1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series standings

1981 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Laps	DNFs
1	Darrell Waltrip	4880	31	11	12	21	25	539050	5.32	7.16	27	11	103	2517	7	22.20	82.17	9575	4
2	Bobby Allison	4827	31	2	5	21	26	534665	7.90	6.84	23	6	121	1182	22	14.07	83.10	10098	3
3	Harry Gant	4213	31	3	0	13	18	233815	6.77	11.94	20	3	70	1169	0	9.39	68.35	9082	9
4	Terry Labonte	4052	31	2	0	8	17	276970	8.52	12.71	14	0	28	114	0	2.08	66.11	9074	8
5	Jody Ridley	4002	31	0	1	3	18	220215	18.19	12.52	6	0	6	28	0	0.21	66.67	8971	8
6	Ricky Rudd	3991	31	3	0	14	17	352980	7.65	13.74	12	1	19	443	0	3.70	63.12	8942	9
7	Dale Earnhardt	3978	31	0	0	9	17	324290	7.97	13.52	12	1	41	300	0	3.82	63.77	8134	10
8	Richard Petty	3882	31	0	3	12	16	369505	10.61	15.35	21	1	61	546	2	6.23	58.45	7276	14
9	Dave Marcis	3510	31	1	0	4	9	143325	16.61	17.90	15	0	25	178	0	1.57	51.07	8004	15
10	Benny Parsons	3452	31	0	3	10	12	273705	10.06	19.00	10	0	39	537	0	5.30	47.90	6709	17
11	Buddy Arrington	3384	31	0	0	0	7	118340	24.65	18.10	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.51	8344	7
12	Kyle Petty	3335	31	0	0	1	10	100745	16.87	19.10	3	0	3	20	0	0.24	47.62	7402	18
13	Morgan Shepherd	3264	29	1	1	3	10	155785	14.07	17.90	6	0	9	518	0	3.83	50.75	7431	13
14	Jimmy Means	3145	30	0	0	0	2	91440	28.73	19.43	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.41	8647	6
15	Tommy Gale	3143	30	0	0	0	0	96630	28.03	19.47	1	0	1	2	0	0.03	46.53	9015	5
16	Tim Richmond	3094	29	0	0	0	6	84675	18.72	17.62	2	0	4	24	0	0.20	51.75	8266	12
17	J.D. McDuffie	3000	28	0	0	0	1	95540	28.11	18.75	2	0	3	8	0	0.19	48.76	7110	8
18	Lake Speed	2820	27	0	0	0	6	84210	23.07	19.89	2	0	3	14	0	0.27	45.16	6757	12
19	James Hylton	2756	28	0	0	0	0	80975	27.64	21.64	2	0	3	12	0	0.22	40.53	7051	11
20	Joe Millikan	2682	23	0	0	3	10	140470	15.43	16.35	4	0	6	15	0	0.22	55.99	6735	6
21	Ron Bouchard	2597	22	1	1	5	12	139605	14.45	14.59	2	0	6	12	0	0.20	61.02	6155	8
22	Neil Bonnett	2449	22	1	3	7	8	180920	7.09	20.13	16	5	96	1549	0	19.06	47.70	4917	14
23	Cecil Gordon	2320	25	0	0	0	0	55230	29.08	22.92	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.59	5975	8
24	Cale Yarborough	2201	18	2	2	6	10	150090	9.22	13.11	13	2	63	769	0	12.36	67.37	4922	7
25	Richard Childress	2144	21	0	0	1	1	70375	18.19	19.95	3	0	5	16	0	0.56	45.55	5218	8
26	Ronnie Thomas	2138	23	0	0	0	0	52855	26.48	23.35	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.02	5756	9
27	Buddy Baker	1904	16	0	0	6	9	114345	11.38	15.44	9	1	31	110	0	3.48	61.69	3562	6
28	Joe Ruttman	1853	17	0	0	2	7	110125	12.41	16.35	7	0	15	106	0	2.88	57.56	4194	9
29	Mike Alexander	1784	19	0	0	0	3	33305	17.11	21.05	1	0	1	4	0	0.13	41.74	4340	10
30	Bill Elliott	1442	13	1	0	1	7	68570	14.85	18.54	3	0	6	33	0	0.67	54.76	2777	5
31	Bobby Wawak	1212	14	0	0	0	1	21790	31.93	25.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.67	2734	7
32	D.K. Ulrich	1193	15	0	0	1	1	36640	23.00	20.73	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.04	4504	7
33	Johnny Rutherford	1143	12	0	0	1	2	38095	23.08	21.17	1	0	1	5	0	0.21	46.22	2432	6
34	Lennie Pond	1100	12	0	0	0	0	29045	19.27	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.80	2695	6
35	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	1020	11	0	0	0	3	27350	24.73	20.73	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.81	2169	6
36	Stan Barrett	842	10	0	0	0	1	28540	22.40	21.00	2	0	2	4	0	0.24	47.92	1559	4
37	Rick Newsom	768	9	0	0	0	0	8625	32.78	25.89	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.33	1676	7
38	Dick May	754	9	0	0	0	1	26380	32.00	22.22	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.31	1843	5
39	Connie Saylor	664	7	0	0	0	0	18780	28.57	22.71	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.71	1267	3
40	Gary Balough	659	10	0	0	0	1	34430	17.40	21.60	1	0	1	1	0	0.05	43.87	2267	5
41	Rick Wilson	639	8	0	0	0	0	15625	17.50	28.13	2	0	2	7	0	0.44	30.67	989	6
42	Mark Martin	615	5	2	0	1	2	13950	3.60	15.00	2	0	2	76	0	3.31	51.72	1478	2
