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Race #5 of 31 in the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

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

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
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

RACE DATA
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