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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1981 - Atlanta Journal 500 Race Results
| Race Name - Atlanta Journal 500Date - 11/8/1981Race Track - Atlanta International RacewayTrack Length (Miles) - 1.522 milesRace Length (Miles) - 499 milesPole Speed - 163.266 mphNumber of Cautions - 7Caution Laps - 50Average Race Speed - 130.39 mphLead Changes - 36Total Race Purse - $204,410Race Number - 30 | More Races from 1981 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | 21 | Warner Hodgdon National Eng (Wood Brothers) | 328 | Ford | 200 | $31,500 |
| 2 | 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | 328 | Buick | 11 | $17,350 |
| 3 | 21 | Cale Yarborough | 27 | Valvoline (MC Anderson) | 328 | Buick | 14 | $8,800 |
| 4 | 6 | Bobby Allison | 28 | Hardees (Harry Ranier) | 328 | Buick | 0 | $12,090 |
| 5 | 25 | Jody Ridley | 90 | Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | 328 | Ford | 1 | $11,700 |
| 6 | 4 | Bill Elliott | 9 | MellGear (George Elliott) | 328 | Ford | 0 | $6,200 |
| 7 | 12 | Terry Labonte | 44 | JD Stacy (Billy Hagan) | 328 | Buick | 12 | $9,630 |
| 8 | 19 | Kyle Petty | 42 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 328 | Buick | 12 | $6,155 |
| 9 | 13 | Buddy Baker | 1 | UNO (Hoss Ellington) | 328 | Buick | 1 | $3,040 |
| 10 | 15 | Joe Millikan | 5 | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | 327 | Pontiac | 0 | $7,820 |
| 11 | 32 | Rick Wilson | 62 | Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson) | 327 | Oldsmobile | 1 | $3,000 |
| 12 | 33 | Connie Saylor | 4 | Spencer Racing (GC Spencer) | 323 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $2,550 |
| 13 | 28 | Dick Brooks | 13 | Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins) | 323 | Ford | 0 | $2,350 |
| 14 | 18 | Lake Speed | 66 | Ronnie Steele (Lake Speed) | 321 | Buick | 0 | $4,900 |
| 15 | 26 | Chuck Bown | 16 | Rose Auto Wrecking (Dick Bown) | 320 | Buick | 0 | $2,125 |
| 16 | 39 | John Anderson | 17 | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | 316 | Buick | 0 | $4,545 |
| 17 | 34 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Kyle Pettys Boot Barn (Buddy Arrington) | 315 | Dodge | 0 | $4,310 |
| 18 | 40 | Delma Cowart | 0 | Coastal Transmissions (Heyward Grooms) | 315 | Buick | 0 | $1,940 |
| 19 | 24 | James Hylton | 48 | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | 303 | Buick | 0 | $4,045 |
| 20 | 1 | Harry Gant | 33 | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | 291 | Pontiac | 25 | $5,565 |
| 21 | 16 | Tim Richmond | 37 | Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) | 287 | Buick | 0 | $2,945 |
| 22 | 35 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 277 | Ford | 0 | $3,300 |
| 23 | 37 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 259 | Pontiac | 0 | $3,035 |
| 24 | 9 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | Wrangler (Richard Childress) | 222 | Pontiac | 0 | $4,290 |
| 25 | 8 | Joe Ruttman | 2 | JD Stacy (Jim Stacy) | 207 | Buick | 7 | $6,420 |
| 26 | 3 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 207 | Buick | 44 | $6,380 |
| 27 | 30 | DK Ulrich | 99 | Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) | 198 | Buick | 0 | $2,195 |
| 28 | 22 | Dave Marcis | 71 | JD Stacy (Dave Marcis) | 174 | Buick | 0 | $2,175 |
| 29 | 31 | Rusty Wallace | 72 | KangaRoos (John Childs) | 156 | Buick | 0 | $1,900 |
| 30 | 10 | Geoffrey Bodine | 1 | Downeys Auto Parts (Emanuel Zervakis) | 143 | Buick | 0 | $890 |
| 31 | 20 | Morgan Shepherd | 96 | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | 123 | Buick | 0 | $860 |
| 32 | 38 | Travis Tiller | 46 | Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) | 111 | Chevrolet | 0 | $850 |
| 33 | 7 | Tommy Ellis | 55 | Industrial Boiler (Tommy Ellis) | 97 | Chevrolet | 0 | $840 |
| 34 | 17 | Gary Balough | 75 | Chaparral Trailers (RahMoc Enterprises) | 89 | Buick | 0 | $2,085 |
| 35 | 36 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | 66 | Pontiac | 0 | $2,055 |
| 36 | 11 | Benny Parsons | 15 | Melling Tool (Bud Moore) | 42 | Ford | 0 | $6,250 |
| 37 | 27 | Johnny Rutherford | 98 | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | 39 | Buick | 0 | $640 |
| 38 | 14 | Ricky Rudd | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 36 | Buick | 0 | $6,070 |
| 39 | 23 | Ron Bouchard | 47 | JD Stacy (Jack Beebe) | 23 | Buick | 0 | $1,065 |
| 40 | 29 | HB Bailey | 36 | Almeda Auto Parts (HB Bailey) | 1 | Pontiac | 0 | $550 |