Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Texas 400

Texas World Speedway

June 3rd, 1979

Race #14 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 34
  • Makes
    • Buick (3)
    • Chevrolet (19)
    • Dodge (3)
    • Ford (3)
    • Mercury (1)
    • Oldsmobile (4)
    • Pontiac (1)
  • Last Texas World Speedway race (Alamo 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
01 Earle Canavan Dodge Irish Spring Soap Earle Canavan
09 Dick May Oldsmobile CRC Chemicals Nelson Oswald
11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Busch Junior Johnson
12 Lennie Pond Chevrolet Kencoal Mining Kennie Childers
15 Bobby Allison Ford Hodgdon / Moore Bud Moore
19 Billy Hagan Chevrolet Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund
24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile Gordon-Barnicle 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 Spectra Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
31 John Rezek Oldsmobile RPM Enterprises Curtis Payne
32 Jimmy Finger Buick Vita Fresh / Pharis Chevy Don Bierschwale
36 HB Bailey Pontiac Almeda Auto Parts H.B. Bailey
40 DK Ulrich Buick 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
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
50 Bruce Hill Buick Global Heat Exchanger Walter Ballard
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Mr. Transmission Jimmy Means
55 Bill Meazel Chevrolet Lowrey U-Haul Bill Meazell
58 John Haver Chevrolet Camera World Canon John Haver
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
69 Mike Kempton Chevrolet Pro Shoppe Mike Kempton
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet Appliance Wheels L.G. DeWitt
76 Mike Potter Chevrolet Miller Mike Potter
79 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Mercury Truxmore Junie Donlavey
96 Jim Hurlbert Ford White Crown Engineering Will Cronkrite