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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 16th, 1980

Race #5 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 328
  • Drivers Entered: 41
  • Makes
    • Buick (2)
    • Chevrolet (22)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (3)
    • Mercury (3)
    • Oldsmobile (9)
  • Last Atlanta Motor Speedway race (Dixie 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington
11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Busch Junior Johnson
12 Buck Simmons Chevrolet Ramey's Chevy City Kennie Childers
15 Bobby Allison Ford Mike Curb / Hodgdon Bud Moore
16 Rusty Wallace St. Louis, MO Chevrolet Roger Penske Roger Penske
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Mike Curb / Hodgdon Rod Osterlund
20 Rick Newsom Oldsmobile Louise Smith Rick Newsom
21 Neil Bonnett Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Stone's Cafeteria Don Robertson
27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet Melling Tool M.C. Anderson
28 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Buick Russ Togs Walter Ballard
40 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet Howard Johnson's D.K. Ulrich
42 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
43 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Stratagraph Billy Hagan
45 Baxter Price Oldsmobile Iron Peddlers Baxter Price
47 Harry Gant Chevrolet Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
50 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile Global Heat Exchanger Walter Ballard
51 Don Whittington Oldsmobile Road Atlanta A.J. Foyt
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
53 Slick Johnson Chevrolet J.D. Johnson J.D. Johnson
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
65 Ralph Jones Ford Spohn's Body Shop Ron Spohn
66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Chevrolet Lake Speed Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
7 Dick Brooks Chevrolet Sanyo Nelson Malloch
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Oldsmobile Hudson Transmission Dave Marcis
72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet L.G. DeWitt L.G. DeWitt
74 Joe Booher Buick Booher Farms Joe Booher
75 Lennie Pond Chevrolet RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
79 Frank Warren Dodge Frank Warren Frank Warren
8 Kevin Housby Oldsmobile Taylor & Martin Jack Housby
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Mercury Evans Toyota-GMC George Elliott
90 Jody Ridley Mercury Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey