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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 17th, 1980

Race #2 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 42
  • Makes
    • Buick (7)
    • Chevrolet (5)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (2)
    • Mercury (3)
    • Oldsmobile (23)
  • Last Daytona International Speedway race (Firecracker 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
00 John Utsman Chevrolet Kingsport Speedway Ed Whitaker
05 Bill Elswick Oldsmobile RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
1 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington
11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile Busch Junior Johnson
14 Sterling Marlin Columbia, TN Chevrolet Cunningham-Kelley H.B. Cunningham
15 Bobby Allison Ford Mike Curb / Hodgdon Bud Moore
17 Don Whittington Chevrolet Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
19 JD McDuffie Buick Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Oldsmobile Mike Curb / Hodgdon Rod Osterlund
21 Neil Bonnett Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Buick Stone's Cafeteria Don Robertson
27 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 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
33 John Anderson Oldsmobile Draime Race Engines Russ Draime
40 Bill Whittington Buick Jim Morrison D.K. Ulrich
43 Richard Petty Oldsmobile STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Oldsmobile Stratagraph Billy Hagan
47 Harry Gant Oldsmobile Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Oldsmobile Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
50 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile Global Heat Exchanger Walter Ballard
51 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile Valvoline / Gilmore A.J. Foyt
52 Jimmy Means Buick Mr. Transmission Jimmy Means
53 Slick Johnson Chevrolet J.D. Johnson J.D. Johnson
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
68 Chuck Bown Oldsmobile Kings Mountain Truck Plaza Jim Testa
7 Dick Brooks Oldsmobile Sanyo Nelson Malloch
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Oldsmobile Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission Dave Marcis
72 Joe Millikan Oldsmobile Hayes Jewelers L.G. DeWitt
73 Bill Schmitt Oldsmobile Olympus Mahogany Hot Tubs Bill Schmitt
74 Joe Booher Buick Booher Farms Bobby Wawak
75 Lennie Pond Buick Burger King RahMoc Enterprises
79 Jim Hurlbert Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
8 Kevin Housby Oldsmobile Taylor & Martin / Marina Inn Jack Housby
82 Janet Guthrie Chevrolet Texaco Star Rod Osterlund
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Oldsmobile Gatorade DiGard
89 Jim Vandiver Oldsmobile O.L. Nixon O.L. Nixon
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Mercury Knutsons RV George Elliott
90 Jody Ridley Mercury Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey