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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

NAPA National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway

October 8th, 1978

Race #27 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 334
  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Makes
    • Buick (2)
    • Chevrolet (21)
    • Chrysler (1)
    • Dodge (3)
    • Ford (5)
    • Mercury (3)
    • Oldsmobile (5)
  • Last Charlotte Motor Speedway race (World 600)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#23 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
00 John Utsman Chevrolet Lady & Son Auction Ed Whitaker
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 Autosense Kennie Childers
14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet Cunningham-Kelley H.B. Cunningham
15 Bobby Allison Ford Norris Industries Bud Moore
16 Glenn Jarrett Oldsmobile Bealer Wholesale / Budweiser Jimmy Edwards
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Hamby-Ellis Roger Hamby
19 Bill Dennis 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 Busch Al Rudd
27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet NAPA M.C. Anderson
28 Jerry Jolly Buick Ski Machine Charles Dean
3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet Russ Togs Walter Ballard
41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet Krystal Herb Adcox
43 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
49 Connie Saylor Dodge Lady & Son Auction G.C. Spencer
5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Armor All Rod Osterlund
54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet W.I.N. Harry Ranier
57 Dick May Ford McClure Motors Alfred McClure
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
68 Janet Guthrie Buick Kings Mountain Truck Plaza Lynda Ferreri
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Bobby Fisher Chevrolet Stroh's Beer Bobby Fisher
72 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 1st National City Travelers Checks L.G. DeWitt
75 Butch Mock Chevrolet RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
79 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
8 Skip Manning Chevrolet Autowize Robert Gee
81 Ed Negre Chrysler Jones Chrysler-Plymouth Ed Negre
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Mercury Dahlonega Ford Sales George Elliott
90 Dick Brooks Mercury Truxmore Junie Donlavey
92 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Duck Industries Billy Hagan
96 Baxter Price Ford Cardinal Tractor Will Cronkrite
99 Dick Trickle Wisconsin Rapids, WI Ford Puro Racing Delbert Puro