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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

November 5th, 1978

Race #29 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 328
  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Makes
    • Chevrolet (25)
    • Chrysler (1)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (3)
    • Mercury (3)
    • Oldsmobile (6)
  • Last Atlanta Motor Speedway race (Atlanta 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
0 John Kennedy Ford Spohn's Body Shop John Kennedy
05 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile Bearfinder Harry Clary
1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington
11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 1st National City Travelers Checks Junior Johnson
12 Harry Gant Chevrolet Black Diamond Coal Kennie Childers
14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet Cunningham-Kelley H.B. Cunningham
15 Bobby Allison Ford Norris Industries Bud Moore
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Hamby-Ellis Roger Hamby
19 Dick May Chevrolet Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund
21 David Pearson Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
22 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet 1st National City Travelers Checks Al Rudd
24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Louise Smith Don Robertson
27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet Griffin Marine M.C. Anderson
3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile Kansas Jack Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Oldsmobile Russ Togs Walter Ballard
37 Dave Watson Chevrolet Ams Oil Dave Watson
4 Gary Myers Chevrolet Spencer's Baby Wear Gary Myers
41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet Krystal Herb Adcox
43 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
48 Al Holbert Chevrolet Southland Industries James Hylton
5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Armor All Rod Osterlund
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Means Racing Jimmy Means
54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet W.I.N. Harry Ranier
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Sam Dell Buddy Arrington
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
72 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 1st National City Travelers Checks L.G. DeWitt
74 Tommy Gale Chevrolet Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak
75 Butch Mock Chevrolet RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
79 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
8 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet L.R. Cook Robert Gee
81 Ed Negre Chrysler Jones Chrysler-Plymouth Ed Negre
84 Skip Manning Mercury Valvoline Blackie Wangerin
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Oldsmobile Dahlonega Ford Sales George Elliott
90 Dick Brooks Mercury Truxmore Junie Donlavey
92 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Duck Industries Billy Hagan
97 Ralph Jones Ford Ralph Jones Ralph Jones
98 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund