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Mountain Dew 500 Race Results
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Pocono Raceway
July 26, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2.5-Mile paved track 200 Laps/500 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew Buick | 200 | 185 | 23,640 | Running | |
| 2 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Buick | 200 | 175 | 18,915 | Running | |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Ford | 200 | 170 | 13,515 | Running | |
| 4 | 6 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 200 | 165 | 4,990 | Running | |
| 5 | 10 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline Buick | 200 | 160 | 4,290 | Running | |
| 6 | 7 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade Chevrolet | 199 | 150 | 8,665 | Running | |
| 7 | 12 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts Buick | 199 | 151 | 2,690 | Running | |
| 8 | 9 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Buick | 198 | 142 | 4,750 | Running | |
| 9 | 22 | 12 | Tim Richmond | UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts Oldsmobile | 198 | 138 | 3,090 | Running | |
| 10 | 14 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Buick | 198 | 134 | 5,325 | Running | |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Pontiac | 198 | 135 | 9,190 | Running | |
| 12 | 15 | 75 | Gary Balough | Ferrailuolo & Sons Excavating Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | 4,330 | Running | |
| 13 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Buick | 196 | 124 | 7,240 | Running | |
| 14 | 19 | 22 | Stan Barrett | Skoal Bandit Pontiac | 196 | 126 | 1,615 | Running | |
| 15 | 16 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 195 | 118 | 4,745 | Running | |
| 16 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 195 | 115 | 3,485 | Running | |
| 17 | 17 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing Buick | 195 | 112 | 1,295 | Running | |
| 19 | 27 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 192 | 106 | 3,085 | Running | |
| 20 | 30 | 40 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms Buick | 189 | 0 | 1,220 | Running | |
| 21 | 31 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing Buick | 187 | 100 | 2,910 | Running | |
| 22 | 26 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts Pontiac | 185 | 97 | 2,775 | Accident | |
| 23 | 21 | 3 | Richard Childress | Nichols Pontiac | 185 | 94 | 2,590 | Running | |
| 24 | 32 | 99 | Al Loquasto | Schaefer Beer / Z95 Buick | 184 | 0 | 2,345 | Running | |
| 25 | 13 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's Buick | 179 | 93 | 6,655 | Running | |
| 26 | 34 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Chevrolet | 175 | 85 | 1,055 | Running | |
| 27 | 24 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing Oldsmobile | 170 | 82 | 2,260 | Running | |
| 28 | 33 | 17 | Lowell Cowell | Kings Inn Daytona Chevrolet | 149 | 79 | 2,225 | Running | |
| 29 | 11 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection Pontiac | 139 | 76 | 5,930 | Valve | |
| 30 | 35 | 08 | Bruce Jacobi | Satterfield Air Conditioning Buick | 117 | 0 | 955 | Ignition | |
| 31 | 20 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 94 | 70 | 2,130 | Engine | |
| 32 | 29 | 60 | Bob Riley | AIM Pontiac | 84 | 67 | 905 | Transmission | |
| 33 | 18 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Norton Company Buick | 83 | 64 | 1,380 | Engine | |
| 34 | 2 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Ford | 80 | 66 | 1,350 | Wheel Bearing | |
| 35 | 28 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Shelton Construction Pontiac | 62 | 58 | 1,340 | Cylinder Head |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 11 Minutes 52 Seconds
Average Speed .:119.111
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds
