Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway
February 15th, 1981
Race #2 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- 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:
Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
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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 |