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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Valleydale 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

March 29th, 1981

Race #6 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 31
  • Makes
    • Buick (10)
    • Chevrolet (5)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (3)
    • Oldsmobile (4)
    • Pontiac (8)
  • Last Bristol Motor Speedway race (Busch Volunteer 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
06 Ernie Cline Pontiac Bush Inc. Ernie Cline
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
17 Steve Spencer Chevrolet Slick 50 Roger Hamby
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Pontiac Wrangler Rod Osterlund
20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet City Rick Newsom
24 Cecil Gordon Buick Brian's Steakhouse Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas
26 Butch Lindley Chevrolet Lindley Racing Butch Lindley
28 Bobby Allison Pontiac Tuf-Lon Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Pontiac Nichols Richard Childress
37 Mike Alexander Oldsmobile Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
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
45 DK Ulrich Buick McWhirter Grading Baxter Price
47 Ron Bouchard Buick Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 Harry Gant Pontiac Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
5 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Pontiac Performance Connection Cliff Stewart
50 Bruce Hill Buick Hill Racing Bruce Hill
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 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
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Bowlin Coal / Hudson Dave Marcis
75 Joe Millikan Buick RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Oldsmobile Howard & Egerton Richard Howard
88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Oldsmobile Gatorade DiGard
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
99 Tim Richmond Buick UNO D.K. Ulrich