wood Brothers | ||
| 27 | Cale Yarborough | Buick | Valvoline | M.C. Anderson | ||
| 28 | Bobby Allison | Buick | Hardee's | Harry Ranier | ||
| 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Kannapolis, NC | Pontiac | Wrangler | Richard Childress | |
| 33 | Harry Gant | Pontiac | Skoal Bandit | Hal Needham | ||
| 36 | HB Bailey | Pontiac | Almeda Auto Parts | H.B. Bailey | ||
| 37 | Tim Richmond | Buick | Rogers Auto Leasing | Bob Rogers | ||
| 4 | Connie Saylor | Oldsmobile | Spencer Racing | G.C. Spencer | ||
| 42 | Kyle Petty | Trinity, NC | Buick | STP | Petty Enterprises | |
| 43 | Richard Petty | Buick | STP | Petty Enterprises | ||
| 44 | Terry Labonte | Corpus Christi, TX | Buick | J.D. Stacy | Billy Hagan | |
| 46 | Travis Tiller | Chevrolet | Ring Enterprises | Travis Tiller | ||
| 47 | Ron Bouchard | Buick | J.D. Stacy | Jack Beebe | ||
| 48 | James Hylton | Roanoke, VA | Buick | Palatine Auto Parts | James Hylton | |
| 5 | Joe Millikan | Pontiac | Performance Connection | Cliff Stewart | ||
| 52 | Jimmy Means | Pontiac | Broadway Motors | Jimmy Means | ||
| 55 | Tommy Ellis | Chevrolet | Industrial Boiler | Tommy Ellis | ||
| 62 | Rick Wilson | Bartow, FL | Oldsmobile | Florida Equipment & Service | Rick Wilson | |
| 64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Elmo Langley | ||
| 66 | Lake Speed | Jackson, MS | Buick | Ronnie Steele | Lake Speed | |
| 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | Kyle Petty's Boot Barn | Buddy Arrington | ||
| 70 | JD McDuffie | Pontiac | Bailey Excavating | J.D. McDuffie | ||
| 71 | Dave Marcis | Wausau, WI | Buick | J.D. Stacy | Dave Marcis | |
| 72 | Rusty Wallace | St. Louis, MO | Buick | KangaRoos | John Childs | |
| 75 | Gary Balough | Buick | Chaparral Trailers | RahMoc Enterprises | ||
| 88 | Ricky Rudd | Chesapeake, VA | Buick | Gatorade | DiGard | |
| 9 | Bill Elliott | Dawsonville, GA | Ford | Mell-Gear | George Elliott | |
| 90 | Jody Ridley | Ford | Truxmore / Sunny King | Junie Donlavey | ||
| 96 | Morgan Shepherd | Conover, NC | Buick | Levi Garrett | Ron Benfield | |
| 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Buick | Levi Garrett | Ron Benfield | ||
| 99 | DK Ulrich | Buick | Ulrich Racing | D.K. Ulrich |