Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Mountain Dew 500

Pocono Raceway

July 26th, 1981

Race #19 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 35
  • Makes
    • Buick (14)
    • Chevrolet (4)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (4)
    • Oldsmobile (2)
    • Pontiac (10)
  • Last Pocono Raceway race (Coca-Cola 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
08 Bruce Jacobi Buick Satterfield Air Conditioning Don Satterfield
1 Buddy Baker Buick UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts Hoss Ellington
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
12 Tim Richmond Oldsmobile UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts Kennie Childers
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
17 Lowell Cowell Chevrolet Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Pontiac Wrangler Jim Stacy
20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet Rick Newsom Rick Newsom
21 Neil Bonnett Ford Purolator Wood Brothers
22 Stan Barrett Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
24 Cecil Gordon Buick Gordon Racing Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Shelton Construction Ronnie Thomas
27 Cale Yarborough Buick Valvoline M.C. Anderson
28 Bobby Allison Buick Hardee's Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Pontiac Nichols Richard Childress
33 Harry Gant Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
37 Mike Alexander Buick Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
40 Joe Booher Buick Booher Farms D.K. Ulrich
42 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Buick STP Petty Enterprises
43 Richard Petty Buick STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Buick Stratagraph Billy Hagan
47 Ron Bouchard Buick Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Pontiac Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
5 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Pontiac Performance Connection Cliff Stewart
52 Jimmy Means Pontiac Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
60 Bob Riley Pontiac AIM Joe May
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Oldsmobile Speed Racing Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Buick Norton Company Dave Marcis
75 Gary Balough Chevrolet Ferrailuolo & Sons Excavating RahMoc Enterprises
88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
99 Al Loquasto Buick Schaefer Beer / Z95 D.K. Ulrich