The 1981 Stock Car Brasil Championship was the third iteration of the Stock Car Brasil Championship. The season would begin at the Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã on April 5 and would conclude at the Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé on October 25.
The championship was won by Affonso Giaffone Jr.
Calendar The following circuits hosted at least one round of the 1981 championship. RoundCircuit (Event)DatesMap 1 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã 5 April 2 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 3 May 3 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 17 May 4 Autódromo Internacional de Brasília 7 June 5 Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia 21 June 6 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel 2 August 7 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 9 August 8 Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé 25 October
Teams and drivers All teams and drivers were Brazilian-registered. All entrants ran the Chevrolet Opala car. Entrant Tire Driver Rounds Castrol Racing 2 Guilherme Mottur 93 Aloysio Andrade Filho All Spinelli Racing 3 Marcos Gracia All 13 Valtemir Spinelli All 43 Olimpio Alencar Jr. All 55 Toninho da Matta Oxigeral GP 4 Sylvio de Barros Equipe Johnson 9 Marcos Troncon 17 Ingo Hoffmann All Blindex Racing Team 11 Chico Serra All Jumbo Eletro Team 12 Antonio Castro Prado 91 Armando Balbi All Camel Grand Prix 16 Joannis Likoroupoulos 82 Reinaldo Campello Equipe Havoline-Texaco 20 José Luiz Nogueira All 49 Jayme Figueiredo Equipe Coca-Cola Brasil/Polwax 22 Paulo Gomes All 67 Antônio Carlos Avallone Team Metalpó 23 José Catanhede 25 Sidney Alves Giaffone Motorsport 26 Affonso Giaffone Jr. All 80 Zeca Giaffone All Team Metalpó-Combustol 30 Ricardo Fontanari Bastos Racing Team 34 Edgar Mello Filho All Valvoline Team 53 Fernando Tradt 85 Alfredo Guaraná Menezes All Camel Grand Prix 59 Ricardo Baptista 97 Luis Carlos Sansone HG/Rodão Motorsport 62 Carlos Drumond Renner Racing 72 Mauro Turcatel 81 João Correa All Larus Turbo/Sandvik/Net Oz SuperAuto 75 René de Nigris Ashford Motorsports 76 Márcio Mauro Molas Hoesch Team 84 Pedro Carneiro Pereira San Philipo/Objetivo Competições 94 João Carlos Palhares Águia Autosport 99 Leonardo Sánchez
Results and standings Season summary Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Tarumã 5 April Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann Equipe Johnson 2 Jacarepaguá 3 May Olimpio Alencar Jr. Olimpio Alencar Jr. Olimpio Alencar Jr. Spinelli Racing 3 Interlagos 17 May Affonso Giaffone Jr. Olimpio Alencar Jr. Reinaldo Campello Camel Grand Prix 4 Brasília 7 June Ingo Hoffmann Paulo Gomes Ingo Hoffmann Equipe Johnson 5 Goiânia 21 June Olimpio Alencar Jr. Olimpio Alencar Jr. Olimpio Alencar Jr. Spinelli Racing 6 Cascavel 2 August Paulo Gomes Reinaldo Campello Olimpio Alencar Jr. Spinelli Racing 7 Curitiba 9 August Affonso Giaffone Jr. Affonso Giaffone Jr. Affonso Giaffone Jr. Giaffone Motorsport 8 Guaporé 25 October Paulo Gomes Reinaldo Campello Reinaldo Campello Camel Grand Prix
Championship standings Pos Driver TAR RIO INT BRA GOI CAS CUR GUA Pts 1 Affonso Giaffone Jr. 2 9 Ret 2 3 2 1 Ret 84 2 Olimpio Alencar Jr 3 1 2 Ret 1 1 6 3 51 3 Zeca Giaffone 5 3 9 8 4 3 7 2 47 4 Reinaldo Campello 18 1 3 2 1 45 5 Paulo Gomes 6 2 6 7 5 7 4 6 45 6 Ingo Hoffmann 1 4 5 Ret 2 5 8 5 44 7 Valtemir Spinelli 7 Ret Ret 6 11 6 5 4 43 8 Marcos Gracia 10 7 DSQ 4 7 4 3 Ret 35 9 Alfredo Guaraná Menezes 4 Ret 13 Ret 10 Ret 16 7 34 10 Luis Carlos SansoneRet 12 12 34 11 Aloysio Andrade Filho 20 13 Ret 14 18 9 Ret 9 32 12 Edgar Mello Filho DNS 5 3 Ret 6 8 10 Ret 31 13 João Correa Ret 6 7 12 16 10 11 8 28 14 Chico Serra 9 DSQ 4 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 27 15 René de Nigris 1 9 21 16 João Carlos Palhares Ret Ret 11 13 15 Ret 10 19 17 Carlos Drumond 5 10 18 Toninho da Matta 8 8 12 11 9 19 José Catanhede (Catanha) 16 14 8 Ret 7 20 Armando Balbi 11 Ret 15 9 14 12 12 6 21 Pedro Carneiro Pereira 13 Ret 10 9 6 22 Ricardo Fontanari 17 10 16 16 DNS 14 423 Sidney Alves 19 Ret 10 13 14 4 24 Jayme Figueiredo 14 12 14 13 17 11 3 25 José Luiz Nogueira 12 11 11 15 15 14 15 13 3 26 Antônio Carlos Avallone 13 2 27 Leonardo Sánchez 15 15 2 28 Marcos Troncon Ret 17 0 29 Joannis Likoroupoulos Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 30 Fernando Tradt Ret Ret 0 31 Guilherme Mottur DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 32 Márcio Mauro Ret 0 33 Ricardo Baptista Ret 0 34 Antonio Castro Prado AN Ret 0 35 Sylvio de Barros Ret Ret 0 36 Mauro Turcatel Ret 0 Pos Driver TAR RIO INT BRA GOI CAS CUR GUA Pts Source: Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap† – Retired, but classified
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