Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
NAPA National 500
Charlotte Motor Speedway
October 7th, 1979
Race #27 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 334
- Drivers Entered: 40
- Makes
- Buick (2)
- Chevrolet (24)
- Dodge (3)
- Ford (3)
- Mercury (4)
- Oldsmobile (4)
- Last Charlotte Motor Speedway
race (World 600)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
| Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Dick Brooks | Chevrolet | Comp Con | Nelson Malloch | ||
| 08 | John Anderson | Chevrolet | Draime Race Engines | Russ Draime | ||
| 1 | Donnie Allison | Chevrolet | Hawaiian Tropic | Hoss Ellington | ||
| 11 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | Busch | Junior Johnson | ||
| 12 | Jack Ingram | Chevrolet | Ramey's Chevy City | Kennie Childers | ||
| 14 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | Cunningham-Kelley | H.B. Cunningham | ||
| 15 | Bobby Allison | Ford | Hodgdon / Moore | Bud Moore | ||
| 16 | Richard Brickhouse | Oldsmobile | Pender Auto Parts | Jimmy Edwards | ||
| 17 | Steve Pfeifer | Chevrolet | Kings Inn | Roger Hamby | ||
| 19 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet | Natural Light | Henley Gray | ||
| 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Kannapolis, NC | Chevrolet | Rod Osterlund | Rod Osterlund | |
| 21 | Neil Bonnett | Mercury | Purolator | Wood Brothers | ||
| 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Chevrolet | Stone's Cafeteria | Don Robertson | ||
| 27 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | M.C. Anderson | M.C. Anderson | ||
| 28 | Buddy Baker | Chevrolet | W.I.N. | Harry Ranier | ||
| 3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | CRC Chemicals | Richard Childress | ||
| 30 | Tighe Scott | Buick | Russ Togs | Walter Ballard | ||
| 31 | John Rezek | Oldsmobile | RPM Enterprises | Curtis Payne | ||
| 4 | James Hylton | Roanoke, VA | Chevrolet | Palatine Automotive Parts | James Hylton | |
| 40 | DK Ulrich | Buick | U.S. Army | D.K. Ulrich | ||
| 42 | Kyle Petty | Trinity, NC | Dodge | STP | Petty Enterprises | |
| 43 | Richard Petty | Chevrolet | STP | Petty Enterprises | ||
| 44 | Terry Labonte | Corpus Christi, TX | Chevrolet | Stratagraph | Billy Hagan | |
| 45 | Baxter Price | Oldsmobile | Iron Peddlers | Baxter Price | ||
| 47 | Harry Gant | Chevrolet | Race Hill Farm | Jack Beebe | ||
| 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 | Chuck Bown | Chevrolet | Boy Scouts Special | Jim Testa | ||
| 70 | JD McDuffie | Chevrolet | Bailey Excavating | J.D. McDuffie | ||
| 71 | Dave Marcis | Wausau, WI | Chevrolet | Shoney's | Dave Marcis | |
| 72 | Joe Millikan | Chevrolet | Appliance Wheels | L.G. DeWitt | ||
| 75 | Bobby Brack | Chevrolet | RahMoc Enterprises | RahMoc Enterprises | ||
| 77 | Jody Ridley | Mercury | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Junie Donlavey | ||
| 79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | Almeda Auto Parts | Frank Warren | ||
| 81 | David Sosebee | Chevrolet | Gober Sosebee | Gober Sosebee | ||
| 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Franklin, TN | Chevrolet | Gatorade | DiGard | |
| 89 | Jim Vandiver | Oldsmobile | O.L. Nixon | O.L. Nixon | ||
| 9 | Bill Elliott | Dawsonville, GA | Mercury | Yandle / Thermol King | George Elliott | |
| 90 | Ricky Rudd | Chesapeake, VA | Mercury | Truxmore | Junie Donlavey |