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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Northwestern Bank 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway

April 20th, 1980

Race #8 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 400
  • Drivers Entered: 31
  • Makes
    • Buick (1)
    • Chevrolet (26)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (3)
  • Last North Wilkesboro Speedway race (Holly Farms 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
07 Jeff McDuffie Buick Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Busch Junior Johnson
15 Bobby Allison Ford Mike Curb / Hodgdon Bud Moore
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
19 John Anderson Chevrolet Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Mike Curb / Hodgdon Rod Osterlund
20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet Louise Smith Rick Newsom
25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Stone's Cafeteria Don Robertson
27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet Melling Tool M.C. Anderson
3 Richard Childress Chevrolet CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet Mastin Pool Company 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 Chevrolet 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 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
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 Chevrolet DeWitt Racing L.G. DeWitt
74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet Wawak Racing Bobby Wawak
75 Bill Elswick Chevrolet RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
95 Tommy Houston Chevrolet Carpenter Designs Junior Miller
99 Dick May Chevrolet Hollar Auto Parts Bill Hollar