Atlanta 500
Past winners

Atlanta 500

Section Title: Past winners
Table Section Text: None

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report

Laps	Miles (km)

1960	October 30	5	Bobby Johns	Cotton Owens	Pontiac	334	501 (806.281)	4:36:44	108.408	Report

1961	March 26	53	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	Pontiac	334	501 (806.281)	4:02:05	124.172	Report

1962	June 10	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	219*	328.5 (528.669)	3:13:16	101.983	Report

1963	March 17	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	334	501 (806.281)	3:50:12	130.582	Report

1964	April 5	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	334	501 (806.281)	3:46:05	134.137	Report

1965	April 11	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	334	501 (806.281)	3:52:17	129.41	Report

1966	March 27	56	Jim Hurtubise	Norm Nelson	Plymouth	334	501 (806.281)	3:49:02	131.247	Report

1967	April 2	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	334	501 (806.281)	3:49:03	131.238	Report

1968	March 31	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	334	501 (806.281)	3:59:24	125.564	Report

1969	March 30	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	334	501 (806.281)	3:46:10	132.191	Report

1970	March 29	22	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi	Dodge	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:34:38	139.554	Report

1971	April 4	21	A. J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:42:16	131.375	Report

1972	March 26	12	Bobby Allison	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:53:37	128.214	Report

1973	April 1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:34:52	139.351	Report

1974	March 24	11	Cale Yarborough	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	296*	450.512 (725.028)	3:01:26	136.91	Report

1975	March 23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:44:06	133.496	Report

1976	March 21	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:52:16	128.904	Report

1977	March 20	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:27:51	144.093	Report

1978	March 19	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:30:10	142.52	Report

1979	March 18	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier-Lundy	Oldsmobile	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:41:47	135.136	Report

1980	March 16	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund Racing	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:42:32	134.808	Report

1981	March 15	27	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing	Buick	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:44:10	133.619	Report

1982	March 21	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	287*	436.82 (702.993)	3:29:58	124.824	Report

1983	March 27	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	4:01:27	124.055	Report

1984	March 18	55	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:26:39	144.945	Report

1985	March 17	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:33:32	140.273	Report

1986	March 16	47	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:46:41	132.126	Report

1987	March 15	15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:44:02	133.689	Report

1988	March 20	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:37:42	137.588	Report

1989	March 19	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:34:26	139.684	Report

1990	March 18	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:10:58	156.849	Report

1991	March 17/18*	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:33:14	140.47	Report

1992	March 15	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:22:44	147.746	Report

1993	March 20*	21	Morgan Shepherd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:17:26	150.442	Report

1994	March 13	28	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:24:58	146.136	Report

1995	March 12	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:19:32	150.115	Report

1996	March 10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:05:42	161.298	Report

1997*	March 9	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	328	499.216 (803.41)	3:45:40	132.731	Report

1998	March 9*	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:35:16	139.501	Report

1999	March 14	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:29:35	143.284	Report

2000	March 12	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:47:55	131.759	Report

2001	March 11	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:29:36	143.273	Report

2002	March 10	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:22:18	148.443	Report

2003	March 9	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:25:37	146.048	Report

2004	March 14	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:09:15	158.679	Report

2005	March 20	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing	Ford	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:29:18	143.478	Report

2006	March 20*	9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:28:24	144.098	Report

2007	March 18	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:16:23	152.915	Report

2008	March 9	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	325	500.5 (805.476)	3:33:01	140.975	Report

2009	March 8	2	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	330*	508.2 (817.868)	3:59:01	127.573	Report

2010	March 7	2	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	341*	525.14 (845.13)	3:59:59	131.294	Report

Sentence(s)

In 1972, Bobby Allison posted the first win for Chevrolet.

final_sentence: In 1972, Bobby Allison posted the first win for Chevrolet.