1981 Coca-Cola 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	17	42	22	2	9	71	328	499.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	17	27	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing	Buick	328	71	running	180
2	2	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	328	94	running	180
3	5	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Pontiac	327		running	165
4	30	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing	Pontiac	327	4	running	165
5	13	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	326	4	running	160
6	7	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	326		running	150
7	15	51	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	325		running	146
8	20	5	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	325		running	142
9	10	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Ford	323		running	138
10	25	6	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing	Buick	322		running	134
11	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	321		running	130
12	33	98	Johnny Rutherford	Benfield Racing	Pontiac	321		running	127
13	35	57	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	317		running	0
14	26	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	316		running	121
15	12	75	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	315		fuel pump	118
16	27	22	Stan Barrett	Mach 1 Racing	Pontiac	315		running	0
17	8	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	311	1	running	117
18	32	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	310		running	109
19	1	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	308		running	106
20	39	20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	Chevrolet	294		running	103
21	41	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	282		running	100
22	16	88	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	280		running	97
23	36	7	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing	Buick	275		running	94
24	34	79	Dick May	Junior Miller Racing	Oldsmobile	267		oil pump	91
25	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Pontiac	254		engine	88
26	19	99	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing	Buick	241		accident	85
27	28	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Oldsmobile	238		accident	82
28	4	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	234	84	water pump	84
29	23	12	Donnie Allison	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Oldsmobile	189		engine	0
30	40	17	Steve Spencer	Hamby Racing	Buick	170		oil pump	0
31	42	25	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	159		clutch	70
32	6	16	David Pearson	Halpern Enterprises	Chevrolet	153	4	cracked head	0
33	18	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing	Buick	139		engine	64
34	29	53	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	138		camshaft	61
35	21	66	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	Buick	133		oil pump	58
36	11	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	131	32	engine	60
37	37	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Buick	124		engine	52
38	14	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	113	34	engine	54
39	24	86	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton Racing	Buick	97		accident	46
40	3	1	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing	Oldsmobile	86		engine	43
41	9	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	17		engine	40
42	38	94	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Pontiac	10		piston	37

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Harry Gant	94	28.7%	P2
2	Neil Bonnett	84	25.6%	P28
3	Cale Yarborough	71	21.6%	P1
4	Richard Petty	34	10.4%	P38
5	Darrell Waltrip	32	9.8%	P36
6	Bobby Allison	4	1.2%	P4
7	Benny Parsons	4	1.2%	P5
8	David Pearson	4	1.2%	P32
9	Richard Childress	1	0.3%	P17

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1981 Coca-Cola 500

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