Sacrafice's Racing Legacy

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Obviously this race is way out of order, but it's where I am currently. The results won't be posted until the right point in the thread. I will be all caught up by the next stream. This will be the 2nd stream of this game for me. The 1st seemed to go well on my side of things. Not expecting many if any people, but gotta start somewhere. I run the race anyway so might as well stream it right? I have only streamed some MLB: The Show games and this so I'm new to it all. Won't get any flash here, just racing in real time.

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Mountain Dew 500 @ Pocono International Raceway
9:30 PM Eastern
February 27th, 2015
(Time subject to be a bit later.... Kids sleeping)


"Mountain Dew 500" July 26th, 1981

"Pocono International Raceway"
Long Pond, Pennsylvania

Race 19 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Winston Western 500"
January 11th, 1981


"Riverside International Raceway"
Riverside, California


Race 1 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Fall 1980: Darrell Waltrip


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip leads the field to take the green flag to start the 1981 season winning the 1st pole of the year and his 21st career pole in his 221st career start"

"Taking over for Waltrip in the #88 Gatorade car Ricky Rudd crashes during the 1st round of pit stops bringing out the 1st caution flag on lap #16"

"#2 Dale Earnhardt passes Rookie of the Year contender #6 Joe Ruttman on lap #22 to take the lead of the 1st time today"

"#23 Bryan Dehn passes #2 Dale Earnhardt on lap #30 to give him the important 5 bonus points for leading a lap"

i]"#11 Darrell Waltrip takes advantage of a slip and slide corner by #23 Bryan Dehn to take the lead for the 1st time today on lap #39"[/i]

"#23 Bryan Dehn spins out heading into the esses on lap #57 to bring out the 2nd and final caution of the day"

"#2 Dale Earnhardt took over the lead on lap #52 and holds off the challenge of #11 Darrell Waltrip to take the yellow flag"

"#2 Dale Earnhardt kicks off the season for the 2nd strait year with a victory at Riverside giving him his 7th career victory in 68 career starts"


"Race Recap"
Joe Ruttman was the car to beat early on, but once he got past by Dale Earnhardt around the half way point he never seen the front of the pack again though he hung around for a nice 3rd place finish. It's going to be hard to top last years rookie crop, but these guys have talent with Ruttman leading the way, but 3 of last years Rookie of the Year contenders finished in the top 10 today with Jody Ridley finishing 6th, Bryan Dehn finishing 8th and Lake Speed finishing in 10th proving last years record smashing season for the rookies was no fluke. Bryan Dehn, Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt was the class of the field late in the race and Dale Earnhardt won the battle to take home the checkered flag. Darrell Waltrip has a victory and two 2nd place finishes along with 2 poles in the last 3 Riverside races. There was 2 cautions for 5 laps and 6 drivers exchanged the lead 9 times during the race.


"Lap Leaders"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 1 to 15"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 16 to 17"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 18 to 21"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 22 to 29"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 30 to 33"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Lap 34"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 35 to 38"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 39 to 40"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 41 to 51"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 52 to 60"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
Terrible qualifying effort, but it is nice to take advantage of the new provisional rules. The car was good and got the track position we needed on the 1st caution by staying out and pitting under yellow to get into the top 5. We lead a bunch of laps and had a 3rd place finish locked up until I got off the course a little bit and it cost me 5 spots, but I'll take the 8th place finish and look forward to running in my 2nd Daytona 500 and hopefully my nerves won't cost me a great finish like they did last year.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
1981 Daytona 500 Speedweeks
Daytona, Florida
February 8th, 1981 through February 14th, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"1981 Daytona 500 Speedweeks"
February 8th, 1981


"Daytona International Raceway"
Daytona, Florida


"1981 Busch Clash"

"The Allison brothers get the front row with #12 Donnie Allison leading the field of 1980 pole winners to take the green flag in a 20 lap shoot out for bragging rights"

"At the half way point #28 Bobby leads #44 Terry Labonte to the stripe"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip edges out #33 Harry Gant to take the checkered flag and start out his speedweeks with a bang"


"Race Recap"
Not much to say. Caution free with 7 of the 9 drivers leading a lap. #42 Kyle Petty and #10 Cale Yarborough were the only 2 to not lead in the race with #11 Darrell Waltrip leading half of them in route to the victory


"1981 Busch Clash Results"

"1981 Daytona 500 Speedweeks"
February 11th, 1981


"1981 Daytona 500 Qualifying"

"1981 Daytona 500 Front Row"

"1981 Daytona 500 Speedweeks" February 12th, 1981


"1981 Daytona 500 125 Qualifying Race #1"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip wins the Busch Clash and sits on the pole for the 1981 Daytona 500 leading the field to take the green flag in the first of 2 UNO Twin Qualifying 125 Duels"

"The first caution comes out only a couple laps into the race taking out #3 Richard Childress, #8 Kevin Housby, #72 Rusty Wallace and #75 Joe Millikan"

"#21 Neil Bonnett, #27 Benny Parsons, #25 Ronnie Thomas & #90 Jody Ridley all got caught up and is out of the running during the second caution of the race moments after the first one"

"The race settled down and #23 Bryan Dehn came through all the dust and smoke first to capture the victory and will start 3rd in the 1981 Daytona 500"


"Race Recap"
Pit strategy helped #23 Bryan Dehn win this one when he came into pit with 22 laps to go under the second caution period he was able to preserve his fuel and go onto victory while everyone else in the field had to make a gas and go stop with 5 laps remaining.


"1981 Daytona 500 125 Qualifying Race #1 Results"

"1981 Daytona 500 125 Qualifying Race #2"

"#28 Bobby Allison sits on the outside pole for the 1981 Daytona 500 and leads the field to take the green flag to start the second UNO Twin 125 Qualifying race"

"#28 Bobby Allison leading all by himself while the rest of the field goes 3 wide near the halfway point in the race"

"#68 Lennie Pond, #4 Connie Saylor, #87 Gary Balough & #41 Dick Trickle wouldn't allow this race to go caution free taking each other out with just 4 laps remaining"

"#99 Tim Richmond beat out #28 Bobby Allison to take the yellow flag as this race would end under caution giving Richmond the 4th place starting spot in the 1981 Daytona 500"


"Race Recap"
The race nearly went caution free and a lot of drivers that had to race their way in did so with the help of the last race issues. #28 Bobby Allison lead nearly half the race, but didn't come home 1st, but rather rookie Tim Richomd did leading only the last 3 laps under caution.


"1981 Daytona 500 125 Qualifying Race #2 Results"

"1981 Daytona 500 Top 10 Drivers to make it on Qualifying"

"1981 Daytona 500 Provisionals"

"1981 Daytona 500 Speedweeks" February 13th, 1981


"1981 Daytona 500 Consolation Race"

"#18 Randy Ogden leads the field to take the green flag and the winner is the last one to make into the 1981 Daytona 500 starting 43rd"

"Lot's of last ditch beatin' and bangin' going on in this one as #41 Drick Trickle is caught up in another mess along with #01 Hershel McGriff, #78 Jim Robinson and #72 Rusty Wallace which won't claim his 3rd win in his 3rd start at the Daytona 500"

"#21 Neil Bonnett needs to race his way in and takes the white flag over race dominator rookie #5 Morgan Shepherd"

"#51 A.J. Foyt comes from 6th place to barely edge out #5 Morgan Shepherd to claim the last starting spot in the 1981 Daytona 500"


"Race Recap" Lot's of good cars going home like #21 Neil Bonnett. Not like the Wood Brothers to not have a car in the Daytona 500. #16 David Pearson, #52 Jimmy Means & #5 Morgan Shepherd which lead nearly half of this race only to get barely beat at the line by #51 A.J. Foyt.


"1981 Daytona 500 Consolation Race Results"

"1981 Daytona 500 Drivers Going Home"

"#23 Bryan Dehn's Week"
I qualifyed terribly again this week and thank you for a good smart pit strategy to lock me into the 500. If not for that this car would be going up onto the trailer and we would be heading home. Other than my qualifying woahs so far this season the car has been strong under race conditions and I can only do my best to keep the car clean and hopefully come home with a top 10 finish on Sunday.


"1981 Daytona 500 Line Up"

"Next Race"
1981 Daytona 500
Daytona, Florida
February 15th, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"1981 Daytona 500"
February 15th, 1981


"Daytona International Raceway"
Daytona, Florida


Race 2 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
1980: Dale Earnhardt


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip leads the field to take the green flag to winning his 2nd pole of the year and his 22nd career pole in his 222nd career start"

"#99 Tim Richmond, #73 Bill Schmitt and #14 Sterling Marlin get together just before the tri-oval causing the "Bit One" on lap #19."

