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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway

August 17th, 1980

Race #21 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Makes
    • Buick (3)
    • Chevrolet (22)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (2)
    • Mercury (4)
    • Oldsmobile (4)
  • Last Michigan International Speedway race (Gabriel 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
02 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Halpern Enterprises Joel Halpern
11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Busch Junior Johnson
12 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Ramey's Chevy City Kennie Childers
15 Bobby Allison Mercury Mike Curb / Hodgdon Bud Moore
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
19 Dick May Chevrolet Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Mike Curb / Hodgdon Rod Osterlund
21 Neil Bonnett Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile South Hill Texaco Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Buick Stone's Cafeteria Don Robertson
27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet Melling Tool M.C. Anderson
28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Chevrolet CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet Ulrich Racing D.K. Ulrich
41 Stuart Huffman Buick Bluegrass Express Bluegrass Express
42 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
43 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Apache Stove Billy Hagan
47 Harry Gant Chevrolet Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Oldsmobile Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Thompson Industries Jimmy Means
61 Baxter Price Oldsmobile Duro-Bond Jim Norris
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
65 Bruce Jacobi Ford United Medical Supply Ron Spohn
66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Chevrolet Speed Racing Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
7 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet Sanyo Nelson Malloch
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited Dave Marcis
74 Bobby Wawak Buick Wawak Racing Bobby Wawak
75 John Anderson Chevrolet RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
77 Kenny Hemphill Chevrolet Warren Fabricating John Rebhan
79 Frank Warren Dodge Warren Racing Frank Warren
85 Wayne Watercutter Oldsmobile Ward Racing Enterprises Ward Racing Enterprises
87 Billie Harvey Chevrolet Del Ray Marine Supply Billie Harvey
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Mercury Jackson Special George Elliott
90 Jody Ridley Mercury Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey