Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Firecracker 400"
July 4th, 1981


"Daytona International Raceway"
Daytona, Florida


Race 17 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Fall 1980: Buddy Baker
Spring 1981: Bobby Allison


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison continues where he lead off taking the green flag 1st with his 4th pole of the season and his 58 career pole in 515 career starts"


"The field enters the tri-oval in 1 huge pack early on in the race"


"#11 Darrell Waltrip, #64 Tommy Gale, #9 Bill Elliott & #71 Dave Marcis make it 4 wide at the front of the field"


"That causes the big one on lap 14 taking out 12 cars and damaging many others"


"The slower cars of #47 Ron Bouchard & #33 Harry Gant separate the field on lap 26 causing 2 separate packs to form"


"The lead pack whittles down to just 7 cars after green flag pit stops on lap 37"


"After the next set of green flag pit stops the race for the lead is down to just #14 Sterling Marlin, #68 Lennie Pond & #42 Kyle Petty"


"#19 Dick May & #7 Dick Brooks are the only 2 cars left battling for the lead with just 6 laps left to go in the race"


"But #42 Kyle Petty leads the field to take the white flag while #28 Bobby Allison lurks behind trying to get the season sweep at Daytona"


"#28 Bobby Allison does cross the finish in 1st place getting his 5th victory of the season and the 62nd of his career in 512 starts"


"Race Recap"
#28 Bobby Allison won 3 of the last 4 races and due to the lap 14 wreck he was able to gain over 100 points on 2nd place in the season point standings. There was 1 caution flag for 3 laps and 23 drivers each led a lap exchanging the lead 54 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
Too many to list


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I was involved in the wreck and the car was down on power the rest of the race. Unfortunately the race went green flag the rest of the way with not many cars dropping out giving me the finishing position i had.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Busch Nashville 420
Nashville, Tennessee
July 11th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Busch Nashville 420"
July 11th, 1981


"Nashville Speedway USA"
Nashville, Tennessee


Race 18 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Fall 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Spring 1981: Terry Labonte


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip earns his 6th pole of the season and the 26th of his career in 238 starts"


"#6 Joe Ruttman & #27 Benny Parsons get together on lap 21"


"#48 James Hylton loses power coming out of turn 4 causing a pile up down the front stretch"


"#57 Bill Elswick can't get out of the way as #21 Neil Bonnett & #90 Jody Ridley get involved"


"#67 Buddy Arrington & #64 Tommy Gale nearly wreck going into turn 1, but they both save it from the wall and continue on"


"#37 Mike Alexander pushes #23 Bryan Dehn out of the way causing him to slide up and spin #2 Dale Earnhardt"


"This causes a big pile up on the back stretch on lap 100"


"While running in 5th place #88 Ricky Rudd misses pit road and ends up going down a lap"


"#2 Dale Earnhardt also has issues entering pit road and has his 1st DNF of the season crashing into the end of the pit road wall"


"#28 Bobby Allison takes the checkered flag for the 3rd strait race winning his 6th of the season and the 63rd of his career"


"Race Recap"
With #11 Darrell Waltrip finishing 2nd #28 Bobby Allison didn't extend his season point lead by as much as last week. Allison now has 5 top 2 finishes in the last 5 races with 4 of those being victories. There was 2 cautions for 10 laps and 4 different drivers led a lap exchanging the lead 3 times.

"Lap Leaders"
N/A


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I got taken out. I was doing well, but I guess I was still to slow for some people that were on the track today. That's all there is to it I guess...


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Mountain Dew 500
Long Pond, Pennsylvania
July 26th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Mountain Dew 500"
July 26th, 1981


"Pocono International Raceway"
Long Pond, Pennsylvania


Race 19 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
1980: Terry Labonte


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#48 James Hylton can't make it to take the green flag as his engine blows before the race even starts"


"#28 Bobby Allison earns his 5th pole of the season and his 59th career pole in 517 starts"


"#24 Cecil Gordon and #94 Bobby Wawak get together in the tunnel turn causing #17 Lowell Cowell to get into Wawak putting him into the wall on lap 1"


"4 wide is not a good idea going into turn 3 as #64 Tommy Gale, #68 Lennie Pond, #47 Ron Bouchard & #42 Kyle Petty cause the 1st caution of the race on lap 15"


"When the smoke & dust settles $42 Kyle Petty ends up with the worst of it, but isn't the only one to retire from the race due to the accident"


"#23 Bryan Dehn sums up his season so far in this wrek missing his mark and plowing into the back end of #90 Jody Ridley when entering turn 3 on lap 45"


"Many, many cars would be involved leaving on ly 20 car on the lead lap when all is said and done"


"#6 Joe Ruttman. #11 Darrell Waltrip and #28 Bobby Allison would fight for the lead through out the rest of the race"


"With 10 laps to go #1 Buddy Baker and #28 Bobby Allison would battle neck and neck for the lead"


"#28 Bobby Allison would go on to take the lead with 2 laps to go and take the checkered flag winning for the 7th time this season and the 64th time in 517 career starts"


"Race Recap"
Bobby Allison has now won 4 races in a row and 5 of the last 6 with a 2nd place finish mixed in there as well. Allison wouldn't extend his season points lead too much with #11 Darrell Waltrip finishing in 3rd place while leading the most laps in the race. #6 Joe Ruttman finished with another top 5 keeping a firm hold on 1st in the rookie of the year standings, but #12 Tim Richmond earned his 3rd top 5 in a row and has improved dramatically since moving over to the #12 team. There was 3 cautions for 12 laps and 9 drivers lead a lap exchanging the lead 18 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 1 through 4"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 5"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 6 through 8"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 9 through 27"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 28 through 30"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 31 through 32"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 33 through 36"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 37 through 41"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 42 through 50"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 51 through 52"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 53 through 58"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 59 through 66"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Lap 67"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Lap 68"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 69 through 74"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 75 through 88"
# Richard CHildress "Lap 89"
#1 Buddy Baker "Laps 90 through 97"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 98 through 100


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
Yes this race sums up my 2nd season for me. I am the first to admit that I am just not working hard enough. I am not doing the things that I need to do in order to be and stay competitive each and every week. I fell asleep behind the wheel today and missed my mark causing me to spin out. That wasn't the worst part though. I was fine and able to continue with a competitive car, but I spun the tires and ended my day and nearly half of my fellow competitors. I need to wake up and start working to not only be good on the race track, but to stop doing the stupid things that threaten the safty of the other drivers on the track including myself. I took a big hit today and I hope it was enough of a wake up call or my career will be cut very short.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Talladega 500
Talladega, Alabama
August 2nd, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Talladega 500 @ Alabama International Motor Speedway
9:30 PM Eastern
Monday, March 2nd, 2015
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"Talladega 500"
August 2nd, 1981

"Alabama International Motor Speedway"
Talladega, Alabama

Race 20 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

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This is a cool idea. What game are you using for this?

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This is a cool idea. What game are you using for this?

Thankyou! I am using NASCAR Racing 2003 Season.

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"


#38 John Anderson was injured during practice sessions complaining of pain in his lower back when he crashed hard into the outside wall when a tire was cut down. Car owner Sandy Satullo will attempt to qualify for the race.


In other injury news #53 Slick Johnson which was injured in a crash at Atlanta in March says he will be ready to get back behind the wheel and attempt to run in a few week at Bristol.



"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Talladega 500"
August 2nd, 1981


"Alabama International Motor Speedway"
Talladega, Alabama


Race 20 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dick Brooks
Fall 1980: Kyle Petty
Spring 1981: Dale Earnhardt


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"Darrell Waltrip wins his 7th pole of the season and 27th pole of his career in 240 starts"


"#70 J.D. McDuffie blows his engine on lap 12"


"#28 Bobby Allison & #12 Tim Richmond leads the pack down the back stretch on lap 13"


"The pack get's separated after the 1st round of green flag pit stops"


"#23 Bryan Dehn leads his only lap of the rce after the 2nd round of green flag pit stops on lap 41"


"#23 Bryan Dehn looses the lead draft just 10 laps later on lap 51"


"#23 Bryan Dehn short pits with 40 laps to go to try and get back into the lead draft"


"Fighting to stay on the lead lap waiting for the rest of the field to make their stops Dehn & #7 Dick Brooks get together sending Dehn on a wild ride"


"Everyone has to pit with 1 or 2 laps left to go in the race"


"#68 Lennie Pond wins the race giving him the 1st win on the season and his 2nd career victory, both at Talladega becoming the 1st driver to win twice at the track in the process"


"Race Recap"
#28 Bobby Allison fails to win his 5th race in a row finishing 19th on the day. #11 Darrell Waltrip continues to post top 5 finishes and makes up a lot of ground on Allison in the season point standings just 189 points back now with 11 races left in the season. #68 Lennie Pond wins the race on fuel mileage being the only driver not having to pit for fuel in the last couple laps of the race. There was 2 cautions for 4 laps and 15 different drivers led a lap exchanging the lead 47 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
N/A


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
The car was not strong enough. I was able to hang around for half of the race before the engine started to go sour. And in my usual panic I made a huge mistake that not only cost me this race, but the next one at Michigan as well as I severely sprained my left foot and right wrist int he brutal accident. I am lucky to be alive and be able to race again, but it might not be at Michigan. That race is in 2 weeks so there is a good chance I will be able to start the race, but I might not be able to finish it.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Champion Spark Plug 400
Brooklyn, Michigan
August 16th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Champion Spark Plug 400 @ Michigan International Speedway
9:30 PM Eastern
Friday, March 6th, 2015
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"Champion Spark Plug 400"
August 16th, 1981

"Michigan International Speedway"
Brooklyn, Michigan

Race 21 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

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I don't know a whole lot about NASCAR besides a few drivers like Dale Earnhardt,JR, Wallace, Gordon and Stewart but the amount of detail you put in this deserves mad props!

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Champion Spark Plug 400"
August 16th, 1981


"Michigan International Speedway"
Brooklyn, Michigan


Race 21 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Cale Yarborough
Fall 1980: Billie Harvey
Spring 1981: Bobby Allison


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison wins his 6th pole of the season and his 60th career pole in 519 starts"


"#28 Bobby Allison leads the pack into turn 1 on lap 2 followed closely by the 2 Junior Johnson entries"


"#47 Ron Bouchard slows down a bit too much while attempting to make a green flag pit stop and get's rear ended by #23 Bryan Dehn"


"Many cars were involved, but #9 Bill Elliott gets his shot in and is forced to retire along with Bouchard and #99 D.K. Ulrich"


"Just prior to the restart #31 Billie Harvey which won this race last year has ignition problems and is forced to retire"


"After the restart the top 3 qualifiers pit under green flag conditions putting them at risk of going a lap down"


"The 2nd caution came out for debris on the track and during the pace laps #57 Bill Elswick has fuel issues and is forced to retire"


"#23 Bryan Dehn gets into the back of #86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson spinning himself out, but there was no yellow flag and ends up going a lap down"


"#90 Jody Ridley & #33 Harry Gant dominated the race and were enjoying a 4 second lead of the field when they came up on 2 slower cars and quickly that lead was evaporated"


"#33 Harry Gant is able to get by and cross the finish line in 1st place for the 2nd time this season and the 3rd time in 89 career races"


"Race Recap"
#33 Harry Gant is solidly in the top 5 the season point standings after his victory today and has become only the 3rd driver to win multiple races this season. #28 Bobby Allison with 7 wins on the season has given up all, but 89 points on his once huge lead. #11 Darrell Waltrip only has 1 win on the season, but has 7 second place finishes and 4 third place finishes on the season. There was 2 cautions in the race for 8 laps and 8 drivers led a lap exchanging the lead 13 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 1 through 22"
#43 Richard Petty "Lap 23"
#1 Buddy Baker "Laps 24 through 25"
#43 Richard Petty "Laps 26 through 30"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 31 through 48"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 49 through 50"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 51"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 52 through 66"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 67 through 72"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 73 through 74"
#15 Lake Speed "Lap 75"
#68 Lennie Pond "Laps 76 through 77"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 78 through 95"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 96 through 100"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I had yet another bad race. I wasn't able to react quick enough on 2 ovvasions today getting into the back of slowers cars with the 2nd one causing me a good finish. I don't understand why the yellow flag didn't come out, but thats NASCAR. It's up to me to get these bigger tracks down, but on the plus side they are done with for the year and I can get onto getting good finishes at the tracks I have run good on. Last year I made my season respectable and I plan on doing the same thing this year.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Busch 500
Bristol, Tennessee
August 22nd, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Busch 500 @ Bristol International Raceway
9:30 PM Eastern
Monday, March 9th, 2015
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"Busch 500"
August 22nd, 1981

"Bristol International Raceway"
Bristol, Tennessee

Race 22 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Southern 500 @ Darlington Raceway
9:30 PM Eastern
Friday, March 13th, 2015
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"Southern 500"
September 7th, 1981

"Darlington Raceway"
Darlington, South Carolina

Race 23 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Busch 500"
August 22nd, 1981


"Bristol International Raceway"
Bristol, Tennessee


Race 22 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Bobby Wawak
Fall 1980: Bryan Dehn
Spring 1981: Ricky Rudd


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison takes the 7th pole of the season and the 61st of his career in 520 starts"


"On lap 69 a bunch of cars got together going into the pits and #43 Richard Petty got the worst of it and ended up having to drop out of the race"


"#99 Bob McElle & #90 Jody Ridley tangled down the strait and caused a huge pile up going into the corner involving a bunch of cars, but #47 Ron Bouchard was the only one forced to drop out"


"#19 Dick May & #86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson lock fenders trying to put the 19 car through the wall ending his day"


"#23 Bryan Dehn got loose coming out of the corner and involves #12 Tim Richmond & #37 Mike Alexander"


"Under caution both #33 Harry Gant & #10 Cale Yarborough exit the track with blown engines, Yarborough wile leading the race"


"#67 Buddy Arrington slows on the track causing a bottle neck behind him spinning #23 Bryan Dehn out"


"#52 Jimmy Means forces a 3 wide situation making #23 Bryan Dehn loose control when he has no where to go"


"#70 J.D. McDuffie & #02 Mark Martin spin out collecting #42 Kyle Petty & #44 Terry Labonte"


"#68 Lennie Pond wins his 2nd race of the season in the last 3 races winnning his 3rd race of his career in his 195th start"


"Race Recap"
#68 Lennie Pond has found his way to win his 2nd race in the last 3 all top 5 finishes. The man accused of favoritism and the eventual changing of the Rookie of the Year standings seems to have finally found a good car and is able to win races trying to prove he was worthy of said Rookie of the Year title. #28 Bobby Allison with his bad finish this week and the last couple of weeks has lost his nice point lead he accumulated after winning 5 of 6 races just 3 races ago and now sits 27 points behind #11 Darrell Waltrip for the season championship. There was 6 cautions on the day for 31 laps and 11 drivers each led a lap exchanging the lead 20 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 1 through 69"
#99 Bob McElle "Laps 70 through 72"
#25 Ronnie Thomas "Lap 73"
#99 Bob McElle "Laps 74 through 76"
#25 Ronnie Thomas "Laps 77 through 79"
#12 Tim Richmond "Laps 80 through 83"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Laps 84 through 89"
#71 Dave Marcis "Laps 90 through 103"
#41 Dick Trickle "Laps 104 through 107"
#12 Tim Richmond "Laps 108 through 151"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 152"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Lap 153"
#68 Lennie Pond "Laps 154 through 172"
#71 Dave Marcis "Laps 173 through 187"
#41 Dick Trickle "Laps 188 through 204"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 205"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 206"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 207 through 209"
#71 Dave Marcis "Laps 210 through 228"
#68 Lennie Pond "Laps 229 through 250"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
This was a good start for me getting back to the tracks I can run my best on. I got into issues getting put onto the end of the lead lap and caution flags and a loose car put me a lap down. I was able to race my way back onto the lead lap, but a caution never came out until it was my caution. A couple restarts later and I had no chance at a top 10 finish, but 12th is my first top 20 finish in 7 races.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Southern 500
Darlington, South Carolina
September 7th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"


Indianapolis Track Testing
August 29th & 30th, 1981


Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis, Indiana

In what seemed like just a pipe dream for many NASCAR had pulled their trailers through the fences onto the hallowed ground of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on August 29th, 1981 in an off week between the Busch 500 in Bristol and the Southern 500 in Darlington. 14 teams accepted the invite ranging across all 6 car manufactures in NASCAR and the best of the best NASCAR has to offer along with a couple drivers that had put many of miles on the track. This marks the first time ever that a NASCAR race car had turned laps on the world famous speedway.

Two years earlier in 1979 the story begins when Richard Childress had taken a detour on his way to Michigan to take his first ever look at the track. He just walked through an open gate and stepped up to the fence in turn 4 and said that there is no reason why NASCAR couldn't run on the track. (Real Life Link Here) Childress cited that they had been running at Ontario in California which is nearly an exact replica of Indy which hosted it's last race in 1980 before being shut down. With Texas World Speedway and the third Riverside race getting pulled from the NASCAR Schedule after 1981 that leaves only 29 races to run in 1982. John R. Cooper, a longtime NASCAR marketing executive, had just been appointed president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway at that time is now taking the first steps to allowing what many think is wrong by allowing NASCAR on the track and aggressively working towards adding a race to the NASCAR Winston Cup schedule possibly as soon as 1982.