"Richmond, Marlin, #40 D.K. Ulrich & #15 Lake Speed would be forced to retire from the race while ruining #10 Cale Yarborough, #12 Donnie Allison, #27 Benny Parsons and #2 Dale Earnhardts chances at winning 2 Daytona 500's in a row"

"#23 Bryan Dehn get's caught behind a pitting #50 Bruce Hill losing the lead pack and falling many seconds behind"

"#90 Jody Rildey makes a safe 4 wide pass on #42 Kyle Petty, #3 Richard Childress and #87 Gary Balough"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip, #7 Dick Brooks and #23 Bryan Dehn work together and make it all the way back to the lead pack"

"The top 3 qualifyers #28 Bobby Allison, #11 Darrell Waltrip and #23 Bryan Dehn all pit together when a debris caution comes out trapping the rest of the field 1 lap down"

"Seeing the pack coming up on a slow car #23 Bryan Dehn over reacts and get's into #42 Kyle Petty and #71 Dave Marcis bringing out the 3rd and final caution of the day"

"This allows #3 Richard Childress and #43 Richard Petty to get back on the lead lap"

"#28 Bobby Allison wins his 2nd career Daytona 500 in the last 4 years and is his 58th career victory in his 500th career start breaking a string of 39 races without a victory"


"Race Recap"
Everybody, but their grandma shared the lead in this one, but all, but 5 of the last 30 laps belonged to the front row starters as Bobby Allison crossed the line first for the second time in the Daytona 500. 15 different drivers lead at least 1 lap in to start off the first 18 laps of the race when the first caution flag flew. The next 30 laps would see #90 Jody Ridley, #3 Richard Childress and #6 Joe Ruttman exchange the lead back and forth amongst other drivers until the half way point in the race. Ruttman and Ridley would be joined by Allison, Waltrip and #9 Bill Elliott for the next 20 laps until lap 71 when #71 Dave Marcis would be the last drive that didn't start in the top 3 to lead a lap. Under caution #23 Bryan Dehn would lead 4 laps, but the race to the checkered flag would be between Darrell Waltrip and Bobby Allison with a host of lapped cars blocking the way. There was 3 cautions for 12 laps and 25 drivers exchanged the lead 62 times.


"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 1"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 2 through 4"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Lap 5"
#7 Dick Brooks "Lap 6"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 7 through 8"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 9"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Lap 10"
#31 Billie Harvey "Lap 11"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Lap 12"
#27 Benny Parsons "Lap 13"
#87 Gary Balough "Lap 14"
#98 Johnny Rutherford "Lap 15"
#08 Bruce Jacobi "Lap 16"
#99 Tim Richmond "Lap 17"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 18"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 19 through 24"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 25"
#3 Richard Childress "Laps 26 through 27"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 28"
#3 Richard Childress "Lap 29"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 30"
#64 Tommy Gale "Lap 31"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 32 through 34"
#1 Buddy Baker "Lap 35"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 36 through 37"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 38 through 39"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 40 through 42"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Lap 43"
#3 Richard Childress "Lap 44"
#47 Ron Bouchard "Lap 45"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 46"
#3 Richard Childress "Lap 47"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 48"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 49"
#42 Kyle Petty "Lap 50"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Lap 51"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 52"
#43 Richard Petty "Lap 53"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Lap 54"
#9 Bill Elliott "Lap 55"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 56"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 57"
#9 Bill Elliott "Laps 58 through 59"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 60"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 61 through 62"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 63"
#3 Richard Childress "Lap 64"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 65"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Lap 66"
#43 Richard Petty "Lap 67"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 68"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 69"
#43 Richard Petty "Lap 70"
#71 Dave Marcis "Lap 71"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 72 through 73"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 74 through 75"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 76"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 77 through 78"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 79 through 82"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 83"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 84 through 93"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 94 through 97"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 98 through 100"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
After a great qualifying run I stayed up front for a few laps before falling to the back of the pack expecting the big wreck to take out half of the field. It did happen and I was able to avoid it going through the infield grass, but it only effected a few cars. I lost the pack soon after retaking the green flag and fell back to 27th, but taking only 2 tires during the next 3 pit stops and getting some luck finding the fast car of Darrell Waltrip got me back into contention and even more luck fell as Darrell, Bobby and I had passed the start/finish line on pit road before the debris caution came out leaving just the 3 of us on the lead lap even though Bill Elliott pitted with us his pit stall was before the line and had to stay behind the pace car 1 lap down and finally leading a lap with just 20 to go. I made my lone mistake of the race anticipating the group to slow down for a slower car and came down on Kyle Petty bringing out the last caution and effectively taking me out of a 3rd place finish for the 2nd week in a row. I'll still take 4th place and have finished in the top 5 in each of my 2 Daytona 500's so far, but still don't have quite the car to contend for the win. We built a Oldsmobile to run on the drafting tracks to help my lack of power at these tracks and it seemed to help as I was able to make up the 15 second difference I was behind the leaders early on.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Richmond 400
Richmond, Virginia
February 22nd, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Richmond 400"
February 22nd, 1981


"Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway"
Richmond, Virginia


Race 3 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Jody Ridley
Fall 1980: Harry Gant


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#23 Bryan Dehn leads the field to take the green flag earning his 1st pole of the season and his 1st of his career in his 34th start"

"On lap 9 Darrell Waltrip takes over 1st place from #23 Bryan Dehn"

"#28 Bobby Allison decides late to make his 1st pit stop causing #23 Bryan Dehn to check up hard, then #2 Dale Earnhardt spins Dehn out as #88 Ricky Rudd finishes the deal"

"Waiting for the field to pass by #23 Bryan Dehn sits at the top of the track when #52 Jimmy Means get's loose and slides up the track slamming into Dehn ending his chances at a victory"

"On lap 56 #44 Terry Labonte looses his engine in front of the field, but is able to safely get into the pits without incident"

i]"On lap 84 #27 Benny Parsons car dies on him forcing him to retire from the race"[/i]

"On lap 136 Darrell Waltrip get's into it with #2 Dale Earnhardt on pit road causin an extensive stay putting him 2 laps down and when he finally leaves he makes contact with #23 Bryan Dehn"

"#33 Harry Gant get's into the rear end of #57 Bill Elswick putting him into the wall and back up the track into Gant"

"On the restart #23 Bryan Dehn goes into turn 3 too hard causing him to get loose in front of the field and eventually spinning out after hitting a couple front runners"

"#2 Dale Earnhardt leads the final 62 laps on his way to his 2nd victory of the season and his 8th victory in 70 career starts"


"Race Recap"
#23 Bryan Dehn was able to pull away as #11 Darrell Waltrip and #28 Bobby Allison battled side by side for the first few laps until Waltrip was able to get away and track Dehn down passing him on lap 9. Waltrip would go on to lead 126 of the next 127 laps before issues with #2 Dale Earnhardt on pit road would end his day putting him 2 laps down to the leaders. Earnhardt would assume the lead and put on a show as Waltrip's team mate #10 Cale Yarborough would follow behind in 2nd place, but never really mounted much of a challenge as Earnhardt wins 2 of the first 3 races of the 1981 season. There was 4 caution flags for 20 laps and 6 drivers lead a lap exchanging the lead 6 times.


"Lap Leaders"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 1 through 8"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 9 through 47"
#3 Richard Childress "Lap 48"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 49 through 135"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Lap 136"
#99 Tim Richmond "Laps 137 through 138"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 139 through 200"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
What can I say. Got my first career pole and lead some laps before falling to 4th and getting to ride around and click off some laps, but I didn't expect the #28 to pit so soon and made that mistake costing me the race. After that with engine issues I battled back in the low 20's for the rest of the day just hoping the car would hold up long enough to cross the finish line and I did, but not without another issue with 20 laps to go hurting some other cars in the process.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Carolina 500
Rockingham, North Carolina
March 1st, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Carolina 500"
March 1st, 1981


"North Carolina Motor Speedway"
Rockingham, North Carolina


Race 4 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dave Marcis
Fall 1980: Stan Barrett


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#10 Cale Yarborough wins his 1st pole of the season and his 55th career pole in 440 starts as he leads the field to take the green flag"

"#67 Buddy Arrington and #6 Joe Ruttman get together a bit allowing #17 Glenn Jarrett to help finish the job on Ruttman putting him into the inside wall on lap 4"

"#16 David Pearson does not react in time to a slow #75 Joe Millikan and ends up paying the price as he goes for a violent ride down the front stretch involving many more cars on lap 48"

"#64 Tommy Gale and #71 Dave Marcis get together coming off turn #2 then #47 Ron Bouchard makes contact with Marcis down the back stretch on lap 86"

"#7 Dick Brooks get's in all kinds of trouble coming off turn #4 and #42 Kyle Petty is the unfortunate victim having to retire from the damage caused to his Buick on lap 91"

"#25 Ronnie Thomas and #15 Lake Speed get together as they exit pit road on lap 164"

"#48 James Hylton gets taken out trying to enter pit road in front of #2 Dale Earnhardt causing both of their days to effectively be over on lap 200"

"Shortly after the restart the right rear tire went down on the car of #23 Bryan Dehn and spun out entering turn #3 sending him ass first into the wall, but little to no damage was caused on lap 207"

"On lap 222 the car of #52 Jimmy Means and #88 Ricky Rudd get together sending Means hard into the turn #3 wall"

"#33 Harry Gant comes to the checkered flag first giving him his first win of the season and career win number 2 in his 72nd career start"


"Race Recap"
#33 Hary Gant out battled #11 Darrell Waltrip and #40 Joe Booher to cross the finish line first today moving him into the top 10 in the season standings. Outside of that 3 way battle it was an ugly race as the cautions would fall during green flag pit stops even putting Waltrip a lap down at one point while the Gant and Booher cars were able to stay out longer during the fuel run to keep them on the lead lap. #16 David Pearson the wily veteran would have a horrific crash early on in the race and it seemed as though he underestimated the speed of the slower car and it looked as though he never made an attempt to get out of the way even though he had plenty of track to get by. Pearson ended up flipping down the front stretch and got hit by several other cars along the way. Though he was not injured in the crash he will have to take a look at what he has left in the tank to see if he still has what it takes to be safe and get the job done on the track. There was 7 cautions for 27 laps and 9 drivers exchanged the lead 28 times during the race.


"Lap Leaders"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Lap 1"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 2 through 5"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 6 through 7"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 8 through 45"
#3 Richard Childress "Lap 46"
#99 Tim Richmond "Laps 47 through 50"
#57 Bill Elswick "Laps 51 through 53"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 54 through 71"
#99 Tim Richmond "Laps 72 through 88"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 89 through 92"
#57 Bill Elswick "Laps 93 through 100"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 101 through 105"
#57 Bill Elswick "Laps 106 through 108"
#40 Joe Booher "Laps 109 through 117"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 118 through 126"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 127 through 132"
#40 Joe Booher "Laps 133 through 156"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 157 through 164"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 165 through 174"
#40 Joe Booher "Laps 175 through 193"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 194 through 199"
#40 Joe Booher "Laps 200 through 201"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 210 through 216"
#40 Joe Booher "Laps 217 through 229"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 230 through 235"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 236 through 244"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 245 through 246"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I got put a lap down very early in the race due to a caution during green flag pit stops. I had stayed out on the track while everyone else pitted after the lap 4 caution giving me a couple laps lead, but that forced my hand and put me a lap down when I had to pit earlier than the rest of the field later on. I thought I had gotten it back at one point when the caution came out while I was right behind the Harry Gant while he was leading and he ducked into pit road, but I was held behind the pace car and wasn't allowed to drive around the track and get my lap back. As it turns out I stayed true to my plan and ended up with a top 10 finish despite never having another chance to get ahead of the leaders. So all in all it's wasn't a bad day even though I was never a contender for the victory.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Coca-Cola 500
Atlanta, Georgia
March 15th, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Coca-Cola 500"
March 15th, 1981


"Atlanta International Raceway"
Atlanta, Georgia


Race 5 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Rusty Wallace
Fall 1980: Bryan Dehn


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison wins his 1st pole of the season and the 55th of his career as he leads the rest of the field to take the green flag"

"#90 Jody Ridley, #10 Cale Yarborough and #44 Terry Labonte break away from the rest of the field and battle for the lead on lap 37"

"After the 2nd round of green flag pit stops #90 Jody Ridley & #10 Cale Yarborough break away from #44 Terry Labonte on lap 60"

"#37 Mike Alexander is the 1st casualty on lap 75 blowing his engine"

"#23 Bryan Dehn catches the slower #21 Neil Bonnett in turn 2 and tries to get under him for the pass just as Bonnett comes down to the white line on lap 95"

"On lap 106 after the restart is 3 wide for the lead with the usual suspects #90 Jody Ridley, #44 Terry Labonte and #10 Cale Yarborough"

"There is a major issue trying to make green flag pit stops with #64 Tommy Gale, #9 Bill Elliott, #7 Dick Brooks, #47 Ron Bouchard #19 Dick May and #15 Lake Speed with many others involved"

"#23 Bryan Dehn get's spun out trying to avoid cars making a last decision to pit and #25 Ronnie Thomas butts heads with him putting both drivers out of the race on lap 143"

"#16 David Pearson hits a slower car for the 2nd week in a row and causes a major incident with #53 Slick Johnson becomming a pin ball and is hit by many cars before he finally comes to a rest in turn 1 on lap 155"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip finally wins his 1st race of the year after three 2nd place finishes and is his 26th victory in his 225th career start"


"Race Recap"
#53 Slick Johnson was injured in todays race, but the extent of those injuries is unknown at this time. #16 David Pearson is as good as it gets as a driver, but something is a miss the past 2 weeks as he could of avoided both terrible wrecks he has caused. NASCAR has said that Pearson will not be allowed to race until they have determined what the problem is and if it can be fixed. #90 Jody Ridley dominated the race today and was looking for his 3rd career victory leading 84 laps, but after the final restart #11 Darrell Waltrip's team made just enough adjustments to his car and was able to take over the lead and win the race. There was 4 cautions for 16 laps and 13 drivers exchanged the lead 36 times during the race.


"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 1"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 2 through 3"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Lap 4"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 5 through 13"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 14 through 25"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 26 through 28"
#47 Ron Bouchard "Lap 29"
#15 Lake Speed "Lap 30"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 31 through 35"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 36 through 42"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 43 through 53"
#44 Terry Labonte "Lap 54"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 55 through 56"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 57 through 65"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Laps 66 through 67"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 68 through 78"
#44 Terry Labonte "Lap 79"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 80"
#47 Ron Bouchard "Lap 81"
#40 Joe Booher "Lap 82 through 83"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 84 through 105"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 106 through 108"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 109 through 114"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 115 through 116"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 117 through 118"
#44 Terry Labonte "Lap 119"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Lap 120"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 121"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 122 through 127"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 128 through 132"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 133 through 137"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 138 through 140"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 141"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 142 through 145"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 146 through 151"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 152 through 153"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 154 through 164"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I was having a good race today. After having a bad qualifying effort I was climbing up through the field slowly and got to within striking distance of the top 10 when I made a mistake trying to pass Bonnett there and put myself back to the back of the pack. Then as luck would have it I got turned around and my day was over.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Valleydale 500
Bristol, Tennessee
March 29th, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"​

Due to the bad accident nearing the end of the Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta this past Sunday the driver of the #53 Chevrolet, Slick Johnson has injuries that will force him out of action for the foreseeable future. Slick has broken both his legs and a couple ribs along with other minor injuries due to the crash in turn 1 on lap 155. It is estimated that he will be unable to think about climbing back into a car for 4 to 6 months from now. How long it will take Slick to get into a car and be healed enough to run a full race will quite possibly force him to miss the rest of the 1981 season as it will take him until the the Mountain Dew 500 at Pocono in July at the earliest to heal from his injuries, but that does leave him another 2 to 4 months before the season ends so it is possible he will be in a car before the season ends. Slick Johnson said that he will be back before the season ends no matter what. Even if he has to drive with a crutch on the accelerator.

David Pearson has pretty much been to blame for 2 bad wrecks the past 2 races that NASCAR thinks could have been avoided. The 1st wreck at North Carolina fortunately didn't hurt anyone and Pearson was on the rough end of that wreck, but this week Slick Johnson did sustain major injuries and NASCAR is holding Pearson back from racing until he can be cleared from his doctors that he is fit and capable to drive a race car. David Pearson released a statement saying that he is truly sorry that Mr. Johnson got seriously hurt at Atlanta and that he is fine and able to race and will do what is necessary to get back on the track in time for the CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 at Darlington in 4 weeks.

"Aftermath Photo"

"#16 David Pearson Wrecks Video"
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[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Valleydale 500"
March 29th, 1981


"Bristol International Raceway"
Bristol, Tennessee


Race 6 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Bobby Wawak
Fall 1980: Bryan Dehn


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison leads the field to take the green flag for the 2nd race in a row and had 56 poles in 508 career races"

"Two rookies, #37 Mike Alexander and #5 Morgan Shepherd get together on lap 85"

"#87 Gary Balough get's into the wall and spins into #10 Cale Yarborough ending his day on lap #93"

"#24 Cecil Gordon spins right in front of #38 John Anderson and #23 Bryan Dehn as neither one could avoid the wreck on lap 148"

"#90 Jody Ridley has car troubles on lap 178 ending his day"

"A bunch of cars block the track and #23 Bryan Dehn locks them up all the way from the corner and still can't avoid contact on lap 205"

"#87 Gary Balough has something break on his car coming out of the pits and slams into the outside wall getting #11 Darrell Waltrip and #3 Richard Childress involved on lap 212"

"#70 J.D. McDuffie does his best helicopter impression when he hits the guard rail going outside of the track on lap 228"

"#71 Dave Marcis and #20 Rick Newsom tangle down the front stretch leading both of them into the inside wall on lap 235"

"#88 Ricky Rudd won the race as it's his 1st of the season and of his career in his 97th career start"


"Race Recap"
#42 Kyle Petty dominated this race leading 131 laps, but the late race cautions closed up the field and #88 Ricky Rudd was in the top 5 all day and was able to get past Kyle Petty on a restart and never looked back using the lapped cars on the inside line to block Kyle from mounting any come back. There was cars that would get too high up off of turn 4 and would hit the guard rail entrance to the inside of the track and would cause serious damage to the cars and others around them. The track officials and NASCAR will take a look into why the cars would get loose on the high end of the track and work to secure that guard rail to prevent any serious injuries in the future. There was 7 cautions for 34 laps and 8 drivers exchanged the lead 12 times during the race.


"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 1 through 20"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 21 through 67"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 68 through 70"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 71"
#15 Lake Speed "Laps 72 through 74"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 75 through 87"
#52 Jimmy Means "Lap 88"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 89 through 91"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 92"
#42 Kyle Petty "Laps 93 through 152"
#40 Joe Booher "Lap 153"
#42 Kyle Petty "Laps 154 through 224"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 225 through 250"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I got into 2 wrecks that I couldn't avoid and went 7 laps down, but all the late cautions helped me to a better finish than what my car was capable of doing. It was a trying day, but instead of just packing it in I was able to gain a few more points than I otherwise would have gotten.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Northwestern Bank 400
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
April 5th, 1981​

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"​

In a statement released prior to the start of today's race NASCAR officials and doctors have determined after a couple weeks of testing and monitoring that David Pearson is fit and of able mind to be behind the wheel of a race car and is still scheduled to attempt to qualify and compete in the CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 at Darlington next week.

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Northwestern Bank 400"
April 5th, 1981


"North Wilkesboro Speedway"
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina


Race 7 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Fall 1980: Darrell Waltrip


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip earns his 3rd pole of the season and is his 23rd career pole in 227 starts"

"#5 Morgan Shepherd get's a little too close as he brushes off the turn 4 wall on lap 37"

"The downward spiral that is the career of #43 Richard Petty continues as he has to make an unscheduled pit stop on lap 39 all, but ending his shot at a good finish"

"Speaking of tough seasons. #10 Cale Yarborough is not faring too well in the new team for Junior Johnson as he is spun out by #12 Donnie Allison trying to make his green flag pit stop"

"#21 Neil Bonnett blows up right in front of leader #28 Bobby Allison on lap 90"

"#28 Bobby Allison battles #2 Dale Earnhardt for the lead on lap 112"

"Chaos breaks out in the pits as #7 Dick Brooks, #75 Joe Millikan and #42 Kyle Petty get together causing a road block on lap 137"

"#23 Bryan Dehn battels fellow Wisconsinite #71 Dave Marcis side by side when Dehn comes down a little and Marcis slides up a little causing contact and around goes Dehn and #22 Stan Barrett finishes off the job down the front stretch"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip battled car issues all day and something finally breaks in front of the rest of the field and #26 Butch Lindley and #99 Tim Richmond find themselves with no where to go"

"#28 Bobby Allison picks up his 2nd victory of the season edging out #2 Dale Earnhardt for his 59th career victory in 505 starts"


"Race Recap"
With the dominating victory and the car troubles for #11 Darrell Waltrip, #28 Bobby Allison re-assumes 1st place in the season point standings with #2 Dale Earnhardt and #90 Jody Ridley not too far beh9ind making it a 4 driver race at this early point in the season. All, but 1 car was able to finish the race today as #21 Neil Bonnett's dismal season continues with a blown motor and was forced to finish in last. 2 drivers started their 1st ever NASCAR Winston Cup race today in #02 Mark Martin and #06 Ernie Cline. I wonder if either of these 2 men will find success at the top level? There was 3 cautions for 15 laps and only 3 drivers lead a lap exchanging the lead 6 times during today's race.


"Lap Leaders"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 1 through 53"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 54 through 93"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 94 through 111"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 112 through 136"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 137"
#15 Lake Speed "Laps 138 through 139"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 140 through 200"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I finished in the top 10 so my day couldn't have been too bad. I was fighting for a top 5 when Marcis spun me out. He was low on the track for laps as we battled side by side and I thought I gave him enough room low, but apparently he didn't see it that way. I am happy and thank the crew for fixing what damage I did have so I could battle my way back through the field and finish where I did as to not loose as many points as I could have or like I have been the last couple weeks.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
CRC Chemicals Rebel 500
Darlington, South Carolina
April 12th, 1981​

 

[goblue96]

Why is the car so bad on qualifying runs?

 

[Sacrafice]

Probably because I didn't put up my best lap times. I set the qualifying speeds to have me start around 10th if I put up an average of my better laps so If I nail it I can get a pole, but quite hard to do. The ratings are set as such that the field is very close to each other in qualifying so a bad lap will result in a bad starting spot. My sophomore year isn't going so good...

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"CRC Rebel Chemicals Rebel 500"
April 12th, 1981


"Darlington Raceway"
Darlington, South Carolina


Race 8 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Benny Parsons
Fall 1980: Ronnie Thomas


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#23 Bryan Dehn wins his 2nd pole of the season and of his career in his 39th start as he leads the field to take the green flag"

"#23 Bryan Dehn get's by #90 Jody Ridley and takes over the lead on lap 7"

"#23 Bryan Dehn is only able to hold on for so long before #28 Bobby Allison assumes his normal spot at the front on lap 10"

"#5 Morgan Shepherd has tire problems on lap 42 and brings out the 1st caution of the day"

"During the pit stops under yellow #23 Bryan Dehn slides too far into his pit stall and the crew is unable to change the left side tires"

"A collage of blown motors throughout the race including #40 Joe Booher, #43 & #42 Richard & Kyle Petty, #99 Tim Richmond, #19 Dick May, #33 Harry Gant, #68 Lennie Pond & #12 Donnie Allison"

"The big wreck happened on a restart on lap 111 when the lapped car of #23 Bryan Dehn slid up the track and caught the side of #2 Dale Earnhardt and spun out in front of the rest of the field knocking out quite a few good cars including himself"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip made it through the wreck, but cut a tire in the process and didn't pit instead finding out when the field took the green flag on the restart"

"#67 Buddy Arrington passes #64 Tommy Gale on lap 154 which is the move for the lead"

"#67 Buddy Arrington crosses the finish line for the 1st time this season and the 1st time of his career in his 375 career start"


"Race Recap"
#28 Bobby Allison was his usual self leading the most laps and over half of the race before finding some type of miss fortune in the late stages to not be able to bring home the victory. #64 Tommy Gale seems to shine at the track too tough to tame as he lead 34 laps today and almost came home with the victory and last year in the spring race he lead 31 laps before finishing 4th after leading in the late stages of the race. #16 David Pearson showed everyone that he can still drive a race car after his debacles at North Carolina and Atlanta coming home with a 6th place finish. There was 3 cautions for 12 laps and 10 drivers each lead a lap exchanging the lead 18 times.


"Lap Leaders"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 1 through 6"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 7 through 9"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 10 through 32"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 33 through 34"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 35 through 76"
#21 Neil Bonnett "Lap 77"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 78 through 112"
#64 Tommy Gale "Laps 113 through 138"
#48 James Hylton "Lap 139"
#15 Lake Speed "Lap 140"
#86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson "Laps 141 through 143"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 144 through 145"
#64 Tommy Gale "Laps 146 through 153"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 154 through 169"
#9 Bill Elliott "Lap 170"
#48 James Hylton "Laps 171 through 173"
#86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson "Laps 174 through 175"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 176 through 178"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 179 through 184"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I was running well got to lead some laps which I haven't done much of yet this year, but got put a lap down after a short pit stop running a bit too hard and scrubbing down my tires. On the restart there I got a little too antsy trying to get by Earnhardt. I knew I had a good enough car to get my lead back, but we touched just a little bit and it ended my day. I had another pole and I failed to deliver where it matters and that's where you finish the race and not where you start it.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Virginia 500
Martinsville, Virginia
April 26th, 1981​

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Virginia 500"
April 26th, 1981


"Martinsville Speedway"
Martinsville, Virginia


Race 9 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dave Marcis
Fall 1980: Bryan Dehn


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#87 Gary Balough surprises everyone winning the pole for the 1st time in his career in his 7th start"

"#28 Bobby Allison leaves the pits and get's into #5 Morgan Shepherd and loses control of his car for #52 Jimmy Means to get involved on lap 83"

"#24 Cecil Gordon his issues coming out of the pit aswell and ends up hitting the wall hard and rolling over the car when #71 Dave Marcis hits him on lap 121"

"#23 Bryan Dehn makes it 3 wide and touches #26 Butch Lindley and he get's up into #11 Darrell Waltrip and they both go into the wall ending Lindley's day on lap 127"

"#25 Ronnie Thomas and #6 Joe Ruttman get together in turn 3 and they hard the wall hard both nearly flipping as Thomas rides the wall on his side for a moment on lap 190"

"#52 Jimmy Means loses an engine and stalls out coming out of turn 4 leaving everyone behind him with no where to go until the bottom of the track clears out on lap 197"

"After leading a bunch of the race #12 Donnie Allison get's tangled up with #10 Cale Yarborough and #21 Neil Bonnett and Allsion hits the wall head on pretty hard"

"From Martinsville in the fall of 1980, look familiar?"

"After short pitting and going a lap down #12 Donnie Allison picks a perfect time to get revenge on #23 Bryan Dehn keeping him a lap down and effectively ending his race"

"#40 Joe Booher has been on the verge of victory twice already this season and once last season and has finished in the top 10 half of the races he started the last 2 years and finally is able to finish off the deal winning his 1st career race in just his 22nd career start"


"Race Recap"
#88 Ricky Rudd nearly won his 2nd short track race of the season, but the lapped cars proved to be too much to overcome as #40 Joe Booher pulled out in front of the lapped cars and cruised to his 1st career victory. Booher had a 2nd place finish at Atlanta last season when Rusty Wallace came out of no where to go to victory lane and he had a 3rd place finish at North Carolina this year where he lead 70 laps only to fall off at the end and a 3rd place finish at Bristol aswell. With Booher driving well he will try to compete the rest of the season in the D.K. Ulrich prepared car. #87 Gary Balough nearly put the #87 car in victory lane for the 2nd time in 2 years winning the pole and leading a bunch of laps early only to fall back in the middle of the race, but was able to hit his marks and come away with a 3rd place finish today. There was 7 cautions on the day and 10 drivers lead a lap exchanging the lead 19 times.


"Lap Leaders"
#87 Gary Balough "Laps 1 through 57"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 58 through 70"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 71 through 82"
#22 Stan Barrett "Lap 83"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 84 through 102"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 103 through 123"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 124"
#22 Stan Barrett "Laps 125 through 126"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 127 through 130"
#87 Gary Balough "Lap 131"
#12 Donnie Allison "Laps 132 through 164"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 165 through 169"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 170 through 174"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 175"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Lap 176"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 177 through 183"
#12 Donnie Allison "Laps 184 through 207"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 208 through 211"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 212 through 221"
#40 Joe Booher "Laps 222 through 250"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I had a good car today even though qualifying didn't show it. I was clicking the laps away trying my best to mind my own business except for that 3 wide mess I got the other drivers into. Many others along with myself elected to pit a pit earlier to try and gain an advantage on the track, but I was greeted with the chrome horn of Donnie Allison which put many of us a lap down and ended any chance we had at a good finish. He got me back for turning him last year here so I can't really complain too much, but I'm sure my crew will be pretty vocal about it.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Winston 500
Talladega, Alabama
May 3rd, 1981​

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"​

Who would have imagined that #40 Joe Booher winning a race would cause controversy? Most people would ask who the hell Joe Booher even is, but the man has been on fire the past 2 seasons and it's looking more and more like it's for real and not a fluke. The #40 car owned by D.K. Ulrich has visited victory lane twice the past 2 seasons with Stan Barrett winning at North Carolina last season so it's not even that far fetched from a car owner stand point. Which leads me to ole Tim Richmond. He has struggled so far in the quest for "Rookie of the Year" in another D.K. Ulrich owned vehicle. It has been reported that Richmond is unhappy with his #99 team not performing up to the level that the #40 team is. It is said that Richmond has demanded that he be put into the #40 ride as he is the one with a future in this sport and 2 years from now no one will even remember how Joe Booher is. Not only because the #40 team is doing well, but they are also in the top 25 in owners points and have provisionals to use in case of a bad qualifying day which Richmond has had 3 of and has not been able to compete in the full allotted races this season. There is no word on what D.K. Ulrich has said in reply or what he plans on doing about the situation as of yet, but it would be hard for him to lose a driver that does show a lot of promise and could be talking the truth when it comes to him being the part of the future of NASCAR. On the other hand you can't just go switch what is working in Joe Booher and as long as he continues to perform why make the change?

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Winston 500"
May 3rd, 1981


"Alabama International Motor Speedway"
Talladega, Alabama


Race 10 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dick Brooks
Fall 1980: Kyle Petty


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#43 Richard Petty earns his 1st pole of the season and the 127th of his career in his 846th start"

"The field is 3 wide through turns 3 and 4 on lap 13"

"#47 Ron Bouchard blows his engine on lap 23 and will finish in last for the 2nd week in a row"

"#90 Jody Ridley goes for a violent ride much like his Daytona flip last year on lap 57"

"#40 Joe Booher blows his engine on lap 58 under caution"

"A bunch of cars get mixed up as a few try to make last second decisions to pit causing a big pile up with 6 cars having to retire from the race as a result on lap 75"

"A little extra activity after the track is mainly clear of the wreck between #7 Dick Brooks and #16 Chuck Bown entering the tri-oval on lap 75"

"#23 Bryan Dehn and #10 Cale Yarborough touch just a bit coming out of turn 4 sending Yarborough into the wall and looses many positions as a result on lap 87"

"Fighting for 2nd place bewtween the 2 Wisconsin boys #71 Dave Marcis get's #23 Bryan Dehn a little sideways in the tri-oval, but manages to keep the foot on the pedal and the car going strait heading for the checkered flag"

"#2 Dale Earnhardt has his 3rd win of the season and his 10th career victory in his 77th start"


"Race Recap"
#90 Jody Ridley has had the 2 worst flip and rolls in the past 2 years and wasn't able to qualify for the Daytona 500 last year, but went on to win at Richmond the very next week. It may seem like getting tossed around like a rag doll wakes him up and we will see what happens next week to see f this still holds true. Today's race was pretty clean with only the 2 big wrecks. #43 Richard Petty won the pole for the race, but once again has issues with his car and is forced to settle for a bad finish. Only Richard and #24 Cecil Gordon has started all of the last 41 races (1980 & 1981) and has not found victory lane. Unheard of for a man with 190 wins and 200 might just end up being a dream instead of what everyone thought would eventually be a reality. There was 2 cautions on the day and 20 drivers lead a lap exchanging the lead 56 times.


"Lap Leaders"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Lap 1"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 2"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 3"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 4 through 7"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Lap 8"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 9"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 10 through 11"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 12 through 14"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 15 through 16"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 17"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 18"
#20 Rick Newsom "Lap 19"
#94 Bobby Wawak "Lap 20"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 21"
#25 Ronnie Thomas "Lap 22"
#1 Buddy Baker "Lap 23"
#94 Bobby Wawak "Lap 24"
#25 Ronnie Thomas "Lap 25"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 26 through 27"
#21 Neil Bonnett "Lap 28"
#37 Mike Alexander "Lap 29"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 30"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 31 through 32"
#25 Ronnie Thomas "Lap 33"
#94 Bobby Wawak "Lap 34"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 35 through 36"
#37 Mike Alexander "Laps 37 through 38"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 39 through 43"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 44 through 45"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 46"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Lap 48"
#71 Dave Marcis "Laps 49 through 50"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 51"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Lap 52"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 53 through 55"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Laps 56 through 62"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 63"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 64"
#70 J.D. McDuffie "Lap 65"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 66"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Lap 67"
#9 Bill Elliott "Lap 68"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 69 through 70"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 71"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 72 through 74"
#52 Jimmy Means "Lap 75"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 76"
#52 Jimmy Means "Lap 77"
#24 Cecil Gordon "Laps 78 through 79"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Lap 80"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 81 through 83"
#75 Joe Millikan "Lap 84"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 85"
#75 Joe Millikan "Lap 86"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 87 through 92"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 93 through 94"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
The Oldsmobile did really good today. We qualified 13th and finished 2nd. We were not able to lead a lap, but we stayed in front of the wrecks even though we tried and was almost put into 1 late in the race there. We were able to move up to 7th in points trying to stay close enough for if we can get on a run like the end of last year we will be right back into the think of the points battle.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Melling Tool 420
Nashville, Tennessee
May 9th, 1981​

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Melling Tool 420"
May 9th, 1981


"Nashville Speedway USA"
Nashville, Tennessee


Race 11 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Fall 1980: Dale Earnhardt


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison wins his 3rd pole of the season and his 57th career pole in his 509th career start"

"The 2 Junior John cars in #11 Darrell Waltrip & #10 Cale Yarborough along with #15 Lake Speed fight side by side for 2nd place lap after lap"

"#18 Randy Ogden checks up and #23 Bryan Dehn get's into the rear end of #47 Ron Bouchard on lap 24"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip catches and passes #28 Bobby Allison for the lead on lap 83"

"The bad luc continues for #10 Cale Yarborough as he get's turned sideways under green flag pit stops"

"The engine let's go in the #47 Ron Bouchard car as he finishes in last place for the 3rd week in a row"

"#25 Ronnie Thomas slows up to miss #02 Mark Martin and get's spun by #18 Randy Ogden on lap 156"

"As the race nears the end on the restart on lap 166 they go 3 wide to gain spots and get by the lapped cars"

"After leading the better part of the end of the race #90 Jody Ridley surrenders the lead to #44 Terry Labonte with just 3 laps to go"

"#44 Terry Labonte comes home victorious winning his 2nd career race in his 78th start"


"Race Recap"
The season points battle is tightening up with 4 drivers all within 100 points of leader, #28 Bobby Allison. #90 Jody Ridley almost pulled off the flip and roll the week before and come back to win the next week, but #44 Terry Labonte got by him to lead the only 3 laps of the race to win the race. Just a week after complaining about the lack of power from his car #99 Tim Richmond came home 11th. After his initial outburst everything has been hush, hush and we have no new news on the subject. There was 3 cautions on the day and 5 drivers exchanged the lead 10 times during the race.


"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 1 through 82"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 83"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 84"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Laps 85 through 86"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 87 through 116"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 117 through 134"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 135 through 136"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 137 through 139"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 140 through 159"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 160 through 207"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 208 through 210"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I was given a good car today. Again I wasn't able to lead a lap and my qualifying effort wans't very good, but I probably drove the cleanest race of my career and made my way up through the field battling Bobby Allison on last lap and getting past him for a 4th place finish. It's back to back top 5 finishes and I feel that the team and I are starting to get it together a lot sooner this season than last year. I feel my 1st victory of the season is not too far away if the crew keeps working hard to give me great cars, my father keeps making the right moves in the pits and I keep the nose clean and run within myself and not try to force the issue with all these other talented drivers on the track.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Mason-Dixon 500
Dover, Delaware
May 17th, 1981​

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Mason-Dixon 500"
May 17th, 1981


"Dover Downs International Speedway"
Dover, Delaware


Race 12 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dave Marcis
Fall 1980: Cale Yarborough


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#44 Terry Labonte steals a victory last week and comes to Dover and starts where he left off by winning the pole for the 1st time this season and the 2nd career pole in his 79th start"

"It didn't take long for #28 Bobby Allison to resume where he usually runs during the races by far leading the most laps this season, but can't keep his car there at the end only winning twice so far"

"As mentioned #28 Bobby Allison as flat out dominating this race and here on lap 107 #11 Darrell Waltrip can see his back bumper and would be the closest anyone would get to him for most of the day"

"Then the bad luck strikes as #88 Ricky Rudd is coming out of the pits #23 Bryan Dehn is low trying to avoid a 3 wide situation and can't get slowed down in time causing a bunch of mayhem on lap 205 for the 1st caution of the day"

"When there is a wreck at Dover is is not of the normal variety as it spews onto the front stretch as #22 Stan Barrett fellow teammate #33 Harry Gant & #27 Benny Parsons get collected"

"A view of the before moments from #28 Bobby Allison where #23 Bryan Dehn didn't need to be that low on the track. Allison would get damage, but still had a fast car"

"After 205 strait green flag laps only 4 cars would remain on the lead lap. Could #90 Jody Ridley win this week or could #44 Terry Labonte steal another one from perennial front runners #28 Bobby Allison & #11 Darrell Waltrip?"