43	Bruce Hill	596	8	0	0	0	0	15485	29.75	29.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.21	880	6
44	Donnie Allison	527	6	0	0	1	1	27745	23.83	21.50	1	0	2	2	0	0.17	46.29	1306	3
45	Geoff Bodine	420	5	0	0	0	1	15000	14.00	22.40	2	0	2	14	0	0.78	41.85	945	3
46	Joe Fields	418	6	0	0	0	0	7750	25.67	21.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.22	1681	3
47	Jack Ingram	367	5	0	0	0	1	9965	25.20	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.22	822	4
48	Randy Ogden	367	4	0	0	0	0	3905	25.75	23.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.06	577	2
49	Jim Robinson	351	3	0	0	0	2	9505	19.33	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.33	264	1
50	Don Waterman	351	3	0	0	0	1	8570	29.00	16.00	1	0	1	1	0	0.35	58.33	301	1
51	Rusty Wallace	323	4	0	0	0	1	12895	22.50	21.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.07	838	3
52	Tommy Houston	315	7	0	0	0	0	20760	27.57	17.29	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.78	2219	1
53	Bill Schmitt	314	3	0	0	0	0	6610	15.00	20.00	1	0	1	1	0	0.28	47.22	257	2
54	Don Whittington	300	3	0	0	0	0	13685	12.33	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	47.83	346	1
55	Dick Brooks	297	5	0	0	0	0	14845	22.00	20.20	1	0	1	1	0	0.10	50.00	1397	2
56	H.B. Bailey	288	4	0	0	0	0	7125	31.00	26.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.53	605	2
57	Lowell Cowell	288	4	0	0	0	0	8055	27.25	23.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.79	812	1
58	Roy Smith	285	3	0	0	0	1	8695	15.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.89	178	2
59	Don Puskarich	279	3	0	0	0	0	4770	27.33	23.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.96	211	2
60	Glenn Jarrett	276	3	0	0	0	0	12650	26.00	23.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.85	679	2
61	A.J. Foyt	271	3	0	0	0	1	9210	12.67	24.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.28	530	2
62	Butch Lindley	266	3	0	0	0	0	2375	10.33	25.33	2	0	2	28	0	1.87	18.89	559	3
63	Tommy Ellis	227	4	0	0	1	1	13475	12.50	23.25	2	0	2	2	0	0.14	35.97	651	3
64	Don Sprouse	221	2	0	0	0	0	6865	25.00	17.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.86	570	0
65	Slick Johnson	216	4	0	0	0	0	4150	20.25	31.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	19.21	611	4
66	Hershel McGriff	206	3	0	0	0	0	2170	17.00	32.00	1	0	1	1	0	0.35	13.89	80	3
67	Chuck Bown	197	3	0	0	0	0	4725	31.67	27.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.90	631	3
68	Junior Miller	188	2	0	0	0	0	3130	30.50	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.67	276	2
69	David Pearson	154	6	1	0	0	2	17150	8.83	22.00	3	0	3	48	0	1.82	43.50	1309	4
70	Bob Schacht	140	2	0	0	0	0	1290	29.50	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.76	241	2
71	Bob Riley	131	3	0	0	0	0	1975	27.67	31.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.12	139	3
72	John Borneman	127	1	0	0	0	0	3140	27.00	12.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	68.57	116	0
73	Gary Kershaw	127	1	0	0	0	0	1800	33.00	12.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	71.79	117	0
74	Jim Bown	122	2	0	0	0	0	1415	24.50	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.59	48	2
75	Rick O'Dell	115	1	0	0	0	0	2145	27.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	55.88	86	0
76	Ronnie Sanders	109	1	0	0	0	0	7635	17.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.54	191	0
77	Delma Cowart	109	1	0	0	0	0	1940	40.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	56.41	315	0
78	Steve Spencer	103	3	0	0	0	0	5805	33.00	22.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.48	1038	1
79	Henry Jones	103	1	0	0	0	0	765	30.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.00	363	0
80	Bob Bondurant	100	2	0	0	0	0	2430	21.00	19.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.00	207	1
81	Bill Dennis	100	1	0	0	0	0	3200	28.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.22	327	0
82	Joe Booher	97	4	0	0	0	0	4995	33.50	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.77	581	1
83	Gene Thonesen	97	1	0	0	0	0	2125	40.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.15	110	0
