NASCAR Winston Cup standings for 1981

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	Driver	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	AvSt	AvFn	Raf	Miles	LLF	Points	Diff
1	Darrell Waltrip	31	12	21	25	11	9575	2517	799,134	5.3	7.2	27	10,974.26	22	4880
2	Bobby Allison	31	5	21	26	2	10098	1182	680,957	7.9	6.8	28	11,608.98	18	4827	-53
3	Harry Gant	31	0	13	18	3	9082	1169	280,047	6.8	11.9	22	10,252.99	12	4210	-670
4	Terry Labonte	31	0	8	17	2	9074	114	348,703	8.5	12.7	23	10,529.92	6	4052	-828
5	Jody Ridley	31	1	3	18	0	8971	28	267,605	18.2	12.5	23	10,527.69	5	4002	-878
6	Ricky Rudd	31	0	14	17	3	8942	442	395,684	7.6	13.7	22	9,878.51	7	3988	-892
7	Dale Earnhardt	31	0	9	17	0	8134	300	353,971	8.0	13.5	21	10,062.22	7	3975	-905
8	Richard Petty	31	3	12	16	0	7276	547	396,072	10.6	15.4	17	8,601.72	11	3880	-1,000
9	Dave Marcis	31	0	4	9	1	8004	178	162,213	16.6	17.9	16	9,255.20	4	3507	-1,373
10	Benny Parsons	31	3	10	12	0	6709	537	311,093	10.1	19.0	14	7,514.98	6	3449	-1,431
11	Buddy Arrington	31	0	0	7	0	8344	0	133,928	24.6	18.1	24	9,442.64	0	3381	-1,499
12	Kyle Petty	31	0	1	10	0	7402	20	117,433	16.9	19.1	13	8,482.87	3	3335	-1,545
13	Morgan Shepherd	29	1	3	10	1	7441	518	170,473	14.1	17.9	16	7,918.77	2	3261	-1,619
14	Jimmy Means	30	0	0	2	0	8647	0	105,628	28.7	19.4	24	9,393.25	0	3142	-1,738
15	Tommy Gale	30	0	0	0	0	9015	2	110,518	28.0	19.5	25	9,926.01	0	3140	-1,740
16	Tim Richmond	29	0	0	6	0	8266	24	96,448	18.7	17.6	17	9,075.81	0	3091	-1,789
17	J.D. McDuffie	28	0	0	1	0	7110	8	105,498	28.1	18.8	20	8,871.29	0	2996	-1,884
18	Lake Speed	27	0	0	6	0	6757	14	94,068	23.1	19.9	15	7,556.86	0	2817	-2,063
19	James Hylton	28	0	0	0	0	7051	12	87,304	27.6	21.6	18	8,508.69	0	2753	-2,127
20	Joe Millikan	23	0	3	10	0	6735	15	148,399	15.4	16.3	17	7,269.53	1	2682	-2,198
21	Ron Bouchard	22	1	5	12	1	6155	12	152,855	14.5	14.6	14	6,978.15	1	2594	-2,286
22	Neil Bonnett	22	3	7	8	1	4917	1549	181,670	7.1	20.1	8	6,364.65	6	2449	-2,431
23	Cecil Gordon	25	0	0	0	0	5587	0	55,980	29.0	23.4	17	6,872.30	0	2320	-2,560
24	Cale Yarborough	18	2	6	10	2	4922	769	150,840	9.2	13.1	11	7,133.54	6	2201	-2,679
25	Richard Childress	21	0	1	1	0	5218	16	71,125	18.2	20.0	13	6,468.18	1	2144	-2,736
26	Ronnie Thomas	23	0	0	0	0	5756	0	53,605	26.5	23.3	14	5,928.15	0	2138	-2,742
