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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Gabriel 400

Michigan International Speedway

June 17th, 1979

Race #16 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Makes
    • Buick (3)
    • Chevrolet (21)
    • Dodge (3)
    • Ford (2)
    • Mercury (3)
    • Oldsmobile (4)
  • Last Michigan International Speedway race (Champion Spark Plug 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#23 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
0 John Kennedy Chevrolet Avanti CB John Kennedy
05 Dick Brooks Chevrolet Bearfinder Nelson Malloch
09 Bill Seifert Oldsmobile CRC Chemicals Nelson Oswald
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
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Kings Inn Roger Hamby
19 Bob Burcham Chevrolet Belden Asphalt 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 Griffin Marine M.C. Anderson
28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet Spectra Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Buick Russ Togs Walter Ballard
38 Sandy Satullo Buick Copper Kettle Marina Sandy Satullo
40 DK Ulrich Buick Midwestern Farm Lines D.K. Ulrich
42 Marty Robbins Dodge Marty Robbins Marty Robbins
43 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Stratagraph Billy Hagan
47 Harry Gant Chevrolet Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
49 Bill Green Chevrolet A.K. Cartage Charles Dean
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
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited Dave Marcis
72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet Appliance Wheels L.G. DeWitt
79 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
81 David Sosebee Chevrolet Gober Sosebee Gober Sosebee
82 Paul Fess Oldsmobile Lasky Construction Stan Lasky
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Mercury Knutsons Ski-Doo George Elliott
90 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Mercury Truxmore Junie Donlavey