84	Mark Stahl	94	1	0	0	0	0	1080	39.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.59	109	0
85	Bill Elswick	91	3	0	0	0	0	20100	24.33	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	47.83	662	0
86	Steve Pfeifer	91	2	0	0	0	0	4063	35.00	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	63.41	175	1
87	John Gunn	88	1	0	0	0	0	2225	30.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.43	67	1
88	Rick McCray	85	1	0	0	0	0	1655	25.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.57	66	1
89	Charlie Glotzbach	85	1	0	0	0	0	1275	26.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.50	218	1
90	Roger Hamby	82	1	0	0	0	0	2450	34.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.21	72	1
91	Billie Harvey	80	2	0	0	0	0	3915	29.50	41.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.44	60	2
92	Mike Potter	79	6	0	0	0	0	14500	31.83	26.17	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.64	1051	3
93	Sterling Marlin	79	2	0	0	0	0	1955	27.50	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.70	437	2
94	Dave Dion	79	1	0	0	0	0	615	23.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.90	143	1
95	Elmo Langley	76	1	0	0	0	0	575	29.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.68	6	1
96	Scott Miller	76	1	0	0	0	0	805	23.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.21	69	1
97	Baxter Price	73	2	0	0	0	0	1400	30.50	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	17	2
98	Jimmy Insolo	73	2	0	0	0	0	755	16.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.14	41	1
99	Ernie Cline	73	1	0	0	0	0	550	29.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.33	77	1
100	Sandy Satullo	70	1	0	0	0	0	1500	38.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.83	68	1
101	Jocko Maggiacomo	70	1	0	0	0	0	540	34.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.09	189	1
102	Travis Tiller	67	1	0	0	0	0	850	38.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.51	111	1
103	Pat Mintey	61	1	0	0	0	0	850	38.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.38	40	1
104	Robert Tartaglia	58	1	0	0	0	0	500	36.00	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.86	4	1
105	Kevin Housby	55	1	0	0	0	0	2480	36.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	14.63	53	1
106	Blackie Wangerin	37	1	0	0	0	0	2750	30.00	42.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	17	1
107	Jimmy Hensley	0	1	0	0	0	1	4650	24.00	7.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	79.31	487	0
108	Bob McElee	0	2	0	0	0	1	5450	27.00	12.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	62.07	803	0
109	Terry Herman	0	2	0	0	0	0	7035	26.00	22.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.25	238	1
110	John Anderson	0	3	0	0	0	0	7800	35.67	26.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.91	583	2
111	Rick Knoop	0	1	0	0	0	0	3405	30.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.71	197	0
112	Rick Baldwin	0	1	0	0	0	0	1550	29.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.39	149	1
113	Bob Senneker	0	1	0	0	0	0	1975	23.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.00	256	1
114	Al Loquasto	0	1	0	0	0	0	2345	32.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.35	184	0
115	Charlie Chamblee	0	1	0	0	0	0	830	17.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.85	10	1
116	Dean Combs	0	2	0	0	0	0	1155	9.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.69	183	2
117	Chuck Pittenger	0	1	0	0	0	0	1155	14.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.77	80	1
118	Joel Stowe	0	1	0	0	0	0	540	30.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.45	14	1
119	Don Satterfield	0	1	0	0	0	0	450	30.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
120	Bruce Jacobi	0	1	0	0	0	0	955	35.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	14.71	117	1
121	Kirk Shelmerdine	0	1	0	0	0	0	950	32.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.03	2	1
122	Don Hume	0	1	0	0	0	0	590	33.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.11	101	1