USAC Gold Crown Series standings for 1981Click on the Driver to see 1981 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | T5 | T10 | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bobby Unser | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 200 | 89 | 279,002 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 500.00 | 1 | |||
| 50 | Mike Mosley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 28,536 | 2.0 | 33.0 | 0 | 40.00 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | A.J. Foyt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 408 | 67 | 166,918 | 2.3 | 11.0 | 2 | 1,020.00 | 1 | 1045 | 1,045 |
| 5 | Gordon Johncock | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 394 | 109 | 330,718 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1 | 985.00 | 1 | 1000 | 1,000 |
| Billy Engelhart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 48 | 710 | 4.5 | 23.0 | 0 | 62.00 | 0 | |||
| Ron Shuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 500 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 53.00 | 0 | |||
| 47 | Kevin Cogan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 95,200 | 7.0 | 17.0 | 1 | 492.50 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Bill Alsup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 0 | 32,212 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 1 | 482.50 | 0 | |||
| Ken Schrader | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 1,330 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 1 | 144.00 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Rich Vogler | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 268 | 52 | 14,509 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 2 | 268.00 | 2 | 760 | 760 |
| 48 | Jan Sneva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4,610 | 8.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Gordon Smiley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 1 | 26,369 | 8.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 352.50 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Rutherford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 212 | 3 | 72,470 | 8.5 | 20.0 | 0 | 530.00 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Gary Bettenhausen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 435 | 0 | 80,366 | 8.8 | 17.7 | 1 | 799.50 | 1 | 366 | 366 |
| 20 | Roger Rager | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 206 | 12 | 8,660 | 9.5 | 8.0 | 0 | 375.50 | 0 | 350 | 350 |
| 19 | Joe Saldana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 218 | 0 | 3,855 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 1 | 218.00 | 1 | 366 | 366 |
| Pancho Carter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 261 | 0 | 121,285 | 10.0 | 15.5 | 1 | 652.50 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Tom Sneva | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 372 | 112 | 123,144 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 930.00 | 0 | 635 | 635 |
| 37 | Chip Ganassi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 0 | 41,630 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 367.50 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 25 | Johnny Parsons | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 306 | 0 | 45,597 | 11.0 | 18.2 | 1 | 499.50 | 0 | 151 | 151 |
| 9 | Larry Rice | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 363 | 100 | 21,680 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 4 | 462.00 | 2 | 730 | 730 |
| 7 | Rick Mears | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 258 | 78 | 230,918 | 11.5 | 16.0 | 1 | 645.00 | 1 | 800 | 800 |
| 10 |  Vern Schuppan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 275 | 1 | 86,915 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 1 | 687.50 | 0 | 720 | 720 |
| Manny Rockhold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 12.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Jim McElreath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 314 | 0 | 11,800 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 2 | 491.00 | 1 | 594 | 594 |
| 15 |  Harry MacDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 10,860 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 300.00 | 0 | 500 | 500 |
| 3 | Tom Bigelow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 638 | 80 | 99,984 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 3 | 1,193.00 | 3 | 1280 | 1,280 |
| Al Unser | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 363 | 0 | 83,641 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 2 | 907.50 | 0 | |||
| 44 | Steve Chassey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 1,009 | 12.5 | 20.0 | 1 | 100.00 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Geoff Brabham | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 331 | 15 | 132,087 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 2 | 827.50 | 1 | 1310 | 1,310 |
| Bob Lazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 0 | 30,752 | 13.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 385.00 | 0 | |||
| Steve Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 360 | 13.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 11.00 | 0 | |||
| Chip Mead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 6,860 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 265.00 | 0 | |||
| 34 | Danny Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 0 | 42,643 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 370.00 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Sleepy Tripp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 430 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 92.00 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 252 | 0 | 10,783 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 2 | 430.50 | 1 | 568 | 568 |
| 46 | Bobby Olivero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 1,130 | 13.7 | 19.7 | 0 | 126.00 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 23 | Herm Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 0 | 48,869 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 465.00 | 0 | 200 | 200 |
| Danny Ongais | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 5 | 64,900 | 15.0 | 24.5 | 0 | 315.00 | 0 | |||
| Gary Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 700 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 68.00 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Gurney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 390 | 15.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 40.00 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Nemire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 2,500 | 15.0 | 8.0 | 2 | 200.00 | 2 | |||
