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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 7th, 1981

Race #23 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Makes
    • Buick (18)
    • Chevrolet (2)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (6)
    • Oldsmobile (2)
    • Pontiac (10)
  • Last Darlington Raceway race (CRC Chemicals Rebel 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
01 David Pearson Buick Ronnie Steele Hoss Ellington
1 Buddy Baker Buick UNO Hoss Ellington
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
12 Tim Richmond Buick UNO Kennie Childers
13 Jack Ingram Ford Carolina Tool Bobby Hawkins
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
17 Mike Potter Buick Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
2 Joe Ruttman Upland, CA Pontiac Neo-Life Jim Stacy
21 Neil Bonnett Ford Warner Hodgdon Wood Brothers
24 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Buick Gordon Racing Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas
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 Mike Alexander Oldsmobile Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
4 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile Spencer Racing G.C. Spencer
40 Slick Johnson Buick Ulrich Racing 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
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 Buick Speed Racing Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
68 Lennie Pond Buick The 5 Racers Lennie Pond
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Buick U.S. Army Dave Marcis
75 Gary Balough Buick Chaparral Trailers RahMoc Enterprises
8 Dick May Dodge Brooks Honda 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 Pontiac Levi Garrett Ron Benfield
99 DK Ulrich Buick Ulrich Racing D.K. Ulrich