Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Coca-Cola 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 15th, 1981

Race #5 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 133.619 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 39
  • Lead Changes: 23
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 17 27 Cale Yarborough Buick 180 175 5 328 71 Running
2 2 47 Harry Gant Buick 180 170 10 328 94 Running
3 5 2 Dale Earnhardt Pontiac 165 165 0 327 0 Running
4 30 28 Bobby Allison Pontiac 165 160 5 327 4 Running
5 13 15 Benny Parsons Ford 160 155 5 326 4 Running
6 7 90 Jody Ridley Ford 150 150 0 326 0 Running
7 15 51 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile 146 146 0 325 0 Running
8 20 5 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 142 142 0 325 0 Running
9 10 9 Bill Elliott Ford 138 138 0 323 0 Running
10 25 6 Joe Ruttman Buick 134 134 0 322 0 Running
11 31 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 130 130 0 321 0 Running
12 33 98 Johnny Rutherford Pontiac 127 127 0 321 0 Running
13 35 57 Bill Elswick Buick 124 124 0 317 0 Running
14 26 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 121 121 0 316 0 Running
15 12 75 Joe Millikan Buick 118 118 0 315 0 Fuel pump
16 27 22 Stan Barrett Pontiac 115 115 0 315 0 Running
17 8 3 Richard Childress Pontiac 117 112 5 311 1 Running
18 32 64 Tommy Gale Ford 109 109 0 310 0 Running
19 1 44 Terry Labonte Buick 106 106 0 308 0 Running
20 39 20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet 103 103 0 294 0 Running
21 41 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 100 100 0 282 0 Running
22 16 88 Ricky Rudd Buick 97 97 0 280 0 Running
23 36 7 Bruce Hill Buick 94 94 0 275 0 Running
24 34 79 Dick May Oldsmobile 91 91 0 267 0 Oil pump
25 22 48 James Hylton Pontiac 88 88 0 254 0 Engine
26 19 99 Tim Richmond Buick 85 85 0 241 0 Crash
27 28 71 Dave Marcis Oldsmobile 82 82 0 238 0 Crash
28 4 21 Neil Bonnett Ford 84 79 5 234 84 Water pump
29 23 12 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile 76 76 0 189 0 Engine
30 40 17 Steve Spencer Buick 73 73 0 170 0 Oil pump
31 42 25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac 70 70 0 159 0 Clutch
32 6 16 David Pearson Chevrolet 72 67 5 153 4 Engine
33 18 37 Mike Alexander Buick 64 64 0 139 0 Engine
34 29 53 Slick Johnson Chevrolet 61 61 0 138 0 Cam
35 21 66 Lake Speed Buick 58 58 0 133 0 Oil pump
36 11 11 Darrell Waltrip Buick 60 55 5 131 32 Engine
37 37 24 Cecil Gordon Buick 52 52 0 124 0 Engine
38 14 43 Richard Petty Buick 54 49 5 113 34 Engine
39 24 86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick 46 46 0 97 0 Crash
40 3 1 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 43 43 0 86 0 Engine
41 9 42 Kyle Petty Buick 40 40 0 17 0 Engine
42 38 94 Bobby Wawak Pontiac 37 37 0 10 0 Piston