| Official Race Results |
| Mt. Dew 500 |
Pocono Raceway |
| July 26, 1981 |
Race 19 of 31 |
| Average
Speed: 119.111 mph |
| Margin of
Victory: 1 car length |
Time of Race: 04:11:52 |
| Lead
Changes: 27 |
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| Cautions: 6
for 39 laps. |
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St |
Car |
Driver |
Make |
Sponsor |
Pts / Bonus |
Laps |
Status |
Winnings |
| 1 |
1 |
#11 |
Darrell Waltrip |
Buick |
Mountain Dew |
185/10 |
200 |
Running |
$23,640 |
| 2 |
4 |
#43 |
Richard Petty |
Buick |
STP |
175/5 |
200 |
Running |
$18,915 |
| 3 |
3 |
#15 |
Benny Parsons |
Ford |
Melling Tool Company |
170/5 |
200 |
Running |
$13,515 |
| 4 |
6 |
#33 |
Harry Gant |
Pontiac |
Skoal Bandit |
165/5 |
200 |
Running |
$4,990 |
| 5 |
10 |
#27 |
Cale Yarborough |
Buick |
Valvoline |
160/5 |
200 |
Running |
$4,290 |
| 6 |
7 |
#88 |
Ricky Rudd |
Chevrolet |
Gatorade |
150/0 |
199 |
Running |
$8,665 |
| 7 |
12 |
#1 |
Buddy Baker |
Buick |
Uno/Caesars Pocono
Resort |
151/5 |
199 |
Running |
$2,690 |
| 8 |
9 |
#42 |
Kyle Petty |
Buick |
STP |
142/0 |
198 |
Running |
$4,750 |
| 9 |
22 |
#12 |
Tim Richmond |
Oldsmobile |
Uno/Caesars Pocono
Resort |
138/0 |
198 |
Running |
$3,090 |
| 10 |
14 |
#47 |
Ron Bouchard * |
Buick |
Race Hill Farm |
134/0 |
198 |
Running |
$5,325 |
| 11 |
8 |
#2 |
Dale Earnhardt |
Pontiac |
Wrangler Jeans |
135/5 |
198 |
Running |
$9,190 |
| 12 |
15 |
#75 |
Gary Balough |
Chevrolet |
A. Ferraiuolo &
Sons |
PE |
196 |
Running |
$4,330 |
| 13 |
5 |
#44 |
Terry Labonte |
Buick |
Stratagraph |
124/0 |
196 |
Running |
$7,240 |
| 14 |
19 |
#22 |
Stan Barrett |
Pontiac |
Skoal Bandit |
126/5 |
196 |
Running |
$1,615 |
| 15 |
16 |
#90 |
Jody Ridley |
Ford |
Truxmore/Sunny King
Ford-Honda |
118/0 |
195 |
Running |
$4,745 |
| 16 |
23 |
#67 |
Buddy Arrington |
Dodge |
Hills Racing |
115/0 |
195 |
Running |
$3,485 |
| 17 |
17 |
#37 |
Mike Alexander |
Buick |
Roger's Auto Leasing |
112/0 |
195 |
Running |
$1,295 |
| 18 |
25 |
#70 |
J.D. McDuffie |
Pontiac |
Bailey Excavating |
109/0 |
193 |
Running |
$3,220 |
| 19 |
27 |
#52 |
Jimmy Means |
Pontiac |
Broadway Motors |
106/0 |
192 |
Running |
$3,085 |
| 20 |
30 |
#40 |
Joe Booher |
Buick |
Booher Farms |
PE |
189 |
Running |
$1,220 |
| 21 |
31 |
#24 |
Cecil Gordon |
Buick |
Gordon Racing |
100/0 |
187 |
Running |
$2,910 |
| 22 |
26 |
#48 |
James Hylton |
Pontiac |
Palatine Automotive |
97/0 |
185 |
Accident |
$2,775 |
| 23 |
21 |
#3 |
Richard
Childress |
Pontiac |
Nichols |
94/0 |
185 |
Running |
$2,590 |
| 24 |
32 |
#99 |
Al Loquasto |
Buick |
Schaeffer Beer/295 |
PE |
184 |
Running |
$2,345 |
| 25 |
13 |
#28 |
Bobby Allison |
Buick |
Hardee's |
93/5 |
179 |
Running |
$6,655 |
| 26 |
34 |
#20 |
Rick Newsom |
Chevrolet |
D.l. Newsom |
85/0 |
175 |
Running |
$1,055 |
| 27 |
24 |
#66 |
Lake Speed |
Oldsmobile |
Lake Speed Racing |
82/0 |
170 |
Running |
$2,260 |
| 28 |
33 |
#17 |
Lowell Cowell |
Chevrolet |
Kings Inn |
79/0 |
149 |
Running |
$2,225 |
| 29 |
11 |
#5 |
Morgan Shepherd |
Pontiac |
Performance
Connection |
76/0 |
139 |
Broken Valve |
$5,930 |
| 30 |
35 |
#08 |
Bruce Jacobi |
Buick |
Gerald Satterfield
Air Cond. |
PE |
117 |
Ignition |
$955 |
| 31 |
20 |
#64 |
Tommy Gale |
Ford |
Sunny King Ford &
Honda |
70/0 |
94 |
Engine Failure |
$2,130 |
| 32 |
29 |
#60 |
Bob Riley |
Pontiac |
Aim |
67/0 |
84 |
Transmission |
$905 |
| 33 |
18 |
#71 |
Dave Marcis |
Buick |
Norton Company |
64/0 |
83 |
Engine Failure |
$1,380 |
| 34 |
2 |
#21 |
Neil Bonnett |
Ford |
Purolator |
66/5 |
80 |
Broken Wheel Bearing |
$1,350 |
| 35 |
28 |
#25 |
Ronnie Thomas |
Pontiac |
Carl Shelton
Construction |
58/0 |
62 |
Cracked Cylinder Head |
$1,340 |
| * Denotes Rookie |
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