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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

American 500

North Carolina Speedway

October 19th, 1980

Race #29 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Makes
    • Buick (1)
    • Chevrolet (28)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (3)
    • Mercury (1)
    • Oldsmobile (2)
  • Last North Carolina Speedway race (Carolina 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
05 Bill Elswick Oldsmobile Performer Boats Performer Boats
07 Jeff McDuffie Buick Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Busch Junior Johnson
12 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Ramey's Chevy City Kennie Childers
15 Bobby Allison Ford 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 Chevrolet 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 Stan Barrett Chevrolet Ulrich / Reynolds / Needham D.K. Ulrich
41 Dick Brooks Chevrolet Steve's Corvette / Brooks Honda Billy Matthews
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 Chevrolet Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Thompson Industries Jimmy Means
53 Slick Johnson Chevrolet Johnson Racing J.D. Johnson
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
68 Lennie Pond Chevrolet Kings Mountain Truck Plaza Jim Testa
7 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Chevrolet Sanyo Nelson Malloch
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited Dave Marcis
75 Joe Millikan Chevrolet RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
77 John Anderson Chevrolet Warren Fabricating John Rebhan
79 Junior Miller Chevrolet Miller Roofing Junior Miller
84 Glenn Jarrett Chevrolet Busch Breakthrough Busch Breakthrough
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
95 Ernie Cline Chevrolet Cline Racing Ernie Cline