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1981 Mountain Dew 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 19 of 31 Sunday, July 26, 1981 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:11:52 Average speed: 119.111 mph Pole speed: 150.148 mph Cautions: 6 for 39 laps Margin of victory: 4 cl Attendance: 70000 Lead changes: 27 Glossary    1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1981 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 200 23640 running 120 185 2 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 200 18915 running 36 175 3 3 15   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (Bud Moore) Ford 200 13515 running 23 170 4 6 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 200 4990 running 1 165 5 10 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 200 4290 running 2 160 6 7 88   Ricky Rudd Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 199 8665 running 0 150 7 12 1   Buddy Baker UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts   (Hoss Ellington) Buick 199 2690 running 2 151 8 9 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Buick 198 4750 running 0 142 9 22 12   Tim Richmond UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 198 3090 running 0 138 10 14 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 198 5325 running 0 134 11 8 2   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler   (Jim Stacy) Pontiac 198 9190 running 4 135 12 15 75   Gary Balough Ferrailuolo & Sons Excavating   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 196 4330 running 0 127 13 5 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 196 7240 running 0 124 14 19 22   Stan Barrett Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Pontiac 196 1615 running 1 126 15 16 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 195 4745 running 0 118 16 23 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 195 3485 running 0 115 17 17 37   Mike Alexander Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Buick 195 1295 running 0 112 18 25 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 193 3220 running 0 109 19 27 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 192 3085 running 0 106 20 30 40   Joe Booher Booher Farms   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 189 1220 running 0 103 21 31 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 187 2910 running 0 100 22 26 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 185 2775 crash 0 97 23 21 3   Richard Childress Nichols   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 185 2590 running 0 94 24 32 99   Al Loquasto Schaefer Beer / Z95   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 184 2345 running 0 91 25 13 28   Bobby Allison Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Buick 179 6655 running 4 93 26 34 20   Rick Newsom Camelot Lodge   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 175 1055 running 0 85 27 24 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 170 2260 running 0 82 28 33 17   Lowell Cowell Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 149 2225 running 0 79 29 11 5   Morgan Shepherd Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 139 5930 valve 0 76 30 35 08   Bruce Jacobi Satterfield Air Conditioning   (Don Satterfield) Buick 117 955 ignition 0 73 31 20 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 94 2130 engine 0 70 32 29 60   Bob Riley AIM   (Joe May) Pontiac 84 905 transmission 0 67 33 18 71   Dave Marcis Norton Company   (Dave Marcis) Buick 83 1380 engine 0 64 34 2 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Ford 80 1350 wheel 7 66 35 28 25   Ronnie Thomas Shelton Construction   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 62 1340 cylinder head 0 58

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 9 9     10 12 3   #42 spun turn 1   13 17 5     18 21 4   #44 spun turn 3   22 78 57     79 81 3   #12 spun turn 3   82 83 2     84 87 4   #71 engine   88 107 20     108 129 22   animal on track Long Pond straight   130 196 67     197 199 3   #48 accident turn 2   200 200 1       Percent of race run under caution: 19.5%             Average green flag run: 23.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 1 1   Richard Petty 2 10 9   Stan Barrett 11 11 1   Dale Earnhardt 12 12 1   Benny Parsons 13 17 5   Neil Bonnett 18 22 5   Richard Petty 23 24 2   Neil Bonnett 25 26 2   Richard Petty 27 46 20   Darrell Waltrip 47 55 9   Harry Gant 56 56 1   Darrell Waltrip 57 79 23   Buddy Baker 80 80 1   Darrell Waltrip 81 106 26   Dale Earnhardt 107 108 2   Bobby Allison 109 109 1   Benny Parsons 110 127 18   Cale Yarborough 128 129 2   Bobby Allison 130 131 2   Darrell Waltrip 132 134 3   Bobby Allison 135 135 1   Dale Earnhardt 136 136 1   Darrell Waltrip 137 164 28   Richard Petty 165 166 2   Buddy Baker 167 167 1   Darrell Waltrip 168 196 29   Richard Petty 197 199 3   Darrell Waltrip 200 200 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 2864     2   Darrell Waltrip 2760   -104   3   Harry Gant 2617   -247   4   Ricky Rudd 2570   -294   5   Dale Earnhardt 2527   -337   6   Richard Petty 2519   -345   7   Jody Ridley 2424   -440   8   Terry Labonte 2403   -461   9   Benny Parsons 2293   -571   10   Buddy Arrington 2133   -731   11   Kyle Petty 2126   -738   12   Dave Marcis 2082   -782   13   Richard Childress 2059   -805   14   Morgan Shepherd 2057   -807   15   J.D. McDuffie 2041   -823   16   Jimmy Means 2001   -863   17   Tim Richmond 1943   -921   18   Tommy Gale 1884   -980   19   James Hylton 1826   -1038   20   Cecil Gordon 1641   -1223   21   Cale Yarborough 1584   -1280