27	Buddy Baker	16	0	6	9	0	3562	110	115,095	11.4	15.4	10	5,810.83	6	1904	-2,976
28	Joe Ruttman	17	0	2	7	0	4194	106	137,275	12.2	16.4	8	5,588.18	3	1851	-3,029
29	Mike Alexander	19	0	0	3	0	4340	4	34,055	17.1	21.1	9	4,885.73	2	1784	-3,096
30	Bill Elliott	13	0	1	7	1	2777	33	70,320	14.8	18.5	8	4,443.82	2	1442	-3,438
31	Bobby Wawak	14	0	0	1	0	2734	0	21,790	31.9	25.5	7	3,484.84	0	1212	-3,668
32	D.K. Ulrich	15	0	1	1	0	4504	0	38,095	23.0	20.7	8	4,506.81	0	1191	-3,689
33	Johnny Rutherford	12	0	1	2	0	2432	5	38,095	23.1	21.2	6	3,792.71	1	1140	-3,740
34	Lennie Pond	12	0	0	0	0	3083	0	29,045	20.2	20.2	6	3,445.97	0	1100	-3,780
35	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	11	0	0	3	0	2169	0	27,350	24.7	20.7	5	3,495.01	0	1020	-3,860
36	Stan Barrett	10	0	0	1	0	1559	4	28,540	22.4	21.0	6	3,264.55	0	842	-4,038
37	Rick Newsom	9	0	0	0	0	1676	0	8,625	32.8	25.9	2	1,740.73	0	768	-4,112
38	Dick May	9	0	0	1	0	1843	0	26,280	32.0	22.2	4	3,172.81	0	754	-4,126
39	Connie Saylor	7	0	0	0	0	1267	0	18,780	28.6	22.7	4	2,139.20	0	664	-4,216
40	Gary Balough	10	0	0	1	0	2267	1	34,430	17.4	21.6	5	3,232.06	0	656	-4,224
41	Rick Wilson	8	0	0	0	0	989	7	15,625	17.5	28.1	2	1,713.18	0	639	-4,241
42	Mark Martin	5	0	1	2	2	1478	76	13,950	3.6	15.0	3	828.92	0	615	-4,265
43	Bruce Hill	8	0	0	0	0	880	0	15,485	29.8	29.5	2	1,513.78	0	596	-4,284
44	Donnie Allison	6	0	1	1	0	1306	2	38,745	23.8	21.5	3	2,082.43	0	527	-4,353
45	Geoffrey Bodine	5	0	0	1	0	945	14	15,000	14.0	22.4	2	1,387.82	0	420	-4,460
46	Joe Fields	6	0	0	0	0	1681	0	7,750	25.7	21.5	3	1,159.76	0	418	-4,462
47	Jack Ingram	5	0	0	1	0	822	0	9,965	25.2	30.0	1	1,284.74	0	377	-4,503
48	Randy Ogden	4	0	0	0	0	577	0	3,905	25.8	23.8	2	762.09	0	367	-4,513
49	Don Waterman	3	0	0	1	0	301	1	8,570	29.0	16.0	2	788.62	0	351	-4,529
50	Jim Robinson	3	0	0	2	0	264	0	9,505	19.3	16.0	2	691.68	0	351	-4,529
51	Rusty Wallace	4	0	0	1	0	838	0	12,895	22.5	21.5	1	1,430.95	0	323	-4,557
52	Tommy Houston	7	0	0	0	0	2219	0	20,760	27.6	17.3	6	1,902.44	0	315	-4,565
53	Bill Schmitt	3	0	0	0	0	257	1	6,610	15.0	20.0	1	673.34	0	314	-4,566
54	Don Whittington	3	0	0	0	0	346	0	13,685	12.3	21.0	2	883.24	0	300	-4,580
55	Dick Brooks	5	0	0	0	0	1397	1	14,845	22.0	20.2	3	2,065.11	0	294	-4,586
56	H.B. Bailey	4	0	0	0	0	605	0	7,125	31.0	26.8	2	988.56	0	288	-4,592
57	Lowell Cowell	4	0	0	0	0	812	0	8,055	27.3	23.8	3	1,219.50	0	288	-4,592
