| Dover International Speedway
May 17, 1981 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1-Mile Superspeedway 500 Laps/500 Miles |
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| Pos | Driver | Points | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg Fin |
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| 1 | Bobby Allison | 1,901 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5.8 |
| 2 | Ricky Rudd | 1,733 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9.4 |
| 3 | Darrell Waltrip | 1,694 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11.6 |
| 4 | Harry Gant | 1,576 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12.9 |
| 5 | Jody Ridley | 1,559 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12.4 |
| 6 | Dale Earnhardt | 1,554 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12.9 |
| 7 | Terry Labonte | 1,530 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13.5 |
| 8 | Richard Petty | 1,455 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16.9 |
| 9 | Benny Parsons | 1,402 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17.0 |
| 10 | Buddy Arrington | 1,373 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16.5 |
| 11 | Dave Marcis | 1,364 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17.6 |
| 12 | Morgan Shepherd | 1,316 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12.5 |
| 13 | Richard Childress | 1,311 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.6 |
| 14 | Jimmy Means | 1,310 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 |
| 15 | Tommy Gale | 1,241 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| 16 | Tim Richmond | 1,229 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.3 |
| 17 | Kyle Petty | 1,198 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.3 |
| 18 | Joe Millikan | 1,135 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17.3 |
| 19 | James Hylton | 1,114 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 |
| 20 | Cecil Gordon | 1,062 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.8 |
| 21 | Ronnie Thomas | 964 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| 22 | Lake Speed | 962 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19.0 |
| 23 | Neil Bonnett | 857 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21.0 |
| 24 | Mike Alexander | 840 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.7 |
| 25 | Cale Yarborough | 747 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13.1 |