1981 Mountain Dew 500

Race 19 of 31

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 4:11:52
Average speed of winner: 119.111 mph
Margin of victory: 4 car lengths
Lead changes: 27 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 39 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1, R. Petty 2-10, Barrett 11, Earnhardt 12, Parsons 13-17, Bonnett 18-22, R. Petty 23-24, Bonnett 25-26, R. Petty 27-46, Waltrip 47-55, Gant 56, Waltrip 57-79, Baker 80, Waltrip 81-106, Earnhardt 107-108, Allison 109, Parsons 110-127, Yarborough 128-129, Allison 130-131, Waltrip 132-134, Allison 135, Earnhardt 136, Waltrip 137-164, R. Petty 165-166, Baker 167, Waltrip 168-196, R. Petty 197-199, Waltrip 200

Race notes: Debut for Al Loquasto. Finale for Bruce Jacobi.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Brewer	150.148	200	8	120	running	23640	185
2	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	Buick	Petty	Hmiel		200	5	36	running	18915	175
3	3	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Moore	Moore		200	2	23	running	13515	170
4	6	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham	Carter		200	1	1	running	4990	165
5	10	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		200	1	2	running	4290	160
6	7	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Nelson		199	0	0	running	8665	150
7	12	Buddy Baker	1	UNO/Caesar's Pocono Resort	Buick	Ellington	Pittman		199	2	2	running	2690	151
8	9	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Buick	Petty			198	0	0	running	4750	142
9	22	Tim Richmond	12	UNO/Caesar's Pocono Resort	Oldsmobile	Childers			198	0	0	running	3090	138
10	14	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			198	0	0	running	5325	134
11	8	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler Jeans	Pontiac	Stacy	Richert		198	3	4	running	9190	135
12	15	Gary Balough	75	A. Ferraiuolo & Sons	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		196	0	0	running	4330	0
13	5	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan	Elder		196	0	0	running	7240	124
14	19	Stan Barrett	22	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham			196	1	1	running	1615	126
15	16	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King Ford-Honda	Ford	Donlavey			195	0	0	running	4745	118
16	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			195	0	0	running	3485	115
17	17	Mike Alexander	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Buick	Bob Rogers			195	0	0	running	1295	112
18	25	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			193	0	0	running	3220	109
19	27	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			192	0	0	running	3085	106
20	30	Joe Booher	40	Booher Farms	Buick	Ulrich			189	0	0	running	1220	0
21	31	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon Racing	Buick	Cecil Gordon			187	0	0	running	2910	100
22	26	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			185	0	0	accident	2775	97
23	21	Richard Childress	3	Nichols	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		185	0	0	running	2590	94
24	32	Al Loquasto	99	Schaeffer Beer/295	Buick	Ulrich			184	0	0	running	2345	0
25	13	Bobby Allison	28	Hardee's	Buick	Ranier	Wilson		179	3	4	running	6655	93
26	34	Rick Newsom	20	D.L. Newsom	Chevrolet	Newsom			175	0	0	running	1055	85
27	24	Lake Speed	66	Lake Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Speed			170	0	0	running	2260	82
28	33	Lowell Cowell	17	Kings Inn	Chevrolet	Hamby			149	0	0	running	2225	79
29	11	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart	Darrell Bryant		139	0	0	valve	5930	76
30	35	Bruce Jacobi	08	Gerald Satterfield Air Conditioning	Buick	Satterfield			117	0	0	ignition	955	0
31	20	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			94	0	0	engine	2130	70
32	29	Bob Riley	60	AIM	Pontiac	Bob Riley			84	0	0	transmission	905	67
33	18	Dave Marcis	71	Norton Company	Buick	Marcis			83	0	0	engine	1380	64
34	2	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		80	2	7	wheel bearing	1350	66
35	28	Ronnie Thomas	25	Carl Shelton Construction	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			62	0	0	cylinder head	1340	58

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	2864	19	2	4	12	14
2	Darrell Waltrip	2760	19	5	7	10	13
3	Harry Gant	2612	19	0	0	8	12
4	Ricky Rudd	2570	19	2	0	10	12
5	Dale Earnhardt	2527	19	0	0	7	11
6	Richard Petty	2519	19	0	2	10	12
7	Jody Ridley	2424	19	0	1	2	12
8	Terry Labonte	2403	19	2	0	3	9
9	Benny Parsons	2293	19	0	2	9	9
10	Buddy Arrington	2133	19	0	0	0	4
11	Kyle Petty	2126	19	0	0	1	7
12	Dave Marcis	2082	19	1	0	3	5
13	Morgan Shepherd	2062	17	1	1	3	8
14	Richard Childress	2059	19	0	0	1	1
15	J.D. McDuffie	2041	19	0	0	0	1
16	Jimmy Means	2001	19	0	0	0	1
17	Tommy Gale	1884	18	0	0	0	0
18	James Hylton	1826	18	0	0	0	0
19	Tim Richmond	1816	17	0	0	0	4
20	Cecil Gordon	1641	19	0	0	0	0
21	Lake Speed	1546	15	0	0	0	4
22	Ronnie Thomas	1492	16	0	0	0	0
23	Cale Yarborough	1404	11	2	2	5	8
24	Neil Bonnett	1385	13	1	0	3	4
25	Joe Millikan	1352	12	0	0	0	5