Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


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1981 American 500 @ North Carolina Motor Speedway
11:00 PM Eastern
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
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"American 500"
November 1st, 1981

"North Carolina Motor Speedway"
Rockingham, North Carolina

Race 29 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"



"Driver/Race Information/Milestones"
#42 Joe Ruttman earns his 1st career pole the 1st race after taking over for Kyle Petty in his 31st career start
#43 Richard Petty has gone 61 races since his 190th career victory
#2 Dale Earmhardt is seeking his 10th victory in this, his 96th career start
#88 Ricky Rudd is making his 120th career start
#23 Bryan Dehn is making his 60th career start

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"American 500"
November 1st, 1981


"North Carolina Motor Speedway"
Rockingham, North Carolina


Race 29 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Cale Yarborough
Fall 1980: Stan Barrett
Spring 1981: Harry Gant


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#42 Joe Ruttman earns his 1st career pole in his 31st start and the 1st start since taking over for the injured Kyle Petty"


"On lap 45 #88 Ricky Rudd & #1 Buddy Baker get together causing the 1st caution"


"The 2nd caution flies when #71 Dave Marcis & #2 Dale Earnhardt get together on the front stretch"


"On lap 131 #40 Joe Booher & #27 Benny Parsons both go for a wild ride when Parsons get's in trouble and drives Booher and himself into the wall"


"#23 Bryan Dehn once again don't see the pitting car of #52 Jimmy Means and slams into him on lap 168"


"The 2nd part of the big wreck that was started by #90 Jody Ridley & #71 Dave Marcis ended the day of a few different drivers"


"A lapped car in #92 Joe Fields takes out the leader #11 Darrell Waltrip on lap 180 which had lead the last 85 laps taking out of contention"


"#3 Richard Childress & #23 Bryan Dehn get together trying to make their pit stops on lap 218"


"Last weeks winner #67 Buddy Arrington get's spun by #70 J.D. McDuffie and goes for a ride including #7 Dick Brooks on lap 225"


"It's a season sweep at The Rock for #33 Harry Gant leading the last 66 laps of the race for his 3rd victory of the season and the 4th of his career in 97 career starts"


"Race Recap"
It's was a battle out there today with many drivers with little to no patience with the driver in front of them causing many mix ups and close calls through out the race. #11 Darrell Waltrip looked to have this race in hand, but a late race wreck by a lapped car gave the victory to #33 Harry Gant which also won the spring race here and has his only pole at The Rock last season. As far as the season points standings go every driver has now been eliminated from contention except #11 Darrell Waltrip and #28 Bobby Allison, but with another DNF for Allison Waltrip leads by 262 points with 2 races to go and seemingly has it all, but locked up after Allison had dominated the middle portions of the season with 7 wins total and 6 top 2 finishes in a row including 5 of those 7 victories. Waltrip only has 2 victories on the season, but 14 top 3's has been more than enough to put him in the position he is in now. #44 Terry Labonte moved into 3rd place in the standings over taking #2 Dale Earnhardt and Labonte trials Waltrip by 476 points. There was 8 cautions for 32 laps and 8 different drivers each exchanged the lead 10 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#42 Joe Ruttman "Lap 1"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 2 through 43"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 44"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 45 through 46"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 47 through 50"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 51 through 79"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 80 through 90"
#1 Buddy Baker "Lap 91"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 92 through 94"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 95 through 179"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 180 through 246"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I don't know how I finished in the top 5 today. The first half of the race was a good one where I was able to stay in the top 10 and have tough battle on each and every lap, but once I made that mistake to go a lap down it seemed that every car that I was around I got into trouble with. Lots of cars were pushing people around today and I came out of a couple bad situations without causing any more issues, but getting back onto the lead lap late and with the amount of caution flags that flew I was able to stay on the lead lap with a busted up car to give me a 4th place finish.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Atlanta Journal 500
Atlanta, Georgia
November 18tht, 1981

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1981 Atlanta Journal 500 @ Atlanta International Raceway
9:30 PM Eastern
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
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"Atlanta Journal 500"
November 8th, 1981

"Atlanta International Raceway"
Atlanta, Georgia

Race 30 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"



"Driver/Race Information/Milestones"
#43 Richard Petty has gone 62 races since his 190th career victory
#2 Dale Earmhardt is seeking his 10th victory in this, his 97th career start
#23 Bryan Dehn is seeking his 20th top 5 & 25th top 10 in this, his 61st career start
#44 Terry Labonte needs to run 143 laps to have completed 20,000 career laps
#1 Buddy Baker is making his 540th career start
#11 Darrell Waltrip is making his 250th career start
#0 Delma Cowart is making his 1st career start

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The site I was hosting my pictures on deleted all my files. I was inactive for almost 2 years and come back like I used to and now they say it was inactive. heh, ok.... So in not so many words they say I have to make it an actual website which I am going to do so I don't get them deleted. That's fine too, but it will take me some time to upload all the pictures again then make it a semi-functional website. As if the offseason isn't long enough with the painting of 200+ cars and rating them all and other things. I'm going to re-upload backwards so I can get Atlanta's race up (100% finished) and the season finally which I was planning on running Monday, but might wait til Friday now.

yay for more work.......

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Atlanta Journal 500"
November 8th, 1981


"Atlanta International Raceway"
Atlanta, Georgia


Race 30 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Rusty Wallace
Fall 1980: Bryan Dehn
Spring 1981: Darrell Waltrip


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#10 Cale Yarborough can still start races well, but no good finishes. He earns his 3rd pole of the season here and it is his 65th in 466 career starts"


"On lap 52 #44 Terry Laonbte is the first to pull out of the race gives him a bit of a hit while sitting 3rd place finish in the points standings"


"#6 Bob Senneker finishes off his 2 race deal for J.D> Stacy with a bag in his engine on lap 63"


"The 2 men left in the championship battle, #28 Bobby Allison chasing #11 Darrell Waltrip battle for the lead on lap 66"


"#15 Lake Speed decides too late to pit crashing head on into the wall while #40 Joe Booher & #1 Buddy Baker get together on lap 80 bringing out the 1st caution"


"On lap 107 #2 Dale Earnhardt pits while in the lead, but as usual the #23 of Bryan Dehn don't react in time and slams the rear of the #2 and causes the big wreck of the race"


"The front stretch looks like a junk yard with #7 Dick Brooks unable to decide if he want's to pit or race"


"#28 Bobby Allison's dreams of his 1st ever championship goes up in smoke"


"The last drop out of the race is #71 Dave Marcis as he blows his engine on lap 127"


"#90 Jody Ridley & Ford wins their 2nd race of the season. For Ridley this is his 4th victory in 72 career races"


"Race Recap"
#90 Jody Ridley wins the race today, but #11 Darrell Waltrip locks up the battle with one more fight left to run. #28 Bobby Allison has dominated all season, but when you can't finish all your races you can't win the big prize at the end of the season. #42 Joe Ruttman finished 4th today locking up the Rookie of the Year title over #5 Morgan Shepherd which has been coming along strong these past few races, but ends up short with one race left to go as well. How event full with the road course race at Riverside be next week? Waltrip has been really good at road courses so even with a good run today by Allison it would have been really hard to gain back the lead and win the championship. Ruttman won the last race at Riverside so the forgone conclusion just took place a week early it seems from recent history. There was 2 cautions on the day for 8 laps and 13 different drivers exchanged the lead 32 different times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Laps 1 through 5"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 6 through 9"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Laps 10 through 13"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 14 through 21"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 22 through 23"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 24 through 27"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 28"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Lap 29"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 30 through 31"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 32 through 34"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 35 through 54"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Lap 55"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Lap 56"
#43 Richard Petty "Lap 57"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 58 through 60"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 61 through 64"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 65"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 66 through 67"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 68"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 69 through 70"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 71 through 76"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 77 through 104"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 105 through 106"
#70 J.D. McDuffie "Lap 107"
#1 Buddy Baker "Lap 108"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Lap 109"
#70 J.D. McDuffie "Laps 110 through 112"
#52 Jimmy Means "Laps 113 through 130"
#42 Joe Ruttman "Lap 131"
#52 Jimmy Means "Laps 132 through 135"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 136 through 144"
#52 Jimmy Means "Laps 145 through 147"
#42 Joe Ruttman "Lap 148"
#52 Jimmy Means "Laps 149 through 151"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 152 through 156"
#52 Jimmy Means "Laps 157 through 158"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 159 through 164"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
Only thing I have to race for right now is pride and a solid finish so I can try and carry it into next year. Well the one thing that has been causing me bad finishes my whole career so far is not being able to get around cars that are pitting. Once I figure this issue out I will be fine I think as long as I'm still around when that happens.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"1981 Winston Cup Champions"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip clinches the 1981 Winston Cup Championship today and #42 Joe Ruttman closes the door on the NASCAR Rookie of the Year trophy as well with 1 race remaining"


"Next Race"
Winston Western 500
Riverside, California
November 22nd, 1981

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1981 Winston Western 500 @ Riverside International Raceway
10:00 PM Eastern
Friday, April 17th, 2015
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"Winston Western 500"
November 22nd, 1981

"Riverside International Raceway"
Riverside, California

Race 31 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"