Mountain Dew 500

Pocono Raceway — January 1, 1981

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1981 Mountain Dew 500 at Pocono Raceway on January 1, 1981, leading 120 of 200 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1981

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	120	185
2	4	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		200	—	Running	36	175
3	3	—	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	23	170
4	6	+2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		200	—	Running	1	165
5	10	+5	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		200	—	Running	2	160
6	7	+1	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		199	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing		199	—	Running	2	151
8	9	+1	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		198	—	Running	—	142
9	22	+13	Tim Richmond	Kennie Childers (Owner)		198	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		198	—	Running	—	134
11	8	-3	Dale Earnhardt	Jim Stacy Racing		198	—	Running	4	135
12	15	+3	Gary Balough	RahMoc Enterprises		196	—	Running	—	0
13	5	-8	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		196	—	Running	—	124
14	19	+5	Stan Barrett	Mach 1 Racing		196	—	Running	1	126
15	16	+1	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		195	—	Running	—	118
16	23	+7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	195	—	Running	—	115
17	17	—	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing		195	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		193	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		192	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Joe Booher	Ulrich Racing		189	—	Running	—	0
21	31	+10	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		187	—	Running	—	100
22	26	+4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		185	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	21	-2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		185	—	Running	—	94
24	32	+8	Al Loquasto	Ulrich Racing		184	—	Running	—	0
25	13	-12	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		179	—	Running	4	93
26	34	+8	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		175	—	Running	—	85
27	24	-3	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		170	—	Running	—	82
28	33	+5	Lowell Cowell	Hamby Racing		149	—	Running	—	79
29	11	-18	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing		139	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	35	+5	Bruce Jacobi	Satterfield Racing		117	—	DNF	—	0
31	20	-11	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		94	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	29	-3	Bob Riley	Joe May (Owner)		84	—	DNF	—	67
33	18	-15	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		83	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	2	-32	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		80	—	DNF	7	66
35	28	-7	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		62	—	DNF	—	58