Turn Four Racing 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season The 1981 NASCAR Cup Series season: 31 points races, 9 different winners, and Darrell Waltrip won the most races, 12. The full schedule with every winner, and the season leaders.
Schedule and winners No. Date Race Track Winner Laps led by winner 1 January 11, 1981 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Bobby Allison 37 2 February 15, 1981 Daytona 500 Daytona Richard Petty 27 3 February 22, 1981 Richmond 400 Richmond Darrell Waltrip 204 4 March 1, 1981 Carolina 500 Rockingham Darrell Waltrip 13 5 March 15, 1981 Coca-Cola 500 Atlanta Cale Yarborough 71 6 March 29, 1981 Valleydale 500 Bristol Darrell Waltrip 323 7 April 5, 1981 Northwestern Bank 400 North Wilkesboro Richard Petty 89 8 April 12, 1981 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 Darlington Darrell Waltrip 186 9 April 26, 1981 Virginia 500 Martinsville Morgan Shepherd 203 10 May 3, 1981 Winston 500 Talladega Bobby Allison 69 11 May 9, 1981 Melling Tool 420 Nashville Speedway Benny Parsons 209 12 May 17, 1981 Mason-Dixon 500 Dover Jody Ridley 20 13 May 24, 1981 World 600 Charlotte Bobby Allison 140 14 June 7, 1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 Texas World Speedway Benny Parsons 58 15 June 14, 1981 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 Riverside International Raceway Darrell Waltrip 39 16 June 21, 1981 Gabriel 400 Michigan Bobby Allison 23 17 July 4, 1981 Firecracker 400 Daytona Cale Yarborough 78 18 July 11, 1981 Busch Nashville 420 Nashville Speedway Darrell Waltrip 303 19 July 26, 1981 Mountain Dew 500 Pocono Darrell Waltrip 120 20 August 2, 1981 Talladega 500 Talladega Ron Bouchard 6 21 August 16, 1981 Champion Spark Plug 400 Michigan Richard Petty 64 22 August 22, 1981 Busch 500 Bristol Darrell Waltrip 251 23 September 7, 1981 Southern 500 Darlington Neil Bonnett 216 24 September 13, 1981 Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 Richmond Benny Parsons 121 25 September 20, 1981 CRC Chemicals 500 Dover Neil Bonnett 185 26 September 27, 1981 Old Dominion 500 Martinsville Darrell Waltrip 149 27 October 4, 1981 Holly Farms 400 North Wilkesboro Darrell Waltrip 318 28 October 11, 1981 National 500 Charlotte Darrell Waltrip 127 29 November 1, 1981 American 500 Rockingham Darrell Waltrip 163 30 November 8, 1981 Atlanta Journal 500 Atlanta Neil Bonnett 200 31 November 22, 1981 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Bobby Allison 49
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