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Atlanta Journal 500 Race Results
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Atlanta Motor Speedway
November 08, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.54-Mile Oval 328 Laps/505 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / Natl. Eng. Ford | 328 | 185 | 31,500 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 328 | 175 | 17,350 | Running | |
| 3 | 21 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 328 | 170 | 8,800 | Running | |
| 4 | 6 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Buick | 328 | 160 | 12,090 | Running | |
| 5 | 25 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 328 | 160 | 11,700 | Running | |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear Ford | 328 | 150 | 6,200 | Running | |
| 7 | 12 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy Buick | 328 | 151 | 9,630 | Running | |
| 8 | 19 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 328 | 147 | 6,155 | Running | |
| 9 | 13 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO Buick | 328 | 143 | 3,040 | Running | |
| 10 | 15 | 5 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection Pontiac | 327 | 134 | 7,820 | Running | |
| 11 | 32 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Florida Equipment & Service Oldsmobile | 327 | 135 | 3,000 | Running | |
| 12 | 33 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Spencer Racing Oldsmobile | 323 | 127 | 2,550 | Running | |
| 13 | 28 | 13 | Dick Brooks | Carolina Tool Ford | 323 | 121 | 2,350 | Running | |
| 14 | 18 | 66 | Lake Speed | Ronnie Steele Buick | 321 | 118 | 4,900 | Running | |
| 15 | 26 | 16 | Chuck Bown | Rose Auto Wrecking Buick | 320 | 115 | 2,125 | Engine | |
| 16 | 39 | 17 | John Anderson | Kings Inn Daytona Buick | 316 | 0 | 4,545 | Running | |
| 17 | 34 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Kyle Petty's Boot Barn Dodge | 315 | 109 | 4,310 | Running | |
| 18 | 40 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmissions Buick | 315 | 106 | 1,940 | Running | |
| 19 | 24 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Buick | 303 | 103 | 4,045 | Running | |
| 20 | 1 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 291 | 105 | 5,565 | Engine | |
| 21 | 16 | 37 | Tim Richmond | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 287 | 97 | 2,945 | Engine | |
| 22 | 35 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 277 | 94 | 3,300 | Running | |
| 24 | 9 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 222 | 88 | 4,290 | Engine | |
| 25 | 8 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | J.D. Stacy Buick | 207 | 90 | 6,420 | Engine | |
| 26 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 207 | 87 | 6,380 | Engine | |
| 28 | 22 | 71 | Dave Marcis | J.D. Stacy Buick | 174 | 76 | 2,175 | Valve | |
| 29 | 31 | 72 | Rusty Wallace | Kangaroos Buick | 156 | 0 | 1,900 | Oil Pressure | |
| 30 | 10 | 01 | Geoff Bodine | Downey's Auto Parts Buick | 143 | 0 | 890 | Engine | |
| 31 | 20 | 96 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett Buick | 123 | 67 | 860 | Oil Pump | |
| 32 | 38 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises Chevrolet | 111 | 64 | 850 | Engine | |
| 33 | 7 | 55 | Tommy Ellis | Industrial Boiler Chevrolet | 97 | 61 | 840 | Engine | |
| 34 | 17 | 75 | Gary Balough | Chaparral Trailers Buick | 89 | 58 | 2,085 | Accident | |
| 35 | 36 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 66 | 55 | 2,055 | Engine | |
| 36 | 11 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 42 | 52 | 6,250 | Steering | |
| 37 | 27 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Levi Garrett Buick | 39 | 49 | 640 | Transmission | |
| 38 | 14 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Buick | 36 | 46 | 6,070 | Engine | |
| 39 | 23 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy Buick | 23 | 43 | 1,065 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 49 Minutes 43 Seconds
Average Speed .:130.391
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds
