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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

CRC Chemicals 500

Dover International Speedway

September 16th, 1979

Race #25 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Makes
    • Buick (1)
    • Chevrolet (24)
    • Dodge (3)
    • Ford (3)
    • Mercury (1)
    • Oldsmobile (4)
  • Last Dover International Speedway race (Mason-Dixon 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
01 Earle Canavan Dodge Python Earle Canavan
05 Dick Brooks Chevrolet Nelson Malloch Nelson Malloch
08 John Anderson Chevrolet Russ Draime Russ Draime
1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington
11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Busch Junior Johnson
13 Jeff Halverson Chevrolet Jeff Halverson Jeff Halverson
15 Bobby Allison Ford Hodgdon / Moore Bud Moore
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Kings Inn Roger Hamby
19 Lennie Pond Chevrolet Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund
20 Rick Newsom Oldsmobile MARS Rick Newsom
21 Neil Bonnett Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon
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
34 Nestor Peles Chevrolet Steve Peles Steve Peles
40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet Midwestern Farm Lines D.K. Ulrich
43 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Stratagraph Billy Hagan
45 Baxter Price Chevrolet Iron Peddlers Baxter Price
47 Harry Gant Chevrolet Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Oldsmobile Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Mr. Transmission Jimmy Means
58 Dick May Oldsmobile Don Satterfield Don Satterfield
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
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
79 Frank Warren Dodge Kruger Trailers Frank Warren
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Ford Truxmore Junie Donlavey
99 Bill Hollar Chevrolet Hollar Auto Parts Bill Hollar