1981 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings

1981 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Fastest Laps	Laps	DNFs
1	Rick Mears	304	10	1	6	8	4.00	2.30	8	2	12	181	6	20.23	94.76	0	1194	0
2	Bill Alsup	177	10	0	0	2	9.30	6.80	2	0	2	3	0	0.15	76.61	0	1146	1
3	Pancho Carter	168	11	0	1	1	10.45	9.27	1	1	2	91	1	3.31	66.67	0	1208	4
4	Gordon Johncock	142	11	1	0	3	6.36	8.64	2	0	3	34	0	1.98	69.23	0	1079	3
5	Johnny Rutherford	120	11	2	1	4	3.27	11.64	8	2	12	228	4	14.10	57.14	0	927	5
6	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	107	9	0	0	1	15.44	10.44	1	0	1	5	0	0.22	62.22	0	1035	1
7	Bobby Unser	99	11	3	0	3	4.82	10.09	5	1	9	181	0	14.04	63.37	0	1132	4
8	Tom Sneva	96	9	1	2	3	7.00	12.89	6	2	12	327	0	21.43	53.48	0	860	5
9	Bob Lazier	92	11	0	0	0	15.64	10.55	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.54	0	1261	2
10	Al Unser	90	11	0	0	2	5.91	9.64	6	0	8	86	0	5.57	65.20	0	981	5
11	Mario Andretti	81	7	1	0	4	3.43	5.86	5	2	7	87	0	13.92	78.75	0	702	2
12	Tom Bigelow	60	5	0	0	0	16.00	11.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.15	0	640	1
13	Scott Brayton	57	10	0	0	0	15.50	14.80	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.80	0	895	4
14	Larry Dickson	49	9	0	0	0	15.67	11.78	1	0	2	10	0	0.89	57.64	0	910	2
15	Gary Bettenhausen	42	2	0	0	0	15.00	12.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.67	0	374	1
16	Dick Simon	38	9	0	0	0	18.89	17.44	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.65	0	684	5
17	Herm Johnson	38	9	0	0	0	16.11	15.56	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.29	0	697	3
18	Mike Chandler	37	3	0	0	0	10.33	15.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.56	0	224	2
19	Mike Mosley	32	5	0	1	1	15.00	15.20	2	1	4	79	0	8.72	47.41	0	363	3
20	Steve Chassey	31	8	0	0	0	20.75	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.95	0	526	5
21	Josele Garza	30	11	0	0	0	13.18	15.91	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.93	0	844	6
22	Phil Caliva	27	3	0	0	0	24.33	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.63	0	330	1
23	Kevin Cogan	23	5	0	0	1	8.80	16.00	1	0	1	4	0	0.64	44.03	0	380	4
24	Dick Ferguson	20	5	0	0	0	16.40	14.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.82	0	375	2
25	Steve Krisiloff	18	3	0	0	0	6.33	13.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.29	0	409	1
26	Rocky Moran	16	1	0	0	0	7.00	6.00	1	0	1	21	0	35.00	78.26	0	55	1
27	Geoff Brabham	14	3	1	0	0	4.33	12.33	1	0	1	17	0	5.96	54.05	0	231	1
28	Billy Engelhart	13	3	0	0	0	18.67	17.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.35	0	353	1
29	Jerry Karl	13	9	0	0	0	17.33	19.11	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.56	0	466	8
30	Larry Cannon	10	5	0	0	0	14.80	15.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.60	0	439	3
31	Roger Rager	10	4	0	0	0	24.75	16.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.54	0	404	3
32	Bill Tempero	7	9	0	0	0	21.78	19.56	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.78	0	524	4
33	Bill Vukovich, Jr.	6	3	0	0	0	24.00	18.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.08	0	250	2
34	Phil Krueger	6	4	0	0	0	21.75	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.14	0	339	1
35	Gordon Smiley	5	3	0	0	0	20.33	17.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.51	0	176	2
36	Vern Schuppan	4	4	0	0	0	20.50	19.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.82	0	295	3
37	Jim McElreath	4	3	0	0	0	17.67	14.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.44	0	154	1
38	Ross Davis	4	3	0	0	0	22.33	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.78	0	140	2
39	Jim Buick	4	4	0	0	0	19.75	17.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.72	0	271	2
40	Hurley Haywood	3	3	0	0	0	15.00	18.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.58	0	104	1
41	Spike Gehlhausen	2	2	0	0	0	16.50	13.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.86	0	158	0
42	John Mahler	2	3	0	0	0	23.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.21	0	140	3
43	Bob Frey	2	2	0	0	0	21.50	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.13	0	270	0
44	Dennis Firestone	1	1	0	0	0	15.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.73	0	37	1
45	Jerry Sneva	1	1	0	0	0	24.00	12.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.17	0	143	0
46	Phil Threshie	1	1	0	0	0	21.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.00	0	133	0
47	Chip Mead	1	2	0	0	0	18.50	21.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.51	0	212	1
48	Johnny Parsons	1	1	0	0	0	19.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.09	0	116	1
49	Harry MacDonald	0	1	0	0	0	36.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.44	0	120	1
50	Tom Frantz	0	1	0	0	0	22.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1
51	Teddy Pilette	0	1	0	0	0	12.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.70	0	14	1
52	Ken Hamilton	0	1	0	0	0	26.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.52	0	14	1
53	Greg Leffler	0	1	0	0	0	14.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.35	0	25	1
54	Michel Jourdain	0	1	0	0	0	27.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.54	0	18	1
55	Cliff Hucul	0	3	0	0	0	28.00	24.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.60	0	108	3
56	A.J. Foyt	0	1	0	0	0	6.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.56	0	80	1
57	Salt Walther	0	1	0	0	0	28.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	13.89	0	53	1
58	Bill Whittington	0	1	0	0	0	8.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	4	1