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Entry List

The official 1981 Mountain Dew 500 NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Pocono Raceway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Mountain Dew 500

Sunday, July 26th, 1981

Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA

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  • 14 Buick
  • 10 Pontiac
  • 4 Chevrolet
  • 4 Ford
  • 1 Dodge
  • 2 Oldsmobile

  • Drivers Entered: 35
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 119.111
  • Cautions: 6 for 39 laps
  • Lead Changes: 27
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Results
Mountain Dew 500 at Pocono Raceway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM
1 42 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Jun 2, 1960 21 Buick STP Petty Enterprises
2 5 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Oct 21, 1941 39 Pontiac Performance Connection Cliff Stewart
3 88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Sep 12, 1956 24 Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
4 44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Nov 16, 1956 24 Buick Stratagraph Billy Hagan
5 99 Al Loquasto , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Schaefer Beer / Z95 D.K. Ulrich
6 15 Benny Parsons , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
7 60 Bob Riley , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac AIM Joe May
8 28 Bobby Allison , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Hardee's Harry Ranier
9 08 Bruce Jacobi , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Satterfield Air Conditioning Don Satterfield
10 67 Buddy Arrington , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
11 1 Buddy Baker , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts Hoss Ellington
12 27 Cale Yarborough , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Valvoline M.C. Anderson
13 24 Cecil Gordon , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Gordon Racing Cecil Gordon
14 2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Apr 29, 1951 30 Pontiac Wrangler Jim Stacy
15 11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Feb 5, 1947 34 Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
16 71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Mar 1, 1941 40 Buick Norton Company Dave Marcis
17 75 Gary Balough , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Chevrolet Ferrailuolo & Sons Excavating RahMoc Enterprises
18 33 Harry Gant , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
19 70 JD McDuffie , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
20 48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Aug 26, 1934 46 Pontiac Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
21 52 Jimmy Means , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
22 90 Jody Ridley , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
23 40 Joe Booher , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Booher Farms D.K. Ulrich
24 66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Jan 17, 1948 33 Oldsmobile Speed Racing Lake Speed
25 17 Lowell Cowell , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Chevrolet Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
26 37 Mike Alexander , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
27 21 Neil Bonnett , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Ford Purolator Wood Brothers Racing
28 3 Richard Childress , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Nichols Richard Childress Racing
29 43 Richard Petty , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick STP Petty Enterprises
30 20 Rick Newsom , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Chevrolet Rick Newsom Rick Newsom
31 47 Ron Bouchard , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
32 25 Ronnie Thomas , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Shelton Construction Ronnie Thomas
33 22 Stan Barrett , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
34 12 Tim Richmond , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Oldsmobile UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts Kennie Childers
35 64 Tommy Gale , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley