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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Busch 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

August 22nd, 1981

Race #22 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 30
  • Makes
    • Buick (12)
    • Chevrolet (3)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (3)
    • Oldsmobile (2)
    • Pontiac (9)
  • Last Bristol Motor Speedway race (Valleydale 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#3 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: The #3 NASCAR Next Gen car is seen in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
08 Joel Stowe Pontiac Don Satterfield Don Satterfield
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
12 Tim Richmond Oldsmobile UNO Kennie Childers
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
17 Mike Potter Chevrolet Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
2 Joe Ruttman Upland, CA Pontiac J.D. Stacy Jim Stacy
20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet Newsom Racing Rick Newsom
24 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Buick Gordon Racing Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas
28 Bobby Allison Buick Hardee's Harry Ranier
3 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Pontiac Wrangler Richard Childress
33 Harry Gant Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
37 Mike Alexander Buick Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
40 Cecil Gordon Buick Dixie Engineering D.K. Ulrich
42 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Buick STP Petty Enterprises
43 Richard Petty Buick STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Buick Stratagraph Billy Hagan
47 Ron Bouchard Buick J.D. Stacy Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Pontiac Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
5 Joe Millikan Pontiac Performance Connection Cliff Stewart
52 Jimmy Means Pontiac Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Oldsmobile Speed Racing Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
68 Lennie Pond Buick Bekaert Lennie Pond
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Buick Bowlin Coal Dave Marcis
88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
99 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick Ulrich Racing D.K. Ulrich