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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway

January 13th, 1980

Race #1 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 119
  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Makes
    • Buick (1)
    • Chevrolet (27)
    • Dodge (3)
    • Ford (2)
    • Mercury (1)
    • Oldsmobile (3)
  • Last Riverside International Raceway race (NAPA Riverside 400)
    • 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
08 Rick McCray Buick Rick McCray Rick McCray
11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Busch Junior Johnson
13 Don Puskarich Chevrolet Matt Puskarich Matt Puskarich
15 Bobby Allison Ford Hodgdon / Moore Bud Moore
18 Randy Ogden Chevrolet Jack Ogden Jack Ogden
19 Vince Giamformaggio Chevrolet Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund
21 Neil Bonnett Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Oldsmobile Reliable RV Cecil Gordon
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
37 Chuck Wahl Chevrolet Excel Trailer DuWayne Wahl
40 Bill Whittington Chevrolet Midwestern Farm Lines D.K. Ulrich
43 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Stratagraph Billy Hagan
45 Roy Smith Chevrolet Iron Peddlers Baxter Price
47 Chuck Bown Chevrolet J & S Trucking J & S Trucking
48 Dan Gurney Chevrolet Lubri-Lon Rod Osterlund
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Mr. Transmission Jimmy Means
55 Don Whittington Chevrolet Warner / Curb DiGard
57 Steve Pfeifer Chevrolet Don Guy Don Guy
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Switzer Construction 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 Trucking L.G. DeWitt
73 Bill Schmitt Oldsmobile Shasta County Bank Bill Schmitt
75 Harry Gant Oldsmobile RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
78 Jim Robinson Chevrolet San-Val Supply A.J. Kurten
79 Dick May Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
8 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet G.W. Dickinson James Hylton
81 John Borneman El Cajon, CA Chevrolet Borneman Plastering John Borneman
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
93 Hershel McGriff Dodge Bigelow Paint Bigelow Paint
97 Bill Osborne Chevrolet Ivan Baldwin Ivan Baldwin