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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Carolina 500

North Carolina Speedway

March 9th, 1980

Race #4 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Makes
    • Buick (1)
    • Chevrolet (27)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (3)
    • Mercury (1)
    • Oldsmobile (4)
  • Last North Carolina Speedway race (American 500)
    • 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
1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington
11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile Busch Junior Johnson
12 Buck Simmons Chevrolet Kencoal Mining Kennie Childers
15 Bobby Allison Ford Mike Curb / Hodgdon Bud Moore
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Kings Inn Roger Hamby
18 Randy Ogden Chevrolet Jack Ogden Jack Ogden
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund
21 Neil Bonnett Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile Cecil Gordon 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
29 Junior Miller Chevrolet Pleasure Island Junior Miller
3 Richard Childress Chevrolet CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Buick Russ Togs Walter Ballard
33 John Anderson Chevrolet Draime Race Engines Phil Howard
40 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet Al Rudd Auto Parts 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
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 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
7 Dick Brooks Chevrolet Sanyo Nelson Malloch
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Hudson Transmission Dave Marcis
72 Joe Millikan Oldsmobile Hayes Jewelers L.G. DeWitt
74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak
75 Bill Elswick Chevrolet RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
76 Mike Potter Chevrolet Mike Potter Mike Potter
79 Dick May Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
92 Bill Osborne Chevrolet Bill Osborne Bill Osborne