| 33 |  Hector Rebaque | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 50,804 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 375.00 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Larry Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 1,434 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 1 | 110.00 | 1 | |||
| 1 | George Snider | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 508 | 23 | 65,390 | 15.6 | 7.4 | 4 | 820.00 | 3 | 1395 | |
| 41 | Dick Simon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 4,610 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 1 | 165.00 | 0 | 20 | -1,375 |
| 31 | Bill Whittington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 0 | 67,773 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 0 | 667.50 | 0 | 40 | -1,355 |
| Gary Hieber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 350 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 28.00 | 0 | |||
| Steve Krisiloff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 0 | 36,126 | 17.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 485.00 | 0 | |||
| 43 | Dean Vetrock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 4,610 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 142.50 | 0 | 15 | -1,380 |
| 14 | Sheldon Kinser | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 405 | 0 | 43,025 | 17.0 | 12.5 | 3 | 697.50 | 1 | 536 | -859 |
| 17 | Don Whittington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 228 | 2 | 78,150 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 1 | 570.00 | 0 | 405 | -990 |
| 28 | Bobby Rahal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 0 | 43,548 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 435.00 | 0 | 100 | -1,295 |
| 32 | Larry Dickson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 0 | 28,380 | 17.7 | 20.7 | 0 | 449.50 | 0 | 32 | -1,363 |
| 40 | Richard Hubbard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 4,790 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 187.50 | 0 | 20 | -1,375 |
| Paul Pitzer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 176 | 0 | 6,021 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 1 | 216.50 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Howdy Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 0 | 44,169 | 18.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 465.00 | 0 | 150 | -1,245 |
| Mark Alderson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 286 | 0 | 9,147 | 18.0 | 13.3 | 2 | 442.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Mario Andretti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 12 | 159,005 | 18.0 | 16.5 | 1 | 500.00 | 1 | 805 | -590 |
| 16 | Jack Hewitt | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 396 | 0 | 10,995 | 18.8 | 8.3 | 4 | 541.50 | 2 | 490 | -905 |
| 39 | Jerry Sneva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 41,608 | 19.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 212.50 | 0 | 25 | -1,370 |
| Jerry Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 1,470 | 19.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 150.00 | 0 | |||
| 34 | Steve Ball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 5,510 | 19.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 235.00 | 0 | 25 | -1,370 |
| 50 | Roger Mears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38,040 | 19.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | -1,390 |
| 42 | Josele Garza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 13 | 74,175 | 19.5 | 26.0 | 0 | 347.50 | 0 | 20 | -1,375 |
| Bill Tyler | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 0 | 7,200 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 2 | 320.00 | 1 | |||
| 45 | Salt Walther | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4,610 | 20.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 52.50 | 0 | 10 | -1,385 |
| Chuck Amati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 2,561 | 20.0 | 9.0 | 2 | 197.00 | 1 | |||
| Jeff Bloom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 0 | 5,606 | 20.3 | 17.0 | 1 | 328.50 | 0 | |||
| Smokey Snellbaker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 0 | 6,233 | 20.5 | 14.0 | 1 | 333.00 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Bill Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 6,410 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 262.50 | 0 | 150 | -1,245 |
| 29 | Greg Leffler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 0 | 2,068 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 188.00 | 1 | 80 | -1,315 |
| Jerry Weeks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 780 | 21.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 97.00 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 232 | 0 | 76,930 | 21.5 | 16.5 | 1 | 580.00 | 0 | 310 | -1,085 |
| Arnie Knepper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Tracy Potter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 1,050 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 0 | 62.00 | 0 | |||
| Dale Whittington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36,530 | 23.0 | 33.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| 30 | Michael Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 | 0 | 74,683 | 23.5 | 14.5 | 1 | 740.00 | 0 | 70 | -1,325 |
| Johnny Coogan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 1,450 | 24.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 97.00 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Jim Hickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 0 | 54,236 | 24.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 472.50 | 0 | 300 | -1,095 |
| 24 | Dennis Firestone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 230 | 0 | 70,262 | 24.5 | 18.5 | 0 | 575.00 | 0 | 160 | -1,235 |
| Duke Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4,610 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 | |||
| Art Bisch, Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 1,000 | 26.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 77.00 | 0 | |||
| Pete Halsmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 0 | 65,235 | 28.0 | 24.5 | 0 | 402.50 | 0 | |||
| Scott Brayton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 0 | 29,002 | 29.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 435.00 | 0 | |||
| Chet Fillip | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 36,728 | 29.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 150.00 | 0 | |||
| 48 | Tom Klausler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 25,218 | 30.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 150.00 | 0 | 5 | -1,390 |
| 37 | Jerry Karl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 0 | 32,285 | 31.0 | 15.0 | 1 | 472.50 | 0 | 25 | -1,370 |
| 34 | Tim Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 0 | 30,294 | 33.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 477.50 | 0 | 25 | -1,370 |