| Dover International Speedway
September 20, 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 | Darrell Waltrip | 3,820 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 8.4 |
| 2 | Bobby Allison | 3,818 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7.6 |
| 3 | Harry Gant | 3,477 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 10.9 |
| 4 | Ricky Rudd | 3,385 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 11.8 |
| 5 | Terry Labonte | 3,275 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 12.6 |
| 6 | Dale Earnhardt | 3,246 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 13.1 |
| 7 | Jody Ridley | 3,196 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12.8 |
| 8 | Richard Petty | 3,190 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 14.8 |
| 9 | Benny Parsons | 2,944 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 17.2 |
| 10 | Dave Marcis | 2,917 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16.8 |
| 11 | Kyle Petty | 2,761 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18.1 |
| 12 | Buddy Arrington | 2,662 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19.0 |
| 13 | Morgan Shepherd | 2,602 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17.7 |
| 14 | Jimmy Means | 2,601 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.7 |
| 15 | Tommy Gale | 2,495 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.8 |
| 16 | Tim Richmond | 2,448 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17.3 |
| 17 | James Hylton | 2,335 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 |
| 18 | Lake Speed | 2,274 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18.7 |
| 19 | Richard Childress | 2,144 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19.0 |
| 20 | Cecil Gordon | 2,096 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 |
| 21 | Joe Millikan | 1,909 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17.6 |
| 22 | Neil Bonnett | 1,896 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20.1 |
| 23 | Ronnie Thomas | 1,877 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 |
| 24 | Cale Yarborough | 1,868 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11.8 |
| 25 | Ron Bouchard | 1,827 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15.3 |