| 1981 Mountain Dew 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 19 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $244,100 | Race Date: | Jul 26, 1981 | Pocono Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 20 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 4h 11m 52s | Long Pond, Pennsylvania | |
| Lead Changes: | 27 | Average Speed: | 119.111 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 35 | No. of Cautions: | 6 For 39 Laps | poconoraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip | Driver: | Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip | Buick: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #11 Buick | Car No.: | #11 Buick | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Tim Brewer | Crew Chief: | Tim Brewer | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 120 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 150.148 MPH | |||||
| Official 1981 Mountain Dew 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew | Running |  | 185 | 200 | 120 |
| 2 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 175 | 200 | 36 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Company | Running |  | 170 | 200 | 23 |
| 4 | 6 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Running |  | 165 | 200 | 1 |
| 5 | 10 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline | Running | | 160 | 200 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade | Running |  | 150 | 199 | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | 1 | Buddy Baker | Uno / Caesars Pocono Resort | Running | | 151 | 199 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP | Running | | 142 | 198 | 0 |
| 9 | 22 | 12 | Tim Richmond (R) | Uno / Caesars Pocono Resort | Running |  | 138 | 198 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | 47 | Ron Bouchard (R) | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 134 | 198 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Running | | 135 | 198 | 4 |
| 12 | 15 | 75 | Gary Balough (R) | A. Ferraiuolo & Sons | Running | | 127 | 196 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Incorporated | Running | | 124 | 196 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | 22 | Stan Barrett (R) | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 126 | 196 | 1 |
| 15 | 16 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore Industries / Sunny Ki | Running | | 118 | 195 | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing | Running |  | 115 | 195 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | 37 | Mike Alexander (R) | Roger's Auto Leasing | Running | | 112 | 195 | 0 |
| 18 | 25 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Running | | 109 | 193 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors | Running | | 106 | 192 | 0 |
| 20 | 30 | 40 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms | Running | | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 21 | 31 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Running | | 100 | 187 | 0 |
| 22 | 26 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Accident | | 97 | 185 | 0 |
| 23 | 21 | 3 | Richard Childress | Nichols | Running | | 94 | 185 | 0 |
| 24 | 32 | 99 | Al Loquasto | Schaeffer Beer | Running | | 0 | 184 | 0 |
| 25 | 13 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's | Running | | 93 | 179 | 4 |
| 26 | 34 | 20 | Rick Newsom | D.l. Newsom | Running | | 85 | 175 | 0 |
| 27 | 24 | 66 | Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Running | | 82 | 170 | 0 |
| 28 | 33 | 17 | Lowell Cowell | Kings Inn Daytona | Running | | 79 | 149 | 0 |
| 29 | 11 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd (R) | Performance Connection | Valves | | 76 | 139 | 0 |
| 30 | 35 | 8 | Bruce Jacobi | Gerald Satterfield Air Cond. | Ignition | | 0 | 117 | 0 |
| 31 | 20 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Engine | | 70 | 94 | 0 |
| 32 | 29 | 60 | Bob Riley | Atlantic Interstate Messengers | Rocker Arm | | 67 | 84 | 0 |
| 33 | 18 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Norton Company | Engine | | 64 | 83 | 0 |
| 34 | 2 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator | Wheel Bearing | | 66 | 80 | 7 |
| 35 | 28 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Carl Shelton Construction | Cylinder Head | | 58 | 62 | 0 |
