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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway

October 11th, 1981

Race #28 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 334
  • Drivers Entered: 41
  • Makes
    • Buick (21)
    • Chevrolet (4)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (6)
    • Oldsmobile (2)
    • Pontiac (6)
  • Last Charlotte Motor Speedway race (World 600)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#5 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 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
01 Geoff Bodine Chemung, NY Buick Zervakis Racing Emanuel Zervakis
1 Buddy Baker Buick UNO Hoss Ellington
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
13 Jack Ingram Ford Carolina Tool Bobby Hawkins
14 Sterling Marlin Columbia, TN Chevrolet Coors Coo Coo Marlin
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
2 Joe Ruttman Upland, CA Buick J.D. Stacy Jim Stacy
21 Neil Bonnett Ford Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. Wood Brothers
23 Charlie Glotzbach Buick Oxford Speedway Dick Bahre
24 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Buick Washington Freightliner Cecil Gordon
27 Cale Yarborough Buick Valvoline M.C. Anderson
28 Bobby Allison Chevrolet Hardee's Harry Ranier
3 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Pontiac Wrangler Richard Childress
33 Harry Gant Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
36 HB Bailey Pontiac Almeda Auto Parts H.B. Bailey
37 Tim Richmond Buick Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
38 John Anderson Buick Copper Kettle Marina Sandy Satullo
4 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile Apache Stove G.C. Spencer
40 Ronnie Thomas Buick McWhirter Grading 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 J.D. Stacy Billy Hagan
47 Ron Bouchard Buick J.D. Stacy Jack Beebe
5 Joe Millikan Pontiac Performance Connection Cliff Stewart
55 Tommy Ellis Chevrolet Industrial Boiler Tommy Ellis
6 Bob Senneker Pontiac J.D. Stacy Jim Stacy
62 Rick Wilson Bartow, FL Oldsmobile Florida Equipment & Service Rick Wilson
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Buick Ronnie Steele Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Kyle Petty's Boot Barn Buddy Arrington
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Buick Norton Company Dave Marcis
72 Rusty Wallace St. Louis, MO Buick Childs Tire John Childs
75 Gary Balough Buick Chaparral Trailers RahMoc Enterprises
8 Jimmy Means Dodge Negre Racing Norman Negre
88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Ford Mell-Gear George Elliott
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
94 Bobby Wawak Buick Louise Smith Bobby Wawak
98 Johnny Rutherford Buick Levi Garrett Ron Benfield
99 DK Ulrich Buick Ulrich Racing D.K. Ulrich