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1981 Mountain Dew 500

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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 (500.0 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: 70,000
Lead changes: 27

Glossary 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1981 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
17	17	37	Mike Alexander	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	Buick	195	1,295	running	0	112
25	13	28	Bobby Allison	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Buick	179	6,655	running	4	93
16	23	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	195	3,485	running	0	115
7	12	1	Buddy Baker	UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts (Hoss Ellington)	Buick	199	2,690	running	2	151
12	15	75	Gary Balough	Ferrailuolo & Sons Excavating (RahMoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	196	4,330	running	0	127
14	19	22	Stan Barrett	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Pontiac	196	1,615	running	1	126
34	2	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Ford	80	1,350	wheel	7	66
20	30	40	Joe Booher	Booher Farms (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	189	1,220	running	0	103
10	14	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	198	5,325	running	0	134
23	21	3	Richard Childress	Nichols (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	185	2,590	running	0	94
28	33	17	Lowell Cowell	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	149	2,225	running	0	79
11	8	2	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler (Jim Stacy)	Pontiac	198	9,190	running	4	135
31	20	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	94	2,130	engine	0	70
4	6	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Pontiac	200	4,990	running	1	165
21	31	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	Buick	187	2,910	running	0	100
22	26	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Pontiac	185	2,775	crash	0	97
30	35	08	Bruce Jacobi	Satterfield Air Conditioning (Don Satterfield)	Buick	117	955	ignition	0	73
13	5	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	196	7,240	running	0	124
24	32	99	Al Loquasto	Schaefer Beer / Z95 (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	184	2,345	running	0	91
33	18	71	Dave Marcis	Norton Company (Dave Marcis)	Buick	83	1,380	engine	0	64
18	25	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	193	3,220	running	0	109
19	27	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	192	3,085	running	0	106
26	34	20	Rick Newsom	Rick Newsom	Chevrolet	175	1,055	running	0	85
3	3	15	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (Bud Moore)	Ford	200	13,515	running	23	170
8	9	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	198	4,750	running	0	142
2	4	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Buick	200	18,915	running	36	175
9	22	12	Tim Richmond	UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts (Kennie Childers)	Oldsmobile	198	3,090	running	0	138
15	16	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	195	4,745	running	0	118
32	29	60	Bob Riley	AIM (Joe May)	Pontiac	84	905	transmission	0	67
6	7	88	Ricky Rudd	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	199	8,665	running	0	150
29	11	5	Morgan Shepherd	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	139	5,930	valve	0	76
27	24	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	170	2,260	running	0	82
35	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	Shelton Construction (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	62	1,340	cylinder head	0	58
1	1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	200	23,640	running	120	185
5	10	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline (M.C. Anderson)	Buick	200	4,290	running	2	160

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
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

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