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Coca-Cola 500 Race Results
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Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 15, 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 | 17 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 328 | 180 | 28,950 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Buick | 328 | 180 | 32,705 | Running | |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 327 | 165 | 19,400 | Running | |
| 4 | 30 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Tuf-Lon Pontiac | 327 | 165 | 14,415 | Running | |
| 5 | 13 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 326 | 160 | 11,975 | Running | |
| 6 | 7 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 326 | 150 | 9,680 | Running | |
| 8 | 20 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection Pontiac | 325 | 142 | 4,765 | Running | |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Mell-Gear Ford | 323 | 138 | 3,705 | Running | |
| 10 | 25 | 6 | Joe Ruttman | The 5 Racers Buick | 322 | 134 | 3,485 | Running | |
| 12 | 33 | 98 | Johnny Rutherford | Levi Garrett Pontiac | 321 | 127 | 2,575 | Running | |
| 13 | 35 | 57 | Bill Elswick | Performance Boat Buick | 317 | 0 | 2,445 | Running | |
| 14 | 26 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 316 | 121 | 4,880 | Running | |
| 15 | 12 | 75 | Joe Millikan | Buick | 315 | 118 | 4,630 | Fuel Pump | |
| 16 | 27 | 22 | Stan Barrett | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 315 | 0 | 1,885 | Running | |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Richard Childress | Downey's Auto Parts Pontiac | 311 | 117 | 4,160 | Running | |
| 18 | 32 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 310 | 109 | 3,940 | Running | |
| 19 | 1 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 308 | 106 | 9,155 | Running | |
| 20 | 39 | 20 | Rick Newsom | City Chevrolet | 294 | 103 | 1,725 | Running | |
| 21 | 41 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 282 | 100 | 3,250 | Running | |
| 22 | 16 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Buick | 280 | 97 | 7,760 | Running | |
| 23 | 36 | 7 | Bruce Hill | Hill Racing Buick | 275 | 94 | 2,990 | Running | |
| 24 | 34 | 79 | Dick May | Miller Roofing Oldsmobile | 267 | 91 | 2,805 | Oil Pump | |
| 25 | 22 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 254 | 88 | 2,510 | Engine | |
| 26 | 19 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO Buick | 241 | 85 | 2,420 | Accident | |
| 27 | 28 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Bowlin Coal Oldsmobile | 238 | 82 | 2,635 | Accident | |
| 28 | 4 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Ford | 234 | 84 | 1,605 | Water Pump | |
| 29 | 23 | 12 | Donnie Allison | The 5 Racers Oldsmobile | 189 | 0 | 1,080 | Engine | |
| 30 | 40 | 17 | Steve Spencer | Kings Inn Daytona Buick | 170 | 0 | 2,290 | Oil Pump | |
| 31 | 42 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing Pontiac | 159 | 70 | 1,510 | Clutch | |
| 32 | 6 | 16 | David Pearson | Halpern Enterprises Chevrolet | 153 | 0 | 1,000 | Engine | |
| 33 | 18 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 139 | 64 | 990 | Engine | |
| 34 | 29 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing Chevrolet | 138 | 61 | 980 | Cam | |
| 35 | 21 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing Buick | 133 | 58 | 970 | Oil Pump | |
| 36 | 11 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 131 | 60 | 6,390 | Engine | |
| 37 | 37 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing Buick | 124 | 52 | 1,430 | Engine | |
| 38 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 113 | 54 | 6,370 | Engine | |
| 39 | 24 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Howard & Egerton Buick | 97 | 46 | 910 | Accident | |
| 40 | 3 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO Oldsmobile | 86 | 43 | 900 | Engine | |
| 41 | 9 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 17 | 40 | 900 | Engine | |
| 42 | 38 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Louise Smith Pontiac | 10 | 37 | 900 | Piston |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 44 Minutes 10 Seconds
Average Speed .:133.619
Margin of Victory .: 33.000 Seconds
