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

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

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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