Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Virginia 500
Martinsville Speedway
April 22nd, 1979
Race #9 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 500
- Drivers Entered: 30
- Makes
- Buick (2)
- Chevrolet (19)
- Dodge (2)
- Ford (3)
- Mercury (1)
- Oldsmobile (3)
- Last Martinsville Speedway
race (Old Dominion 500)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
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02 | Dave Marcis | Wausau, WI | Chevrolet | Shoney's | Dave Marcis | |
05 | Dick Brooks | Oldsmobile | Bearfinder | Nelson Malloch | ||
1 | Donnie Allison | Chevrolet | Hawaiian Tropic | Hoss Ellington | ||
11 | Cale Yarborough | Oldsmobile | Busch | Junior Johnson | ||
12 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet | Kencoal Mining | Kennie Childers | ||
15 | Bobby Allison | Ford | Hodgdon / Moore | Bud Moore | ||
19 | Dick May | Chevrolet | Belden Asphalt | Henley Gray | ||
2 | Dale Earnhardt | Kannapolis, NC | Chevrolet | Rod Osterlund | Rod Osterlund | |
21 | Neil Bonnett | Mercury | Purolator | Wood Brothers | ||
24 | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | Gordon-Barnicle | Cecil Gordon | ||
25 | Ronnie Thomas | Chevrolet | 1st National City Travelers Checks | Don Robertson | ||
27 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | Power Tool Service | M.C. Anderson | ||
28 | Buddy Baker | Chevrolet | Spectra | Harry Ranier | ||
3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | CRC Chemicals | Richard Childress | ||
30 | Tighe Scott | Buick | Russ Togs | Walter Ballard | ||
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 | Baxter Price | Baxter Price | ||
47 | Harry Gant | Chevrolet | Race Hill Farm | Jack Beebe | ||
48 | James Hylton | Roanoke, VA | Chevrolet | Palatine Automotive Parts | James Hylton | |
52 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | Mr. Transmission | Jimmy Means | ||
64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Elmo Langley | ||
67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | Reid Trailer Sales | Buddy Arrington | ||
68 | Chuck Bown | Buick | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza | Jim Testa | ||
70 | JD McDuffie | Chevrolet | Bailey Excavating | J.D. McDuffie | ||
72 | Joe Millikan | Chevrolet | Appliance Wheels | L.G. DeWitt | ||
79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | Native Tan | Frank Warren | ||
88 | Darrell Waltrip | Franklin, TN | Chevrolet | Gatorade | DiGard | |
90 | Ricky Rudd | Chesapeake, VA | Ford | Truxmore | Junie Donlavey |