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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 15th, 1981

Race #2 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 42
  • Makes
    • Buick (14)
    • Chevrolet (1)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (6)
    • Oldsmobile (9)
    • Pontiac (11)
  • Last Daytona International Speedway race (Firecracker 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
1 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile UNO Hoss Ellington
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
12 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile The 5 Racers Kennie Childers
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
16 David Pearson Chevrolet Halpern Enterprises Joel Halpern
17 Glenn Jarrett Buick Tuf-Lon of Florida Roger Hamby
19 Ronnie Sanders Buick Home Trend Realty Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Pontiac Wrangler Rod Osterlund
21 Neil Bonnett Ford Purolator Wood Brothers
22 Stan Barrett Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
23 Geoff Bodine Chemung, NY Pontiac Bahre Racing Dick Bahre
24 Cecil Gordon Buick Home Craft Homes Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas
27 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile Valvoline M.C. Anderson
28 Bobby Allison Pontiac Tuf-Lon Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Pontiac Wachovia Carpet Richard Childress
31 Billie Harvey Pontiac Graf Lear Jets Billie Harvey
37 Don Sprouse Oldsmobile Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
39 Blackie Wangerin Ford Wangerin / Clements Blackie Wangerin
41 Dick Brooks Buick Matthews Racing Billy Matthews
42 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Buick STP Petty Enterprises
43 Richard Petty Buick STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Buick Stratagraph / Apache Stove Billy Hagan
47 Harry Gant Buick Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Pontiac Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
51 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile Gilmore / Valvoline A.J. Foyt
52 Jimmy Means Pontiac Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
57 Bill Elswick Oldsmobile Performance Boat RahMoc Enterprises
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
68 Lennie Pond Buick Burger King Jim Testa
7 Bruce Hill Buick Native Tan Nelson Malloch
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Oldsmobile Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission Dave Marcis
75 Joe Millikan Buick RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick Howard & Egerton Richard Howard
88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Oldsmobile Gatorade DiGard
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Ford Mell-Gear George Elliott
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
93 Don Whittington Oldsmobile Smith Racing Scott Smith
98 Johnny Rutherford Pontiac Levi Garrett Ron Benfield
99 Tim Richmond Buick UNO D.K. Ulrich