"On lap 233 #28 Bobby Allison & #11 Darrell Waltrip exit pit lane while the other 2 whom had pitted a couple laps earlier drive by"

"#90 Jody Ridley leading with 1 & 1/2 laps to go, but caught up in lapped traffic with #44 Terry Labonte licking his chops for a 2nd strait victory"

"#90 Jody Ridley is able to get around the lapped traffic and motors his way to victory for the 1st time this season and the 3rd time in his career starting his 54th race"


"Race Recap"
#44 Terry Labonte and #90 Jody Ridley finish 1-2 for the 2nd strait week flipping positions this time around. #28 Bobby Allison led 215 of the 250 laps giving him the most laps lead since the start of 1980 in a single race, but getting involved in that wreck caused his pit crew to take a little longer on pit road and comes home in 4th position. He wasn't able to extend his point lead much as #11 Darrell Waltrip and #2 Dale Earnhardt each had top 5 finishes, but he still keeps it and Labonte & Ridley are quickly making it a 5 horse race for the season points championship. There was the lone caution on the day and 6 drivers exchanged the lead 14 times during the race.


"Lap Leaders"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 1 through 5"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 6 through 32"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 33"
#43 Richard Petty "Laps 34 through 35"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 36 through 66"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 67 through 69"
#71 Dave Marcis "Lap 70"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 71 through 101"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 102 through 103"
#71 Dave Marcis "Lap 104"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 105 through 136"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 137"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 138 through 235"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 236 through 250"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
What do I say about this one. We qualified 38th and worked our way into the top 10, but still managed to get put a lap down as did the whole field. We didn't have anything for the top 5 today and we were out there turning good laps and had avoided disaster a couple times during the race, but I wanted to be careful knowing #67 Buddy Arrington had a run on me and was going to go into turn 3 slow enough to fall back behind Allison and the group I was running with as they had a few lap better tires and was too busy looking in my rear view mirror instead of seeing Rudd come out in front of me and it was over then. Man what a way to end what could have been the first caution free race and what could have been a top 10 run. If I don't beat myself I think I can win a lot of races, but I just know if I have it in me to win championships with the lack of putting a full run together week in and week out.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
1981 Winston All-Star Race
Charlotte, North Carolina
May 23rd, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"


A few big changes amongst the NASCAR landscape as we head to the half way point of the season and the Winston Cup All-Star Race at Charlotte prior to the longest race of the season, The World 600. With rumblings around the D.K. Ulrich garage with an unhappy Tim Richmond which has had poor finishes and even missed a few races is way behind in the "Rookie of the Year" chase and was apparently not kidding when he spoke up a few weeks ago when his teammate won at Martinsville while his car hasn't been very competitive. The season started off great with a win in the UNO 125 race to put him in the 4th starting spot for the 1981 Daytona 500, but just a couple months later it has been confirmed that Richmond will be leaving D.K. Ulrich and replacing Donnie Allison in the Kenny Childers prepared #12 Buick taking his sponsor, UNO along with him.

As for Donnie Allison he has been trying to make each race so far this season and has done well including 2 top 5's and 3 top 10's so far this season, but the rigors of racing is catching up to the younger of the 2 Allison brothers as he is stepping away from the Childers crew after nearly a year and a half. Kenny Childers wants to try and run a full schedule while Donnie Allison has never run a full schedule and he says he don't intend to any time soon. So John Rebhan comes calling and says that no one has come forward looking to hop into his #77 Warren Fabricating sponsored Oldsmobile this year since running a few races last season with Kenny Hemphill behind the wheel as welcomes a big name driver to drive his car even if for only a few select races.

The last note to pass along involves the older Allison brother, Bobby Allison. Bobby has been running great so far this season for Harry Ranier and sits on top of the season points standings, but if you haven't noticed the team has had a sponsor change in the past few races from Tuf-Lon to The 5 Racers. Ranier and Co. has reached an agreement with Hardee's to finish out the season starting in the Winston All-Star race. With Burger King running nearly full time with Junior Johnson and Cale Yarborough and McDonald's getting limited exposure from Richard Childress it was a bit of a easy decision for Hardee's to jump on board in NASCAR.

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"1981 Winston All-Star Race"
May 23rd, 1981


"Charlotte Motor Speedway"
Charlotte, North Carolina


"Past Winners"
1980: Cale Yarborough


"Winston Open Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison was the highest finishing non-winner last year and leads the field to take the green flag in the Winston Open qualifying race"

"#28 Bobby Allison shows off his new paint dominating the field and leading at the half way point"

"#28 Bobby Allison is the season points leader and is now in the Winston All-Star race later tonight with everyone that had won a race in 1980 though starting in the back of the 19 car field"


"Race Recap"
Not much of a need for a recap here. Bobby Allison lead 48 of the 50 laps pretty much from green flag to checkered flag. #64 Tommy Gale came close to playing the spoiler, but the Ranier prepared Buick was just too much for the rest of the field.


"Winston Open Results"

"Winston Race"

"Using random draw for positions #10 Cale Yarborough earns the pole and happens to be last years winner as he leads the field to take the green flag"

"At the half way point the entire field is still within reach as #33 Harry Gant leads #44 Terry Labonte and the rest of the field into turn 1"

"#1 Buddy Baker captures the victory after leading the final 10 laps to become the 2nd winner to pull into victory lane in the Winston All-Star race and will no doubt be pulling into the bank come Monday morning"


"Race Recap"
#33 Harry Gant lead early on and #1 Buddy Baker finished it off with a few mixed in as Buddy proves that he still has some victories left in the tank and looks to come home victorious tomorrow night in the World 600. #23 Bryan Dehn ran in the back the whole race and the only driver fearful of this car was #94 Bobby Wawak whom also had nothing for the rest of the field.


"Winston Results"

"Next Race"
1981 World 600
Charlotte, North Carolina
May 24th, 1980


"1981 World 600 Qualifying Video"
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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"1981 World 600"
May 24th, 1981


"Charlotte Motor Speedway"
Charlotte, North Carolina


Race 13 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
1980: Richard Childress


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#33 Harry Gant earns his 1st pole of the season and the 3rd of his career as he leads the field to take the green flag"

"#67 Buddy Arrington's Dodge has a rare break down on lap 15"

"#2 Dale Earnhardt takes the lead from #23 Bryan Dehn on lap 33"

"#12 Tim Richmond has tire issues on lap 65 while running in the top 10"

"#28 Bobby Allison and #90 Jody Ridley battle for the lead throughout the middle of the race"

"#37 Mike Alexander spins out #27 Benny Parsons as he leaves pit road caution the 1st caution on lap 123"

"#70 J.D. McDuffie tries to make it 3 wide with leader #28 Bobby Allison and #17 Roger Hamby causing the big wreck on the day"

"With no one having an idea who goes and stays behind the pace car another wreck take places taking out the leader, #28 Bobby Allison"

"Can #19 Dick May pull a #40 Joe Booher and steal a victory? May leads during the closing laps of the race"

"The car shuts down feet before the checkered flag out of gas as #23 Bryan Dehn uses fuel strategy to earn his 1st victory of the season and his 4th career victory in his 44th career start"


"Race Recap"
#90 Jody Ridley and #44 Terry Labonte continue to run really well as they both have been battling for the victory and have finished in the top 3 in each of the last 3 weeks as they rocket closer to #28 Bobby Allison in the season points standings. It is now a 5 horse race all within 100 points of each other as we near the halfway point of the season. #19 Dick May nearly pulled off the huge upset leading a lot of laps late and managed to come home with a top 5 finish. There was 2 cautions on the day and 10 drivers exchanged the lead 31 times during the race.


"Lap Leaders"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 1 through 4"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 5"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 6 through 8"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 9 through 12"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 13 through 14"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 15"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 16 through 18"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 19 through 21"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 22"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 23 through 30"
#75 Joe Millikan "Lap 31"
#77 Donnie Allison "Lap 32"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 33 through 40"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 41 through 48"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 49 through 62"
#15 Lake Speed "Lap 63"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 64 through 65"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 66"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 67 through 68"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 69 through 81"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 82 through 93"
#15 Lake Speed "Laps 94 through 95"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 96 through 121"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 122 through 123"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 124 through 126"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 127 through 131"
#19 Dick May "Laps 132 through 151"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 152 through 162"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 163 through 165"
#19 Dick May "Laps 166 through 180"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 181 through 182"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 183 through 200"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I had a good car today. It wasn't enough to win, but the strategy on pit road put me up front enough to steal the victory. I did get to lead a bunch of laps early from my solid qualifying effort and fell back a bit through the middle of the race clicking off laps and the 2 caution flags helped put me into position to conserve fuel and be the 1st one to take the checkered flag. Now that we got the 1st one out of the way this year we can focus on more good finishes and get back into the season points battle which we got a huge boost as Bobby Allison had some unfortunate issues.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Budweiser NASCAR 400
College Station, Texas
June 7th, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Budweiser NASCAR 400"
June 7th, 1981


"Texas World Speedway"
College Station, Texas


Race 14 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
1980: Jody Ridley


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip earns his 4th pole of the season and his 24th career pole"

"#15 Lake Speed, #24 Cecil Gordon, #25 Ronnie Thomas & #20 Rick Newsom go 4 wide causing Speed to get turned sideways, but was able to recover and not cause a big wreck"

"More drivers go 4 wide with #38 John Anderson getting turned around, but once again great driving allowed him to get the car going in the right direction without a big wreck"

