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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 18th, 1979

Race #2 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 41
  • Makes
    • Buick (6)
    • Chevrolet (7)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (2)
    • Mercury (3)
    • Oldsmobile (21)
  • Last Daytona International Speedway race (Firecracker 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
00 John Utsman Chevrolet Ed Whitaker Ed Whitaker
02 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Shoney's Dave Marcis
05 Dick Brooks Oldsmobile Bearfinder Nelson Malloch
1 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington
11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile Busch Junior Johnson
12 Harry Gant Oldsmobile J.W. Hunt Produce Kennie Childers
14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet Cunningham-Kelley H.B. Cunningham
15 Bobby Allison Ford Hodgdon / Moore Bud Moore
17 Skip Manning Oldsmobile Valvoline Roger Hamby
19 Bill Dennis Chevrolet Belden Jennite Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Buick Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund
21 David Pearson Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Sub-Tropic Don Robertson
27 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile Griffin Marine M.C. Anderson
28 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile Spectra Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Buick Russ Togs Walter Ballard
37 Dave Watson Chevrolet Ams Oil Phil Howard
39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin
40 DK Ulrich Buick Midwestern Farm Lines D.K. Ulrich
41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet Adcox-Kirby Herb Adcox
43 Richard Petty Oldsmobile STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Buick Stratagraph Billy Hagan
47 Geoff Bodine Chemung, NY Oldsmobile Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
5 Neil Bonnett Oldsmobile Jim Stacy Jim Stacy
50 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile Newport & Associates Walter Ballard
51 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile Gilmore A.J. Foyt
54 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile Burger King Al Rudd
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
68 Chuck Bown Buick Kings Inn Jim Testa
70 JD McDuffie Oldsmobile Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
72 Joe Millikan Oldsmobile L.G. DeWitt L.G. DeWitt
74 Bobby Wawak Oldsmobile Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak
75 Butch Mock Buick RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
79 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
82 Paul Fess Oldsmobile Lasky Construction Stan Lasky
87 Gary Balough Oldsmobile Fast Lane Ltd. Billie Harvey
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Oldsmobile Gatorade DiGard
89 Jim Vandiver Oldsmobile O.L. Nixon O.L. Nixon
90 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Mercury Truxmore Junie Donlavey
98 Ralph Jones Ford Ralph Jones Ralph Jones