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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

NAPA National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway

October 7th, 1979

Race #27 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • 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:
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
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