"A big wreck happens going into turn 3 when #21 Neil Bonnett comes up on #88 Ricky Rudd & #47 Ron Bouchard. Many drivers show off slicing through the spinning cars with no one taking a huge hit in the melee"

"#45 Baxter Price don't slow down to avoid the sloing #21 of Neil Bonnett and slams him into the wall causing both to flip with Bonnett taking the worst of it flipping 13 times"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip tries to get down on the track, but #5 Morgan Shepherd is there and hs spins himself out into the infield grass with no damage"

"#23 Bryan Dehn get's sandwhiched between #48 James Hylton & #99 D.K. Ulrich and causes a huge wreck where it seems the length of the race took it's toll as many spinning cars were not missed taking out a bunch of cars"

"#77 Lowell Cowell goes for a ride when he and #2 Dale Earnhardt get together in turn 2"

"#43 RZichard Petty is looking for any way to get a victory riding on the roof of #7 Dick Brooks during a huge pile up coming off of turn 2"

"#28 Bobby Allison makes a last lap pass to win his 3rd race of the season and the 55th of his career"


"Race Recap"
Current season points leader, #28 Bobby Allison extends his lead a little bit by taking the checkered flag today. Early on there was a lot of action with many cars getting through the trouble without any major incident, but the 2nd half of the race proved difficult to navigate as many cars were taken out by not being able to get through the melee as fatigue seemed to set in driving nearly full throttle around the 1.5 mile track. The field set a new NASCAR record of 34 different leaders during the race (Statistics started in 1980). So far in 1981 there hasn't been nearly as many cautions, but today there was 8 yellow flags. There was 34 drivers each leading a lap exchanging the lead 69 times.


"Lap Leaders"
Way too many to list


"Video Recap"

"Video has been improved to include all information rather than just a highlight"


"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I followed up my 1st victory of the season with a front row starting spot and was doing well staying near the back of the top 10 through out the race dodging the spinning cars, but I got tapped in the back by #99 D.K. Urlich getting me a bit loose and then tried to fall back in line, but I was too close to #48 James Hylton in front of me sending both of us for a long ride heading into turn 3. I finished 21st still on the lead lap after driving on my side along the wall for a while so it could have been worse.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Warner H. Hogdon 400
Riverside, California
June 14th, 1981​

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Warner H. Hogdon 400"
June 14th, 1981


"Riverside International Raceway"
Riverside, California


Race 15 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Fall 1980: Darrell Waltrip
Spring 1981: Dale Earnhardt


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip earns his 5th pole of the season and his 3rd pole in the last 4 races at Riverside"

"#28 Bobby Allison and #44 Terry Labonte fight side by side for 3rd place on lap 6"

"#28 Bobby Allison suddenly slows to pit in front of #23 Bryan Dehn on lap 12"

"While under caution #90 Jody Ridley has fuel line problems and is forced to retire from the race"

"#86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson spins out #21 Neil Bonnett on lap 21"

"Most of the field pits under caution"

"After the restart the cars that didn't pit did so under green flag conditions"

"#99 D.K. Ulrich blows his engine and spins out in his own oil causing him to hit the inside wall hard"

"In the final turn to take the checkered flag #23 Bryan Dehn pushes it too hard and runs into #2 Dale Earnhardt"

"#6 Joe Ruttman slides under the melee and earns his 1st career victory in just his 17th career start"


"Race Recap"
#11 Darrell Waltrip took himself out of the running for the victory when he failed to pit under caution then came in under green flag conditions to put himself too far back to be a factor. #2 Dale Earnhardt and Waltrip have dominated Riverside as of late with both always starting in the front row and both always finishing 1-2 until today when #6 Joe Ruttman became the first rookie to win a race this season and becoming the first driver to take the victory over both Waltrip and Earnhardt. #28 Bobby Allison extends his season points lead over #44 Terry Labonte with his first good finish on the road course with a solid 2nd place finish. There was 3 cautions for 6 laps and 4 drivers exchanged the lead 8 times during the race.


"Lap Leaders"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 1 through 8"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 9 through 14"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 15 through 35"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 23"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 24 through 32"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 33 through 35"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 36 through 37"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 38 through 47"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Lap 48"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
My day was good riding along in the top 5 for most of the day only having that one issue with Bobby Allison early on in the race that didn't effect either of us. I was riding in 2nd place behind Dale Earnhardt in the closing laps and waited until the final turn to make my move, but I caught Joe Ruttman coming on the inside and pushed the throttle down knowing the only way to win the race was to try and see if the car could hold the corner, but it didn't and I got into Earnhardt. I still finished in the top 5 though just two weeks after my first win of the season. I hope to have this continue and get back into the championship race with half the season left to go.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Gabriel 400
Brooklyn, Michigan
June 21st, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Gabriel 400"
June 21st, 1981


"Michigan International Speedway"
Brooklyn, Michigan


Race 16 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Cale Yarborough
Fall 1980: Billie Harvey


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"Current Winston Cup Champion #27 Benny Parsons wins his 1st pole of the season and only his 13th career pole in 372 career starts"

"#6 Joe Ruttman fresh off his 1st career victory pulls a bold move passing 7-8 cars while entering pit road without speeding"

"On lap 25 #3 Richard Childress blows his engine while running up front"

"#23 Bryan Dehn get's pushed up into the wall just a bit causing sparks to fly when #10 Cale Yabrorough moves up the track"

"A beat up #64 Tommy Gale comes out of the pits not up to full speed gets infront of #67 Buddy Arrington causing the big wreck on the day"

"This results in a big pile up entering turn 3 with #19 Dick May t-boning Arrington in the drivers door at near full speed"

"#23 Bryan Dehn drives too deep into turn 1 on lap 61 sliding up the track and hitting #10 Cale Yarborough causing Dehn to spin out and slap the wall"

"#10 Cale Yarborough has the field lapped when #87 Gary Balough and #48 James Hylton get together in front of Yarbrough on lap 83 There was no caution and Yarborough pitted on the next lap giving up the huge lead"

"#28 Bobby Allison & #11 Darrell Waltrip battle for the lead with 10 laps to go in the race"

"#28 Bobby Allison hold off Waltrip to take the checkered flag winning his 4th race of the season and the 61st of his career in 514 career starts"


"Race Recap"
#28 Bobby Allison won for the 2nd time in 3 races leading the mast laps in the race with 60. #10 Cale Yarborough looked like he had the car to capable of winning in the late stages of the race trying to win his 2nd Spring race in a row at Michigan, but an unlucky no caution giving him another disappointing finish in 1981 in 14th. Some may say he is not too happy with his own decision to come back and run a full schedule this season. #11 Darrell Waltrip moved into 2nd place in the season points standings over taking #44 Terry Labonte with a 2nd place finish behind Allison by 112 points. There was 3 cautions for 12 laps and 8 different drivers exchanged the lead 12 times during the race.


"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 1 through 22"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 23"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Laps 24 though 25"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 26 through 27"
#48 James Hylton "Laps 28 through 30"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 31 through 50"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 51 through 52"
#21 Neil Bonnett "Laps 53 through 59"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 60 through 76"
#1 Buddy Baker "lap 77"
#48 James Hylton "Laps 78 through 79"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Laps 80 through 83"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 84 through 100"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
It took the entire 1st half of the race for me to work my way up to 2nd place, but could never make the last pass to get a lap lead. After a restart i fell back to 10th place and began to push my car too hard and spun effectively ending my day. I make a pit road mistake having to come in under green to serve the penalty putting me a lap down and then another lap down when I had to make my last pit stop with around 15 laps to go. Another frustrating big track race to say the least.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Firecracker 400
Daytona, Florida
July 4th, 1981​

 

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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​

 

[Sacrafice]

"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​

 

[Sacrafice]

"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"
#3 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​

 

[Mr. Tennessee]

Welcome back my friend! So good to see you back and posting

 

[goblue96]

IRL, A 7-year old GoBlue attended his first NASCAR race here at the July race at Pocono.

 

[Sacrafice]

Welcome back my friend! So good to see you back and posting

Thanks a lot! Having fun once again.

IRL, A 7-year old GoBlue attended his first NASCAR race here at the July race at Pocono.

I remember you posting about that back on the old forum. Well, it's here lol... I would have loved to see me some 80's NASCAR live. It wasn't until the late 80's early 90's I could even watch a full race.


I am all caught up now. 1 live stream down and had some issues with concentration with ppl watching. This season could be a real bad one lol....

 

[goblue96]

It was a lot better because there was no BS debris cautions. Teams could actually gain an advantage over the field (ex. Ernie Elliott's engine program). Sure, half the field couldn't win. No lead was safe because the engines weren't bulletproof.

There was no "aero push" because the cars weren't going fast enough in the turns because there wasn't enough aerodynamic/mechanical grip to create the "aero push." You could pass cars in the corners because the tires wore out.

It was a much better era of racing.

 

[Sacrafice]

Unless your Tiny Lund and ran the entire Daytona 500 on 1 set of tires lol...

Yeah I watch a lot of races around the year I am currently in. in 81 there was only a hand full I can find due to extremely limited TV coverage, but I get enough of the jist. Being from Wisconsin it was all short track. I got to see a lot of the eventual 80's - 90's stars before they were big which is cool. At times it can be a bit "boring" due to 1 car gaining 3-4-5 laps on the rest of the field. It was just different and I can appreciate all eras, but like 80's early 90's way more. The one thing I don't like now is it's all about riding around and trying to make your car right for the final 10-20 laps which feels like it's losing the quality/importance of the first 90% of the race. I'm not so sure if it's the race itself or just the way the announcers try to portray the race.

