Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

November 8th, 1981

Race #30 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 130.391 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 50
  • Lead Changes: 36
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 5 21 Neil Bonnett Ford 185 175 10 328 200 Running
2 2 11 Darrell Waltrip Buick 175 170 5 328 11 Running
3 21 27 Cale Yarborough Buick 170 165 5 328 14 Running
4 6 28 Bobby Allison Buick 160 160 0 328 0 Running
5 25 90 Jody Ridley Ford 160 155 5 328 1 Running
6 4 9 Bill Elliott Ford 150 150 0 328 0 Running
7 12 44 Terry Labonte Buick 151 146 5 328 12 Running
8 19 42 Kyle Petty Buick 147 142 5 328 12 Running
9 13 1 Buddy Baker Buick 143 138 5 328 1 Running
10 15 5 Joe Millikan Pontiac 134 134 0 327 0 Running
11 32 62 Rick Wilson Oldsmobile 135 130 5 327 1 Running
12 33 4 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile 127 127 0 323 0 Running
13 28 13 Dick Brooks Ford 124 124 0 323 0 Running
14 18 66 Lake Speed Buick 121 121 0 321 0 Running
15 26 16 Chuck Bown Buick 118 118 0 320 0 Engine
16 39 17 John Anderson Buick 115 115 0 316 0 Running
17 34 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 112 112 0 315 0 Running
18 40 0 Delma Cowart Buick 109 109 0 315 0 Running
19 24 48 James Hylton Buick 106 106 0 303 0 Running
20 1 33 Harry Gant Pontiac 108 103 5 291 25 Engine
21 16 37 Tim Richmond Buick 100 100 0 287 0 Engine
22 35 64 Tommy Gale Ford 97 97 0 277 0 Running
23 37 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 94 94 0 259 0 Water pump
24 9 3 Dale Earnhardt Pontiac 91 91 0 222 0 Engine
25 8 2 Joe Ruttman Buick 93 88 5 207 7 Engine
26 3 43 Richard Petty Buick 90 85 5 207 44 Engine
27 30 99 DK Ulrich Buick 82 82 0 198 0 Engine
28 22 71 Dave Marcis Buick 79 79 0 174 0 Valve
29 31 72 Rusty Wallace Buick 76 76 0 156 0 Oil pressure
30 10 01 Geoff Bodine Buick 73 73 0 143 0 Engine
31 20 96 Morgan Shepherd Buick 70 70 0 123 0 Oil pump
32 38 46 Travis Tiller Chevrolet 67 67 0 111 0 Engine
33 7 55 Tommy Ellis Chevrolet 64 64 0 97 0 Engine
34 17 75 Gary Balough Buick 61 61 0 89 0 Crash
35 36 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 58 58 0 66 0 Engine
36 11 15 Benny Parsons Ford 55 55 0 42 0 Steering
37 27 98 Johnny Rutherford Buick 52 52 0 39 0 Transmission
38 14 88 Ricky Rudd Buick 49 49 0 36 0 Engine
39 23 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 46 46 0 23 0 Engine
40 29 36 HB Bailey Pontiac 43 43 0 1 0 Crash