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Mountain Dew 500 1981
Mountain Dew 500 1981
Pocono Raceway
· 1981 · NASCAR Cup Series
Finishing order
Fin
Driver
Team
Make
Laps
Pts
1
Darrell Waltrip
Junior Johnson & Associates
Buick
200
185
2
Richard Petty
Petty Enterprises
Buick
200
175
3
Benny Parsons
Bud Moore Engineering
Ford
200
170
4
Harry Gant
Mach 1 Racing
Pontiac
200
165
5
Cale Yarborough
M.C. Anderson Racing
Buick
200
160
6
Ricky Rudd
DiGard Motorsports
Chevrolet
199
150
7
Buddy Baker
Ellington Racing
Buick
199
151
8
Kyle Petty
Petty Enterprises
Buick
198
142
9
Tim Richmond
Kennie Childers (Owner)
Oldsmobile
198
138
10
Ron Bouchard
Race Hill Farm Team
Buick
198
134
11
Dale Earnhardt
Jim Stacy Racing
Pontiac
198
135
12
Gary Balough
RahMoc Enterprises
Chevrolet
196
0
13
Terry Labonte
Hagan Enterprises
Buick
196
124
14
Stan Barrett
Mach 1 Racing
Pontiac
196
126
15
Jody Ridley
Donlavey Racing
Ford
195
118
16
Buddy Arrington
Arrington Racing
Dodge
195
115
17
Mike Alexander
Rogers Racing
Buick
195
112
18
J.D. McDuffie
McDuffie Racing
Pontiac
193
109
19
Jimmy Means
Jimmy Means Racing
Pontiac
192
106
20
Joe Booher
Ulrich Racing
Buick
189
0
21
Cecil Gordon
Gordon Racing
Buick
187
100
22
James Hylton
Hylton Engineering
Pontiac
185
97
23
Richard Childress
Richard Childress Racing
Pontiac
185
94
24
Al Loquasto
Ulrich Racing
Buick
184
0
25
Bobby Allison
Ranier Racing
Buick
179
93
26
Rick Newsom
Newsom Racing
Chevrolet
175
85
27
Lake Speed
Lake Speed Racing
Oldsmobile
170
82
28
Lowell Cowell
Hamby Racing
Chevrolet
149
79
29
Morgan Shepherd
Cliff Stewart Racing
Pontiac
139
76
30
Bruce Jacobi
Satterfield Racing
Buick
117
0
31
Tommy Gale
Langley-Woodfield Racing
Ford
94
70
32
Bob Riley
Joe May (Owner)
Pontiac
84
67
33
Dave Marcis
Marcis Auto Racing
Buick
83
64
34
Neil Bonnett
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
80
66
35
Ronnie Thomas
Ronnie Thomas Racing
Pontiac
62
58
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1981 NASCAR Cup season
Winner: Darrell Waltrip
Junior Johnson & Associates
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