02/22/1981 – Richmond 400 – Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA – Driving Cliff Stewart’s Performance Connection Grand Prix, Morgan Shepherd wins Pontiac’s first short track pole of the modern era; following Bobby Allison’s pole win at Daytona (in a LeMans, not a Grand Prix) this gives Pontiac the pole position for 2 of the first 3 races of the season.
Morgan started strong and led the first 150 laps, eventually finishing a solid 4th (one lap down) to winner Darrell Waltrip in Junior Johnson’s Mountain Dew Buick Regal.
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