Standings After Race #17 at Daytona International Speedway - Saturday, July 4th, 1981
| RNK | RNK +/- | STS | DRIVER | # | MAKE | PNTS | BHND | PO PTS | POLE | WIN | T5 | T10 | STG W | DNF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 17 | Bobby Allison | 28 | Buick | 2596 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | - | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Buick | 2390 | -206 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | +2 | 17 | Harry Gant | 33 | Pontiac | 2305 | -291 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | -1 | 17 | Ricky Rudd | 88 | Chevrolet | 2260 | -336 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | -1 | 17 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Pontiac | 2246 | -350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | +1 | 17 | Richard Petty | 43 | Buick | 2206 | -390 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | -1 | 17 | Jody Ridley | 90 | Ford | 2172 | -424 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | - | 17 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Buick | 2124 | -472 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | - | 17 | Benny Parsons | 15 | Ford | 1953 | -643 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | - | 17 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Dodge | 1939 | -657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | - | 17 | Dave Marcis | 71 | Chevrolet | 1925 | -671 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | - | 15 | Morgan Shepherd | 5 | Pontiac | 1862 | -734 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | - | 17 | Richard Childress | 3 | Pontiac | 1853 | -743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | +1 | 17 | Kyle Petty | 42 | Buick | 1834 | -762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | -1 | 17 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Pontiac | 1829 | -767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | - | 17 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Pontiac | 1777 | -819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | - | 16 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Ford | 1714 | -882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | - | 15 | Tim Richmond | 99 | Buick | 1678 | -918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | - | 16 | James Hylton | 48 | Pontiac | 1614 | -982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | - | 16 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Buick | 1465 | -1131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | +2 | 13 | Lake Speed | 66 | Oldsmobile | 1367 | -1229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | -1 | 12 | Joe Millikan | 5 | Pontiac | 1352 | -1244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | +1 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | 21 | Ford | 1319 | -1277 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | -2 | 14 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Pontiac | 1313 | -1283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | - | 10 | Cale Yarborough | 27 | Buick | 1244 | -1352 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | - | 12 | Mike Alexander | 37 | Buick | 1140 | -1456 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | - | 8 | Buddy Baker | 1 | Buick | 1056 | -1540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | +2 | 9 | Ron Bouchard | 47 | Buick | 904 | -1692 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | - | 9 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | 86 | Buick | 893 | -1703 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | -2 | 10 | Bobby Wawak | 94 | Buick | 890 | -1706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | +1 | 6 | Johnny Rutherford | 98 | Pontiac | 734 | -1862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | -1 | 7 | Bill Elliott | 9 | Ford | 663 | -1933 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | +4 | 8 | Stan Barrett | 22 | Pontiac | 578 | -2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | +1 | 5 | Joe Ruttman | 6 | Buick | 575 | -2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | -2 | 6 | Donnie Allison | 12 | Oldsmobile | 527 | -2069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | -2 | 8 | DK Ulrich | 99 | Buick | 506 | -2090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | -1 | 6 | Rick Newsom | 20 | Chevrolet | 489 | -2107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | - | 6 | Bruce Hill | 50 | Buick | 459 | -2137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | - | 5 | Dick May | 40 | Buick | 387 | -2209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | +11 | 4 | Lennie Pond | 68 | Buick | 342 | -2254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | +13 | 3 | Connie Saylor | 4 | Oldsmobile | 300 | -2296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | -2 | 4 | Joe Fields | 64 | Buick | 300 | -2296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | -2 | 2 | Jim Robinson | 78 | Oldsmobile | 284 | -2312 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | +2 | 5 | Rick Wilson | 62 | Oldsmobile | 277 | -2319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | -3 | 3 | Randy Ogden | 18 | Oldsmobile | 276 | -2320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | -3 | 3 | Glenn Jarrett | 17 | Chevrolet | 276 | -2320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | +5 | 3 | AJ Foyt | 51 | Oldsmobile | 271 | -2325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | -4 | 3 | Butch Lindley | 26 | Chevrolet | 266 | -2330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | -4 | 2 | Don Whittington | 93 | Chevrolet | 242 | -2354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | -3 | 2 | Don Waterman | 38 | Buick | 233 | -2363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | -3 | 2 | Don Sprouse | 37 | Oldsmobile | 221 | -2375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | -3 | 3 | Slick Johnson | 53 | Chevrolet | 216 | -2380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | -3 | 2 | Roy Smith | 0 | Buick | 212 | -2384 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | -1 | 2 | Bill Schmitt | 73 | Buick | 188 | -2408 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | - | 2 | Don Puskarich | 13 | Oldsmobile | 179 | -2417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | - | 3 | Dick Brooks | 13 | Ford | 173 | -2423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | - | 2 | Geoff Bodine | 01 | Buick | 170 | -2426 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | - | 2 | Mark Martin | 02 | Pontiac | 164 | -2432 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | - | 2 | Hershel McGriff | 01 | Dodge | 157 | -2439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | - | 5 | David Pearson | 16 | Chevrolet | 154 | -2442 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | - | 1 | John Borneman | 81 | Chevrolet | 127 | -2469 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | - | 1 | HB Bailey | 36 | Pontiac | 118 | -2478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | - | 1 | Rick O'Dell | 8 | Buick | 115 | -2481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | +17 | 2 | Jack Ingram | 13 | Ford | 113 | -2483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | -1 | 2 | Lowell Cowell | 17 | Chevrolet | 112 | -2484 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | -1 | 1 | Ronnie Sanders | 19 | Buick | 109 | -2487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | -1 | 2 | Steve Spencer | 17 | Buick | 103 | -2493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | -1 | 1 | Henry Jones | 94 | Buick | 103 | -2493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | -1 | 1 | Bill Dennis | 19 | Buick | 100 | -2496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | -1 | 1 | Bob Bondurant | 03 | Oldsmobile | 100 | -2496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | +14 | 3 | Bill Elswick | 57 | Oldsmobile | 91 | -2505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | -2 | 2 | Steve Pfeifer | 94 | Chevrolet | 91 | -2505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | -2 | 1 | John Gunn | 64 | Chevrolet | 88 | -2508 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | -2 | 1 | Rick McCray | 08 | Chevrolet | 85 | -2511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | -2 | 1 | Junior Miller | 79 | Oldsmobile | 85 | -2511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | +10 | 4 | Tommy Houston | 17 | Chevrolet | 82 | -2514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | -3 | 1 | Roger Hamby | 17 | Chevrolet | 82 | -2514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | +5 | 2 | Billie Harvey | 31 | Pontiac | 80 | -2516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | -4 | 1 | Elmo Langley | 66 | Oldsmobile | 76 | -2520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | -4 | 2 | Baxter Price | 45 | Buick | 73 | -2523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | -4 | 2 | Jimmy Insolo | 9 | Buick | 73 | -2523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | -4 | 1 | Ernie Cline | 06 | Pontiac | 73 | -2523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | -4 | 1 | Rusty Wallace | 98 | Pontiac | 73 | -2523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | -4 | 1 | Jim Bown | 16 | Oldsmobile | 67 | -2529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | -3 | 1 | Robert Tartaglia | 2W | Chevrolet | 58 | -2538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | - | 1 | Kevin Housby | 99 | Oldsmobile | 55 | -2541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | -3 | 1 | Blackie Wangerin | 39 | Ford | 37 | -2559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | -1 | 3 | Mike Potter | 17 | Buick | 0 | -2596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | -1 | 1 | Rick Baldwin | 40 | Oldsmobile | 0 | -2596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | -1 | 1 | Joe Booher | 40 | Buick | 0 | -2596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | -1 | 1 | Charlie Chamblee | 25 | Pontiac | 0 | -2596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | -1 | 1 | Bob Riley | 94 | Buick | 0 | -2596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | -1 | 1 | Kirk Shelmerdine | 8 | Pontiac | 0 | -2596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | -1 | 1 | Chuck Bown | 16 | Buick | 0 | -2596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |