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Mountain Dew 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA
July 26, 1981
200 laps on 2.5 mile paved oval; 500 miles
Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
1
| 1
| Darrell Waltrip
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Buick
| 200
| 23,640
| running
| 120 |
2
| 4
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Buick
| 200
| 18,915
| running
| 36 |
3
| 3
| Benny Parsons
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 200
| 13,515
| running
| 23 |
4
| 6
| Harry Gant
| 33
| Hal Needham
| Pontiac
| 200
| 4,990
| running
| 1 |
5
| 10
| Cale Yarborough
| 27
| M.C. Anderson
| Buick
| 200
| 4,290
| running
| 2 |
6
| 7
| Ricky Rudd
| 88
| DiGard
| Chevrolet
| 199
| 8,665
| running
| 0 |
7
| 12
| Buddy Baker
| 1
| Hoss Ellington
| Buick
| 199
| 2,690
| running
| 2 |
8
| 9
| Kyle Petty
| 42
| Petty Enterprises
| Buick
| 198
| 4,750
| running
| 0 |
9
| 22
| Tim Richmond
| 12
| Kennie Childers
| Oldsmobile
| 198
| 3,090
| running
| 0 |
10
| 14
| Ron Bouchard
| 47
| Jack Beebe
| Buick
| 198
| 5,325
| running
| 0 |
11
| 8
| Dale Earnhardt
| 2
| Jim Stacy
| Pontiac
| 198
| 9,190
| running
| 4 |
12
| 15
| Gary Balough
| 75
| RahMoc Enterprises
| Chevrolet
| 196
| 4,330
| running
| 0 |
13
| 5
| Terry Labonte
| 44
| Billy Hagan
| Buick
| 196
| 7,240
| running
| 0 |
14
| 19
| Stan Barrett
| 22
| Hal Needham
| Pontiac
| 196
| 1,615
| running
| 1 |
15
| 16
| Jody Ridley
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 195
| 4,745
| running
| 0 |
16
| 23
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 195
| 3,485
| running
| 0 |
17
| 17
| Mike Alexander
| 37
| Bob Rogers
| Buick
| 195
| 1,295
| running
| 0 |
18
| 25
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Pontiac
| 193
| 3,220
| running
| 0 |
19
| 27
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Pontiac
| 192
| 3,085
| running
| 0 |
20
| 30
| Joe Booher
| 40
| D.K. Ulrich
| Buick
| 189
| 1,220
| running
| 0 |
21
| 31
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Buick
| 187
| 2,910
| running
| 0 |
22
| 26
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| Pontiac
| 185
| 2,775
| accident
| 0 |
23
| 21
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Pontiac
| 185
| 2,590
| running
| 0 |
24
| 32
| Al Loquasto
| 99
| D.K. Ulrich
| Buick
| 184
| 2,345
| running
| 0 |
25
| 13
| Bobby Allison
| 28
| Harry Ranier
| Buick
| 179
| 6,655
| running
| 4 |
26
| 34
| Rick Newsom
| 20
| Rick Newsom
| Chevrolet
| 175
| 1,055
| running
| 0 |
27
| 24
| Lake Speed
| 66
| Lake Speed
| Oldsmobile
| 170
| 2,260
| running
| 0 |
28
| 33
| Lowell Cowell
| 17
| Roger Hamby
| Chevrolet
| 149
| 2,225
| running
| 0 |
29
| 11
| Morgan Shepherd
| 5
| Cliff Stewart
| Pontiac
| 139
| 5,930
| valve
| 0 |
30
| 35
| Bruce Jacobi
| 08
| Don Satterfield
| Buick
| 117
| 955
| ignition
| 0 |
31
| 20
| Tom Gale
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 94
| 2,130
| engine
| 0 |
32
| 29
| Bob Riley
| 60
| Joe May
| Pontiac
| 84
| 905
| transmission
| 0 |
33
| 18
| Dave Marcis
| 71
| Dave Marcis
| Buick
| 83
| 1,380
| engine
| 0 |
34
| 2
| Neil Bonnett
| 21
| Wood Brothers
| Ford
| 80
| 1,350
| wheel
| 7 |
35
| 28
| Ronnie Thomas
| 25
| Ronnie Thomas
| Pontiac
| 62
| 1,340
| cylinder head
| 0 |
|
| Paul Page
|
| NBC
|
|
| 0
| lead announcer
| |
Time of race: 04:11:52
Average Speed: 119.111 MPH
Pole Speed: 59.941 seconds
6 cautions for 39 laps
Attendance: 70,000