1981 Coca-Cola 500 | ![]() |
Held on March 15, 1981 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA | |
328 L, 505.12 M, 812.784 KM - Scheduled Distance |
RESULTS |
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Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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1 | 17 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline | Buick | 328 | 71 | running | 180 |
2 | 2 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm | Buick | 328 | 94 | running | 180 |
3 | 5 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler | Pontiac | 327 | 0 | running | 165 |
4 | 30 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Tuf-Lon | Pontiac | 327 | 4 | running | 165 |
5 | 13 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool | Ford | 326 | 4 | running | 160 |
6 | 7 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore, Sunny King | Ford | 326 | 0 | running | 150 |
7 | 15 | 51 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore, Valvoline | Oldsmobile | 325 | 0 | running | 146 |
8 | 20 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection | Pontiac | 325 | 0 | running | 142 |
9 | 10 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear | Ford | 323 | 0 | running | 138 |
10 | 25 | 6 | Joe Ruttman | The 5 Racers | Buick | 322 | 0 | running | 134 |
11 | 31 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Pontiac | 321 | 0 | running | 130 |
12 | 33 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Levi Garrett | Pontiac | 321 | 0 | running | 127 |
13 | 35 | 57 | Bill Elswick | Performance Boat | Buick | 317 | 0 | running | 124 |
14 | 26 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing | Dodge | 316 | 0 | running | 121 |
15 | 12 | 75 | Joe Millikan | RahMoc Enterprises | Buick | 315 | 0 | fuel pump | 118 |
16 | 27 | 22 | Stan Barrett | Skoal Bandit | Pontiac | 315 | 0 | running | 115 |
17 | 8 | 3 | Richard Childress | Downey's Auto Parts | Pontiac | 311 | 1 | running | 117 |
18 | 32 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Ford | 310 | 0 | running | 109 |
19 | 1 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph | Buick | 308 | 0 | running | 106 |
20 | 39 | 20 | Rick Newsom | City | Chevy | 294 | 0 | running | 103 |
21 | 41 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Pontiac | 282 | 0 | running | 100 |
22 | 16 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade | Buick | 280 | 0 | running | 97 |
23 | 36 | 7 | Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Buick | 275 | 0 | running | 94 |
24 | 34 | 79 | Dick May | Miller Roofing | Oldsmobile | 267 | 0 | oil pump | 91 |
25 | 22 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts | Pontiac | 254 | 0 | engine | 88 |
26 | 19 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO | Buick | 241 | 0 | crash | 85 |
27 | 28 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Bowlin Coal | Oldsmobile | 238 | 0 | crash | 82 |
28 | 4 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator | Ford | 234 | 84 | water pump | 84 |
29 | 23 | 12 | Donnie Allison | The 5 Racers | Oldsmobile | 189 | 0 | engine | 76 |
30 | 40 | 17 | Steve Spencer | Kings Inn Daytona | Buick | 170 | 0 | oil pump | 73 |
31 | 42 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing | Pontiac | 159 | 0 | clutch | 70 |
32 | 6 | 16 | David Pearson | Halpern Enterprises | Chevy | 153 | 4 | engine | 72 |
33 | 18 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing | Buick | 139 | 0 | engine | 64 |
34 | 29 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing | Chevy | 138 | 0 | cam | 61 |
35 | 21 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing | Buick | 133 | 0 | oil pump | 58 |
36 | 11 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew | Buick | 131 | 32 | engine | 60 |
37 | 37 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Buick | 124 | 0 | engine | 52 |
38 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Buick | 113 | 34 | engine | 54 |
39 | 24 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Howard & Egerton | Buick | 97 | 0 | crash | 46 |
40 | 3 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO | Oldsmobile | 86 | 0 | engine | 43 |
41 | 9 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP | Buick | 17 | 0 | engine | 40 |
42 | 38 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Louise Smith | Pontiac | 10 | 0 | piston | 37 |
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Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |