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The lead changed a track-record 36 times. This was the last race that Richard Petty would lead the Winston Cup points standings in his career. ESPN made their NASCAR broadcasting debut. Atlanta 500 – Team owner Harry Ranier protested NASCAR-mandated spoiler reduction to the Pontiac LeMans the team was running but got no support from rival teams.
NASCAR ran three Cup Series races at Riverside in 1981. [3] Richard Childress decided to run a second Junior Johnson car if Darrell Waltrip were to have trouble or if he needed a car to win the championship. However, this was not needed because Darrell Waltrip would clinch his first Winston Cup series championship at this race over Bobby Allison.
The 1981 Winston Western 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on January 11, 1981, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California.. This race would be the final race where 115-inch wheelbase cars were eligible to run; the field was a mix of older cars and 1981 105-inch wheelbase models.
Prior to the original 1999 contract between NASCAR and NBC, the network aired races such as the National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway from 1979 [24] [25] [26] to 1981, [27] the 1981 Mountain Dew 500 [28] at Pocono International Raceway, the Winston 500 at Alabama International Motor Speedway from 1983 [29] [30] to 1985, and the Miami 300 [31 ...
He was driving a 1981 Pontiac Le Mans, which was the only car in the race with a "fastback" sloped rear window, greatly improving aerodynamics and downforce on the rear spoiler over the "notchback" profiles of the Buick Regals, Pontiac Grand Prixs, Oldsmobile Cutlasses, and Ford Thunderbirds. The Le Mans was on the NASCAR approved-model list ...
The 1981 World 600, the 22nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 24, 1981 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 13th race of the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Bobby Allison of Ranier-Lundy won the race.
The 1981 Mason-Dixon 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 17, 1981, at Dover Downs International Speedway (now Dover International Speedway) in Dover, Delaware. During the preceding season , NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the ...
1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series; NASCAR on television in the 1980s; B. 1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400; D. 1981 Daytona 500; M. 1981 Mason-Dixon 500; T. 1981 Talladega 500; W.