Champ Car World Series / CART
Standings: 1981

Driver Championship Overall Road Oval
1 Rick Mears 304 123 181 
2 Bill Alsup 175 80 95 
3 Pancho Carter 168 19 149 
4 Gordon Johncock 142 68 74 
5 Johnny Rutherford 120 32 88 
6 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. (R) 107 12 95 
7 Bobby Unser 99 17 82 
8 Tom Sneva 96 1 95 
9 Bob Lazier (R) 92 66 26 
10 Al Unser 90 21 69 
11 Mario Andretti 81 6 75 
12 Tom Bigelow 60 0 60 
13 Scott Brayton (R) 57 17 40 
14 Larry Dickson 49 15 34 
15 Gary Bettenhausen 42 0 42 
16 Dick Simon 38 28 10 
17 Herm Johnson 38 31 7 
18 Mike Chandler (R) 37 37 0 
19 Mike Mosley 32 6 26 
20 Steve Chassey (R) 31 23 8 
21 Josele Garza (R) 30 4 26 
22 Phil Caliva 27 0 27 
23 Kevin Cogan (R) 23 6 17 
24 Dick Ferguson 20 6 14 
25 Steve Krisiloff 18 0 18 
26 Rocky Moran Sr. (R) 16 16 0 
27 Geoff Brabham (R) 14 10 4 
28 Jerry Karl 13 3 10 
29 Billy Engelhart 11 0 11 
30 Larry Cannon 10 0 10 
31 Roger Rager 10 3 7 
32 Bill Tempero 7 1 6 
33 Bill Vukovich Jr. 6 0 6 
34 Phil Krueger (R) 6 4 2 
35 Gordon Smiley 5 2 3 
36 Vern Schuppan 4 3 1 
37 Jim McElreath 4 1 3 
38 Ross Davis (R) 4 2 2 
39 Jim Buick (R) 4 0 4 
40 Hurley Haywood 3 3 0 
41 Spike Gehlhausen 2 0 2 
42 John Mahler 2 0 2 
43 Bob Frey (R) 2 0 2 
44 Dennis Firestone 1 0 1 
45 Jerry Sneva 1 0 1 
46 Phil Threshie 1 0 1 
47 Chip Mead 1 0 1 
 
Nation's Cup Overall Road Oval
 
1 USA 407 127 280 
2 Mexico 30 4 26 
3 Australia 15 10 5 
4 United Kingdom 11 0 11 
 
Manufacturer's Cup Overall Road Oval
1 CosTC 387 115 272 
2 Cosworth 220 102 118 
3 ChevyA 142 44 98 
4 OffyTC 19 3 16 
5 AlfRom 17 0 17 
6 ChevyB 4 3 1 
 
Constructor's Cup Overall Road Oval
1 Penske 362 125 237 
2 Wildcat 210 70 140 
3 McLaren 121 4 117 
4 Chapparral 109 32 77 
5 Eagle 99 31 68 
6 March 82 12 70 
7 Longhorn 80 24 56 
8 Phoenix 51 18 33 
9 Watson 41 28 13 
10 Lightning 21 18 3 
11 Karl 4 3 1 
12 DC-1 3 3 0 
13 Volstedt 1 0 1 
 
Rookie of the Year Overall Road Oval
 
1 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. (R) 107 12 95 
2 Bob Lazier (R) 92 66 26 
3 Scott Brayton (R) 57 17 40 
4 Mike Chandler (R) 37 37 0 
5 Steve Chassey (R) 31 23 8 
6 Josele Garza (R) 30 4 26 
7 Kevin Cogan (R) 23 6 17 
8 Rocky Moran Sr. (R) 16 16 0 
9 Geoff Brabham (R) 14 10 4 
10 Phil Krueger (R) 6 4 2 
11 Jim Buick (R) 4 0 4 
12 Ross Davis (R) 4 2 2 
13 Bob Frey (R) 2 0 2