58	Roy Smith	3	0	0	1	0	178	0	8,695	15.0	23.0	1	466.36	1	285	-4,595
59	Don Puskarich	3	0	0	0	0	211	0	4,770	27.3	23.3	2	552.82	0	279	-4,601
60	Glenn Jarrett	3	0	0	0	0	679	0	12,650	26.0	23.7	1	863.78	0	276	-4,604
61	A.J. Foyt	3	0	0	1	0	530	0	9,210	12.7	24.7	1	1,007.15	0	271	-4,609
62	Butch Lindley	3	0	0	0	0	559	28	2,375	10.3	25.3	0	322.83	0	271	-4,609
63	Tommy Ellis	4	0	1	1	0	651	2	13,475	12.5	23.3	1	766.68	0	224	-4,656
64	Don Sprouse	2	0	0	0	0	570	0	6,850	25.0	17.5	2	663.34	0	221	-4,659
65	Slick Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	611	0	4,150	20.3	31.5	0	752.15	0	216	-4,664
66	Hershel McGriff	3	0	0	0	0	80	1	2,170	17.0	32.0	0	209.60	0	206	-4,674
67	Chuck Bown	3	0	0	0	0	631	0	4,725	31.7	27.3	0	860.32	0	197	-4,683
68	Junior Miller	2	0	0	0	0	276	0	3,130	30.5	23.0	0	189.75	0	188	-4,692
69	David Pearson	6	0	0	2	1	1309	48	17,150	8.8	22.0	2	1,875.87	0	154	-4,726
70	Bob Schacht	2	0	0	0	0	241	0	1,290	29.5	31.0	0	263.00	0	140	-4,740
71	Bob Riley	3	0	0	0	0	139	0	1,975	27.7	31.7	0	265.00	0	131	-4,749
72	John Borneman	1	0	0	0	0	116	0	3,140	27.0	12.0	1	303.92	0	127	-4,753
73	Gary Kershaw	1	0	0	0	0	117	0	1,800	33.0	12.0	1	306.54	0	127	-4,753
74	Jim Bown	2	0	0	0	0	48	0	1,415	24.5	34.0	0	125.76	0	122	-4,758
75	Rick O'Dell	1	0	0	0	0	86	0	2,145	27.0	16.0	1	225.32	0	115	-4,765
76	Ronnie Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	191	0	7,635	17.0	18.0	1	477.50	0	109	-4,771
77	Delma Cowart	1	0	0	0	0	315	0	1,940	40.0	18.0	1	479.43	0	106	-4,774
78	Steve Spencer	3	0	0	0	0	1038	0	5,805	33.0	22.7	2	746.58	0	103	-4,777
79	Henry Jones	1	0	0	0	0	363	0	765	30.0	20.0	1	196.75	0	103	-4,777
80	Bob Bondurant	2	0	0	0	0	207	0	2,430	21.0	19.5	1	542.34	0	100	-4,780
81	Bill Dennis	1	0	0	0	0	327	0	3,200	28.0	21.0	1	490.50	0	100	-4,780
82	Joe Booher	4	0	0	0	0	581	0	4,995	33.5	27.0	3	1,259.14	0	97	-4,783
83	Gene Thonesen	1	0	0	0	0	110	0	2,125	40.0	22.0	1	288.20	0	97	-4,783
84	Mark Stahl	1	0	0	0	0	109	0	1,080	39.0	23.0	1	285.58	0	94	-4,786
85	Bill Elswick	3	0	0	0	0	662	0	20,100	24.3	16.0	3	1,344.97	0	91	-4,789
86	Steve Pfeifer	2	0	0	0	0	175	0	4,135	35.0	19.0	1	458.50	0	91	-4,789
87	John Gunn	1	0	0	0	0	67	0	2,225	30.0	25.0	0	175.54	0	88	-4,792
88	Charlie Glotzbach	1	0	0	0	0	218	0	1,275	26.0	26.0	0	327.00	0	85	-4,795
88	Rick McCray	1	0	0	0	0	66	0	1,655	25.0	26.0	0	172.92	0	85	-4,795
90	Roger Hamby	1	0	0	0	0	72	0	2,450	34.0	27.0	0	144.00	0	82	-4,798
91	Billie Harvey	2	0	0	0	0	60	0	3,915	29.5	41.0	0	150.00	0	80	-4,800
92	Mike Potter	6	0	0	0	0	1051	0	14,500	31.8	26.2	3	1,351.37	0	79	-4,801
93	Sterling Marlin	2	0	0	0	0	437	0	1,955	27.5	27.0	0	434.92	0	79	-4,801
94	Dave Dion	1	0	0	0	0	143	0	615	23.0	28.0	0	77.51	0	79	-4,801
95	Scott Miller	1	0	0	0	0	69	0	805	23.0	29.0	0	180.78	0	76	-4,804
96	Elmo Langley	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	575	29.0	29.0	0	6.00	0	76	-4,804
97	Baxter Price	2	0	0	0	0	17	0	1,400	30.5	32.0	0	10.67	0	73	-4,807
98	Jimmy Insolo	1	0	0	0	0	41	0	755	16.0	30.0	0	107.42	0	73	-4,807
99	Ernie Cline	1	0	0	0	0	77	0	550	29.0	30.0	0	41.04	0	73	-4,807
100	Jocko Maggiacomo	1	0	0	0	0	189	0	540	34.0	31.0	0	189.00	0	70	-4,810
101	Sandy Satullo	1	0	0	0	0	68	0	1,500	38.0	31.0	0	180.88	0	70	-4,810
102	Travis Tiller	1	0	0	0	0	111	0	850	38.0	32.0	0	168.94	0	64	-4,816
103	Pat Mintey	1	0	0	0	0	40	0	850	38.0	34.0	0	104.80	0	61	-4,819
103	Robert Tartaglia	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	500	36.0	35.0	0	10.48	0	58	-4,822
105	Kevin Housby	1	0	0	0	0	53	0	2,480	36.0	36.0	0	132.50	0	55	-4,825
106	Blackie Wangerin	1	0	0	0	0	17	0	2,750	30.0	42.0	0	42.50	0	37	-4,843
	John Anderson	3	0	0	0	0	583	0	7,800	35.7	26.3	1	772.29	0
	Bob McElwee	2	0	0	1	0	803	0	5,450	27.0	12.0	2	460.48	0
	Terry Herman	2	0	0	0	0	238	0	7,035	26.0	22.5	1	630.88	0
	Dean Combs	2	0	0	0	0	183	0	1,155	9.0	31.0	0	149.26	0
	Jimmy Hensley	1	0	0	1	0	487	0	4,650	24.0	7.0	1	255.68	0
	Rick Knoop	1	0	0	0	0	197	0	3,405	30.0	20.0	1	394.00	0
	Rick Baldwin	1	0	0	0	0	149	0	1,550	29.0	21.0	0	298.00	0
	Bob Senneker	1	0	0	0	0	256	0	1,975	23.0	21.0	0	384.00	0
	Al Loquasto	1	0	0	0	0	184	0	2,345	32.0	24.0	1	460.00	0
	Charlie Chamblee	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	830	17.0	26.0	0	5.96	0
	Chuck Pittenger	1	0	0	0	0	80	0	1,155	14.0	28.0	0	209.60	0
	Joel Stowe	1	0	0	0	0	14	0	540	30.0	29.0	0	7.46	0
	Bruce Jacobi	1	0	0	0	0	117	0	955	35.0	30.0	0	292.50	0
	Don Satterfield	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	450	30.0	30.0	0	0.60	0
	Don Hume	1	0	0	0	0	101	0	590	33.0	33.0	0	102.72	0
	Kirk Shelmerdine	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	950	32.0	33.0	0	4.00	0