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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Coca-Cola 500

Pocono Raceway

July 30th, 1979

Race #19 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Makes
    • Buick (1)
    • Chevrolet (23)
    • Dodge (3)
    • Ford (3)
    • Mercury (2)
    • Oldsmobile (7)
  • Last Pocono Raceway race (Coca-Cola 500)
    • 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
01 Earle Canavan Dodge Green's Auto Parts Earle Canavan
05 Dick Brooks Chevrolet Bearfinder Nelson Malloch
09 Nelson Oswald Chevrolet J & S Truck Service Nelson Oswald
11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Busch Junior Johnson
12 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile Kencoal Mining Kennie Childers
15 Bobby Allison Ford Hodgdon / Moore Bud Moore
17 Roger Hamby Oldsmobile Kings Inn Roger Hamby
19 Steve Gray 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
22 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade Al Rudd
23 Louis Gatto Chevrolet L & J Automotive L & J Automotive
24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Stone's Cafeteria Don Robertson
27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet Harrisburg East Mall 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 Steve 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 Chevrolet Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Mr. Transmission Jimmy Means
55 Wayne Watercutter Chevrolet Ward Racing Enterprises Ward Racing Enterprises
57 Dick May Ford McClure Motors Alfred McClure
61 Wayne Broome Oldsmobile Jim Norris Jim Norris
63 Jocko Maggiacomo Oldsmobile Shaw Motors Jocko Maggiacomo
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
7 Al Holbert Chevrolet Holbert Porsche-Audi Al Holbert
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
87 Gary Balough Oldsmobile Fast Lane Ltd. Billie Harvey
90 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Mercury Truxmore Junie Donlavey