Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Capital City 400
Richmond Raceway
September 9th, 1979
Race #24 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 400
- Drivers Entered: 26
- Makes
- Chevrolet (17)
- Dodge (3)
- Ford (3)
- Oldsmobile (3)
- Last Richmond Raceway
race (Richmond 400)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Earle Canavan | Dodge | Earle Canavan | Earle Canavan | ||
11 | Cale Yarborough | Oldsmobile | Busch | Junior Johnson | ||
15 | Bobby Allison | Ford | Hodgdon / Moore | Bud Moore | ||
17 | Bill Elliott | Dawsonville, GA | Chevrolet | Kings Inn | Roger Hamby | |
19 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet | Belden Asphalt | Henley Gray | ||
2 | Dale Earnhardt | Kannapolis, NC | Chevrolet | Rod Osterlund | Rod Osterlund | |
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 | ||
3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | CRC Chemicals | Richard Childress | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
75 | Bill Elswick | Oldsmobile | RahMoc Enterprises | RahMoc Enterprises | ||
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 |