NASCAR Winston Cup 1981

De NASCAR Winston Cup 1981 was het 33e seizoen van het belangrijkste NASCAR kampioenschap dat in de Verenigde Staten gehouden wordt. Het seizoen startte op 11 januari met de Winston Western 500 en eindigde op 22 november met een tweede editie van de Winston Western 500. Darrell Waltrip won het kampioenschap voor de eerste keer in zijn carrière. De trofee rookie of the year werd uitgereikt aan Ron Bouchard.

Races

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Top drie resultaten, exhibitie- en kwalificatiewedstrijden staan niet vermeld.

' Datum Race Circuit Winnaar Tweede Derde
1 11-jan Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Bobby Allison Terry Labonte Dale Earnhardt
2 15-feb Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Richard Petty Bobby Allison Ricky Rudd
3 22-feb Richmond 400 Richmond International Raceway Darrell Waltrip Ricky Rudd Richard Petty
4 1-mrt Carolina 500 North Carolina Speedway Darrell Waltrip Cale Yarborough Richard Petty
5 15-mrt Coca-Cola 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway Cale Yarborough Harry Gant Dale Earnhardt
6 29-mrt Valleydale 500 Bristol Motor Speedway Darrell Waltrip Ricky Rudd Bobby Allison
7 5-apr Northwestern Bank 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway Richard Petty Bobby Allison Darrell Waltrip
8 12-apr CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 Darlington Raceway Darrell Waltrip Harry Gant Dave Marcis
9 26-apr Virginia 500 Martinsville Speedway Morgan Shepherd Neil Bonnett Ricky Rudd
10 3-mei Winston 500 Talladega Superspeedway Bobby Allison Buddy Baker Darrell Waltrip
11 9-mei Melling Tool 420 Music City Motorplex Benny Parsons Darrell Waltrip Bobby Allison
12 17-mei Mason-Dixon 500 Dover International Speedway Jody Ridley Bobby Allison Dale Earnhardt
13 24-mei World 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway Bobby Allison Harry Gant Cale Yarborough
14 7-jun Budweiser NASCAR 400 Texas World Speedway Benny Parsons Dale Earnhardt Bobby Allison
15 14-jun Warner W. Hodgdon 400 Riverside International Raceway Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Richard Petty
16 21-jun Gabriel 400 Michigan International Speedway Bobby Allison Harry Gant Benny Parsons
17 4-jul Firecracker 400 Daytona International Speedway Cale Yarborough Harry Gant Richard Petty
18 11-jul Busch Nashville 420 Music City Motorplex Darrell Waltrip Bobby Allison Benny Parsons
19 26-jul Mountain Dew 500 Pocono Raceway Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty Benny Parsons
20 2-aug Talladega 500 Talladega Superspeedway Ron Bouchard Darrell Waltrip Terry Labonte
21 16-aug Champion Spark Plug 400 Michigan International Speedway Richard Petty Darrell Waltrip Ricky Rudd
22 22-aug Busch 500 Bristol Motor Speedway Darrell Waltrip Ricky Rudd Terry Labonte
23 7-sep Southern 500 Darlington Raceway Neil Bonnett Darrell Waltrip Dave Marcis
24 13-sep Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 Richmond International Raceway Benny Parsons Harry Gant Darrell Waltrip
25 20-sep CRC Chemicals 500 Dover International Speedway Neil Bonnett Darrell Waltrip Bobby Allison
26 27-sep Old Dominion 500 Martinsville Speedway Darrell Waltrip Harry Gant Mark Martin
27 4-okt Holly Farms 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway Darrell Waltrip Bobby Allison Joe Millikan
28 11-okt National 500 Charlotte Motor Speedway Darrell Waltrip Bobby Allison Ricky Rudd
29 1-nov American 500 North Carolina Speedway Darrell Waltrip Bobby Allison Harry Gant
30 8-nov Atlanta Journal 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway Neil Bonnett Darrell Waltrip Cale Yarborough
31 22-nov Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Bobby Allison Joe Ruttman Terry Labonte

Eindstand - Top 10

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1 Darrell Waltrip 4880
2 Bobby Allison 4827
3 Harry Gant 4213
4 Terry Labonte 4052
5 Jody Ridley 4002
6 Ricky Rudd 3991
7 Dale Earnhardt 3978
8 Richard Petty 3882
9 Dave Marcis 3510
10 Benny Parsons 3452
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