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1981 Coca-Cola 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 31
Sunday, March 15, 1981 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:44:10
Average Speed: 133.619 mph
Pole Speed: 162.94 mph

Cautions: 5 for 39 laps
Margin of Victory: 33 sec
Attendance: 61,500
Lead changes: 23

Glossary 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1981 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
2	2	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	328	32,705	running	94	180
1	17	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline (M.C. Anderson)	Buick	328	28,950	running	71	180
3	5	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Rod Osterlund)	Pontiac	327	19,400	running	0	165
4	30	28	Bobby Allison	Tuf-Lon (Harry Ranier)	Pontiac	327	14,415	running	4	165
5	13	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	Ford	326	11,975	running	4	160
6	7	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	326	9,680	running	0	150
19	1	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	308	9,155	running	0	106
22	16	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade (DiGard)	Buick	280	7,760	running	0	97
36	11	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	131	6,390	engine	32	60
38	14	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	113	6,370	engine	34	54
11	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	321	5,380	running	0	130
14	26	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	316	4,880	running	0	121
8	20	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	325	4,765	running	0	142
15	12	75	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	315	4,630	fuel pump	0	118
7	15	51	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore / Valvoline (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	325	4,425	running	0	146
17	8	3	Richard Childress	Downey's Auto Parts (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	311	4,160	running	1	117
18	32	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	310	3,940	running	0	109
9	10	9	Bill Elliott	Mell-Gear (George Elliott)	Ford	323	3,705	running	0	138
10	25	6	Joe Ruttman	The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy)	Buick	322	3,485	running	0	134
21	41	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	282	3,250	running	0	100
23	36	7	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing (Bruce Hill)	Buick	275	2,990	running	0	94
24	34	79	Dick May	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Oldsmobile	267	2,805	oil pump	0	91
27	28	71	Dave Marcis	Bowlin Coal (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	238	2,635	crash	0	82
12	33	98	Johnny Rutherford	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Pontiac	321	2,575	running	0	127
25	22	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Pontiac	254	2,510	engine	0	88
13	35	57	Bill Elswick	Performance Boat (RahMoc Enterprises)	Buick	317	2,445	running	0	124
26	19	99	Tim Richmond	UNO (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	241	2,420	crash	0	85
30	40	17	Steve Spencer	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Buick	170	2,290	oil pump	0	73
16	27	22	Stan Barrett	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Pontiac	315	1,885	running	0	115
20	39	20	Rick Newsom	City (Rick Newsom)	Chevrolet	294	1,725	running	0	103
28	4	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Ford	234	1,605	water pump	84	84
31	42	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	159	1,510	clutch	0	70
37	37	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	Buick	124	1,430	engine	0	52
29	23	12	Donnie Allison	The 5 Racers (Kennie Childers)	Oldsmobile	189	1,080	engine	0	76
32	6	16	David Pearson	Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern)	Chevrolet	153	1,000	engine	4	72
33	18	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	Buick	139	990	engine	0	64
34	29	53	Slick Johnson	Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson)	Chevrolet	138	980	cam	0	61
35	21	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	Buick	133	970	oil pump	0	58
39	24	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton (Richard Howard)	Buick	97	910	crash	0	46
40	3	1	Buddy Baker	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	Oldsmobile	86	900	engine	0	43
41	9	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	17	900	engine	0	40
42	38	94	Bobby Wawak	Louise Smith (Bobby Wawak)	Pontiac	10	900	piston	0	37

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Harry Gant	1	22	22
Richard Childress	23	23	1
Benny Parsons	24	24	1
David Pearson	25	28	4
Darrell Waltrip	29	54	26
Richard Petty	55	79	25
Darrell Waltrip	80	85	6
Bobby Allison	86	89	4
Harry Gant	90	90	1
Richard Petty	91	99	9
Neil Bonnett	100	118	19
Cale Yarborough	119	122	4
Neil Bonnett	123	139	17
Harry Gant	140	166	27
Benny Parsons	167	169	3
Neil Bonnett	170	217	48
Cale Yarborough	218	218	1
Harry Gant	219	238	20
Cale Yarborough	239	247	9
Harry Gant	248	259	12
Cale Yarborough	260	269	10
Harry Gant	270	281	12
Cale Yarborough	282	328	47

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	779
2	Richard Petty	734	-45
3	Dale Earnhardt	721	-58
4	Jody Ridley	696	-83
5	Joe Millikan	674	-105
6	Harry Gant	656	-123
7	Ricky Rudd	628	-151
8	Darrell Waltrip	597	-182
9	Benny Parsons	591	-188
10	Richard Childress	552	-227
11	Terry Labonte	514	-265
12	J.D. McDuffie	513	-266
13	Buddy Arrington	511	-268
14	Jimmy Means	506	-273
15	Cale Yarborough	502	-277
16	Dave Marcis	499	-280
17	Tim Richmond	461	-318
18	James Hylton	458	-321
19	Kyle Petty	443	-336
20	Tommy Gale	436	-343

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