1981 Mountain Dew 500

Pocono Raceway · 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Darrell Waltrip	1	35	27	5	10	120	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	200	120	running	185
2	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	200	36	running	175
3	3	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	200	23	running	170
4	6	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Pontiac	200	1	running	165
5	10	27	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing	Buick	200	2	running	160
6	7	88	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	199		running	150
7	12	1	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing	Buick	199	2	running	151
8	9	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	198		running	142
9	22	12	Tim Richmond	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Oldsmobile	198		running	138
10	14	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team	Buick	198		running	134
11	8	2	Dale Earnhardt	Jim Stacy Racing	Pontiac	198	4	running	135
12	15	75	Gary Balough	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	196		running	0
13	5	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	196		running	124
14	19	22	Stan Barrett	Mach 1 Racing	Pontiac	196	1	running	126
15	16	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	195		running	118
16	23	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	195		running	115
17	17	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing	Buick	195		running	112
18	25	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	193		running	109
19	27	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	192		running	106
20	30	40	Joe Booher	Ulrich Racing	Buick	189		running	0
21	31	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Buick	187		running	100
22	26	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Pontiac	185		accident	97
23	21	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Pontiac	185		running	94
24	32	99	Al Loquasto	Ulrich Racing	Buick	184		running	0
25	13	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing	Buick	179	4	running	93
26	34	20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	Chevrolet	175		running	85
27	24	66	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	170		running	82
28	33	17	Lowell Cowell	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	149		running	79
29	11	5	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	139		broken valve	76
30	35	8	Bruce Jacobi	Satterfield Racing	Buick	117		ignition	0
31	20	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	94		engine	70
32	29	60	Bob Riley	Joe May (Owner)	Pontiac	84		transmission	67
33	18	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Buick	83		engine	64
34	2	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	80	7	wheel bearing	66
35	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	62		cylinder	58

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Darrell Waltrip	120	60.0%	P1
2	Richard Petty	36	18.0%	P2
3	Benny Parsons	23	11.5%	P3
4	Neil Bonnett	7	3.5%	P34
5	Dale Earnhardt	4	2.0%	P11
6	Bobby Allison	4	2.0%	P25
7	Cale Yarborough	2	1.0%	P5
8	Buddy Baker	2	1.0%	P7
9	Harry Gant	1	0.5%	P4
10	Stan Barrett	1	0.5%	P14

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1981 Mountain Dew 500

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