The 1981 Atlanta Journal 500 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Atlanta on November 8, 1981. Neil Bonnett led 200 of the 328 laps in route to a dominating one-carlength victory on Darrell Waltrip. It was Bonnett's third and final race of the year. Meanwhile, Waltrip expanded his points lead to 83 markers over Bobby Allison (4th) with one race to go. Stats