05/29/2021 – A great shot of two legends in two different models of Pontiacs, with Dale Earnhardt in Rod Osterlund’s #3 Wrangler Grand Prix and Bobby Allison in Harry Ranier’s #28 unsponsored (but with the Tuf-Lon paint scheme from earlier in the season) LeMans. After snookering the field at the Daytona 500 by showing up with a LeMans instead of a Grand Prix (or any other marque/model that had everybody flummoxed with the mandated new, downsized bodystyle), Allison proceeded to frustrate the field by being uncatchable upon which NASCAR made the LeMans uncompetitive by rule decree forcing Ranier and Allison to forego the LeMans on anything other than a short track.
Interestingly enough, the winner of this race turned out to be Morgan Shepherd in Cliff Stewart’s #5 Performance Connection Grand Prix, for the first Pontiac victory of the modern NASCAR era (and Pontiac’s only victory of the 1981 season).
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