"Led by Childress himself here are a few of the cars going around the track during practice on August 29th"


"Of course Bryan Dehn finds a way to end up in the wrong direction as he get's too much of the apron coming out of turn 2

On August 30th the 14 drivers put together a 32 lap race between themselves to see exactly what would happen with many cars in the draft and how long tires and fuel would last in a race type setting.

"Video Recap"
"First 10 laps"

It don't seem likely that a race will be held next year as it seems to be too soon to clear up a weekend at the track to coincide with the open dates on the Winston Cup schedule and there is talk that the Indy track officials will need some time to equip the track to hold such an event. There is talk of them inviting the top 35 in owners points sometime in April/May prior to the Indianapolis 500 next year for a near full field under race conditions to see what needs to be done with pit road and any other upgrades that may need to be done to the track facilities.

No one knows when, but everyone expects it to be a for gone conclusion that in the very near future NASCAR will be beating each others fenders at Indy.

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 @ Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
9:30 PM Eastern
Monday, March 16th, 2015
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"Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400"
September 13th, 1981

"Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway"
Richmond, Virginia

Race 24 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Southern 500"
September 7th, 1981


"Darlington Raceway"
Darlington, South Carolina


Race 23 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
1980: Ronnie Thomas


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#28 Earns his 8th pole of the season and his 3rd in a row giving him 62 career poles in 521 starts"


"On lap 41 #98 Johnny Rutherford blows his engine, but no caution flag flies"


"In his 2nd race back #53 Slick Johnson tangles with #44 Terry Labonte giving a couple drivers a nasty ride"


"Johnson would get a shot in the drivers door and end up on his hood while #87 Gary Balough would flip down the banking after a shot from #77 Donnie Allison"


"At the spring race at Dover these teammates would get together and today #33 Harry Gant & #22 Stan Barrett would do it again"


"On lap 104 #23 Bryan Dehn would get loose and when he tried to get back into the raceing groove he got a tap causing him to spin out collecting #11 Darrell Waltrip"


"On lap 132 #12 Tim Richmond would try to go in for his pit stop, but #23 Bryan Dehn was unaware of said intentions and rams the rear end of the 12 car"


"After a long day at Darlington #42 Kyle Pettys car would finally give out on lap 135"


"Two old foes would do battle for the lead in the later stages of the race as #43 Richard Petty follows #01 David Pearson once again"


"#19 Dick May came close a couple times over the past couple years including the World 600 earlier this season, but this time he gets the job done earning hist 1st career victory in 181 starts"


"Race Recap"
#43 Richard Petty finally had a good run going leading 47 laps during the 2nd half of the race, but a late caution flag put him further back in the pack and the victory slipped away. #19 Dick May has been here before running a great race on a big stage leading late at the World 600 and a top 5 at the Firecracker 400 at Daytona before finally finishing the deal today at the Southern 500. The season points chase is looking to be a big time battle Between #28 Bobby Allison and #11 Darrell Waltrip as Allison resumes the lead over Waltrip by 24 points with a 5th place finish today. #2 Dale Earnhardt takes over 3rd in the standings, but is 324 points back from Allison and needs to visit victory lane again to try and cut into that huge lead. Something he hasn't done since the Winston 500 in May. There was 3 caution flags for 12 laps and 11 drivers each lead a lap exchanging the lead 20 different times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 1 through 31"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 32 through 33"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 34 through 63"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 64"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 65 through 66"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 67 through 96"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 97"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 98 through 106"
#43 Richard Petty "Laps 107 through 110"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 111 through 116"
#43 Richard Petty "Laps 117 through 121"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 122 through 126"
#43 Richard Petty "Laps 127 through 132"
#01 David Pearson "Laps 133 through 138"
#43 Richard Petty "Laps 139 through 164"
#21 Neil Bonnett "Laps 165 through 166"
#57 Bill Elswick "Lap 167"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Lap 168"
#43 Richard Petty "Laps 169 through 174"
#12 Tim Richmond "Lap 175"
#19 Dick May "Laps 176 through 184"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
It was an ok day. I finished horribly. I got a lap down due to a caution flag while pitting. I worked my way back onto the lead lap like last week, but once again i was the cause of the caution and stayed a lap down. Trying to build on a top 15 finish last week and I couldn't get it done. I am fast at Richmond and I am bound to have some luck go my way.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Wrangler Sanfo-Set 400
Richmond, Virginia
September 13th, 1981