 

[goblue96]

It's the way the race is "set-up" everyone knows by now there will be a "debris" caution with 20-30 laps to go and setup the TV finish.

 

[Sacrafice]

"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
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"Talladega 500"
August 2nd, 1981


"Alabama International Motor Speedway"
Talladega, Alabama


Race 20 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

 

[Sacrafice]

"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​

 

[goblue96]

That looked like it hurt. No SAFER Barrier for you.

 

[Sacrafice]

That looked like it hurt. No SAFER Barrier for you.

Nope. Didn't need it. Never touched a wall. The #94 crew will be buried on Thursday....

"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
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"Champion Spark Plug 400"
August 16th, 1981


"Michigan International Speedway"
Brooklyn, Michigan


Race 21 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

 

[Sacrafice]

"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
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"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
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"Southern 500"
September 7th, 1981


"Darlington Raceway"
Darlington, South Carolina


Race 23 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

 

[Sacrafice]

"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​

 

[Sacrafice]

"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
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400"
September 13th, 1981


"Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway"
Richmond, Virginia


Race 24 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

 

[Sacrafice]

"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​

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400"
September 13th, 1981


"Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway"
Richmond, Virginia


Race 24 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Jody Ridley
Fall 1980: Harry Gant
Spring 1981: Dale Earnhardt


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#23 Nryan Dehn won his 3rd pole of the season and his 3rd career pole in 55 starts"

"Just 8 laps into the race #87 Gary Balough has to make a pit stop to fix some car issues"

"#88 Ricky Rudd short pits early on to try and gain and advantage on the rest of the field"

"#27 Benny Parsons and #02 Mark Martin tangle while trying to complete their green flag pit stops"

"#88 Ricky Rudd does get the lead, but looses it on lap 90 to #47 Ron Bouchard"

"#38 John Anderson get's help backing into the wall by #47 Ron Bouchard on lap 95"

"#43 Richard Petty has finished in last as much as he should be winning taking another last place finish today when his motor let loose on lap 116"

"#27 Benny Parsons ends his day at the end of the pit road wall helped by #88 Ricky Rudd"

"#67 Buddy Arrington tries to stretch the fuel in his car on the final restart, but never makes it to the green flag"

"#23 Bryan Dehn get's a good jump on #28 Bobby Allison as he is caught up with a slower car and wins his 2nd race of the season and 5th of his career in 55 starts"


"Race Recap"
This is the 1st time in Dehn's career that he is able to win from the pole. After dominating the 1st portions of the race he fell back while #28 Bobby Allison dominated the race only to be at the right place at the right time to steal the victory. #11 Darrell Waltrip ended up a lap down, but so did nearly the rest of the field and still managed a top 10 finish, but did lose nearly 40 points in the season point standings to Allison. There was 2 caution flags for 10 laps and 5 different drivers each exchanged the lead 11 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 1 through 51"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 52 through 89"
#47 Ron Bouchard "Laps 90 through 93
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 94 through 101"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 102 through 144"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Lap 145"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Lap 146"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 147 through 190"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 191 through 192"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 193 through 197"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 198"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 199 through 200"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I got what I needed today. It wasn't the win, but rather a strong, patient & within my limits race. It gave me the opportunity to run up front and get that lucky break to steal the victory away. I just need to get rid of that win on every lap mentality and stay within my talents and I will prove I can drive a race car.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
CRC Chemicals 500
Dover, Delaware
September 20th, 1981​

 

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 CRC Chemicals 500 @ Dover Downs International Speedway
9:30 PM Eastern
Friday, March 20th, 2015
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"CRC Chemicals 500"
September 20th, 1981


"Dover Downs International Speedway"
Dover, Delaware


Race 25 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

 

[goblue96]

Kyle Petty would have bought is way into the field as well (in real life).

 

[Sacrafice]

I would assume so, but it was messed up with 4 drivers with provisionals to use not make it so I limited it to just the 2 cars in the top 10. Petty is in 15th so screw him. Damn 32 car fields.... I had been doing provisionals by better qualifying speeds, but next year I am doing by owners points which would have put up both in the show, but both Pettys missing so either way I was screwed.


I also considered no one buying in and racing as Richard Petty or someone, but thought against it

 

[Sacrafice]

I am rewriting Martinsville. Something better

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"​

Qualifying on Saturday was pretty eventful this week with only 32 cars to make the field. This caused 7 drivers able to use provisionals and only three positions to put them. Based on qualifying speeds this allowed #7 Dick Brooks, #43 Richard Petty and #52 Jimmy Means to make the field leaving #71 Dave Marcis, #23 Bryan Dehn (whom are in the top 10 in points) #15 Lake Speed and #42 Kyle Petty on the outside looking in. Those four drivers were scrambling to see if they could find new rides for the race.

Dave Marcis quickly paid a nice sum of money to drive the #53 Chevrolet for J.D. Johnson. Slick Johnson has been driving, but an injury at Atlanta earlier in the season has sidelined him for quite some time. Not fully 100% and another jolting wreck a couple weeks after returning has thought it was best to rest a week. Kyle Petty has done the same taking over for Bob McElle in the #99 D.K. Ulrich owned Buick. Lake Speed hasn't found a ride after failing in his qualifying attempt.

Bryan Dehn thought he wouldn't be able to find a ride either until Hal Needham came up and asked if he would drive the #22 Skoal Bandit Pontiac for him this weekend in the hopes of trying to get back into the top 25 in owner points for the rest of the season and the beginning of next year while keeping Dehns battle of finishing in the top 10 in the season points. Bryan Dehn had won at Martinsville last fall. Stan Barrett which won his very 1st race last year has had only 1 top 20 in the last 14 races and hasn't even qualified for the last two since rear ending his teammate at Darlington. They have since dropped out of the owners points battle by 108 points over #27 Benny Parsons.

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Old Dominion 500 @ Martinsville Speedway
9:30 PM Eastern
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"Old Dominion 500"
September 27th, 1981


"Martinsville Speedway"
Martinsville, Virginia


Race 26 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"CRC Chemicals 500"
September 20th, 1981


"Dover Downs International Speedway"
Dover, Delaware


Race 25 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dave Marcis
Fall 1980: Cale Yarborough
Spring 1981: Jody Ridley


"Qualifying"

"Race"

"#90 Jody Ridley earns his 1st caerrer pole in his 67th start"

"#48 James Hylton pushes #23 Bryan Dehn out of his way early in the race"

"#90 Jody Ridley started this race where he finished the last Dover race in 1st, but #28 Bobby Allison would battle and swap the lead early on"

"Bad luck for Ridley as #33 Harry Gant taggs him from behind taking Ridley and a few others out of the race on lap 65"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip would dominate the 2nd half of the race with #2 Dale Earnhardt closely behind as they take over the race here from Allison on lap 85"

"#23 Bryan Dehn fails to see that #42 Kyle Petty is pitting and ends up with another DNF taking out many other cars in the process"

"The self cleaning tracks makes for a junk yard in the infield grass as current points leader #28 Bobby Allison, current Winston Cup champion, #27 Benny Parsons sit exchanging expletives towards Dehn which sits right in the middle"

"#5 Morgan Shepherd hooks #43 Richard Petty into the wall on lap 157"

"#47 Ron Bouchard tallies his 12th DNF in 25 races with yet another blown motor on lap 187"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip takes the checkered flag today winning his 2nd race of the season and the 27 of his career in 245 starts"


"Race Recap"
#11 Darrell Waltrip had his worst qualifying effort of the season starting 15th, but also had his strongest race of the season dominating the race once he grabbed onto the lead completing 153 of the last 166 laps in 1st place. With #28 Bobby Allison dropping out of the race early the 62 point lead he had has now become a 57 point deficit to Waltrip. Morgan Shepherd was heard saying that he seen Petty on the track with no damage that late into the race so he figured it was time he was put in the garage because it just wouldn't be a race with the 43 car still on the track. Story is unconfirmed. There was 3 cautions for 12 laps and 9 different drivers exchanged the lead 19 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 1 through 30"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 31 through 33"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 34 through 35"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 36 through 45"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 46 through 66"
#12 Tim Richmond "Lap 67"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 68 through 71"
#6 Joe Ruttman "Laps 72 through 76"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 77 through 84"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 85 through 128"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 129"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Laps 130 through 131"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 132 through 135"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 136 through 191"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 192 through 193"
#12 Tim Richmond "Lap 194"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 195 through 224"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 225 through 226"
#12 Tim Richmond "Lap 227"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 228 through 250"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
It was a good race. I am starting to get my bearings back. Kyle (Petty) can say he signaled and say this and say that, but I know that he gave me no warning and took out a lot of good cars for his failure to signal to someone that was on his ass, faster and on the damn lead lap. Other than that though the car has been running good, I have worked harder on being more patient and letting the race come to me and overall trying to have a bit more fun than worry and get pissed off about everything that happens on and off the track.


"Race Results"

"Point Standings"

"Next Race"
Old Dominion 500
Martinsville, Virginia
September 27th, 1981​

 

[Sacrafice]

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Live" Winston Cup Racing on Twitch
1981 Holly Farms 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway
9:30 PM Eastern
Friday, March 27th, 2015
(Time subject to be a bit later... Kids sleeping...)


"Holly Farms 400"
October 4th, 1981


"North Wilkesboro Speedway"
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina


Race 27 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Qualifying"

 

[goblue96]

Qualifying is killing you.