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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway

July 4th, 1981

Race #17 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 160
  • Drivers Entered: 42
  • Makes
    • Buick (19)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (6)
    • Oldsmobile (7)
    • Pontiac (9)
  • Last Daytona International Speedway race (Daytona 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
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 Tim Richmond Buick UNO Kennie Childers
13 Jack Ingram Ford Carolina Tool Bobby Hawkins
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
17 Tommy Houston Oldsmobile Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
19 Dick May Buick Gray Racing Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Pontiac Wrangler Jim Stacy
21 Neil Bonnett Ford Purolator Wood Brothers
22 Stan Barrett Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
24 Cecil Gordon Buick Daytona Inn Cecil Gordon
27 Cale Yarborough Buick Valvoline M.C. Anderson
28 Bobby Allison Buick Hardee's Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Pontiac Ronnie Steele Richard Childress
31 Billie Harvey Pontiac Johnson / Pistone Billie Harvey
33 Harry Gant Buick Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
37 Mike Alexander Buick Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
4 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile Spencer Racing G.C. Spencer
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
47 Ron Bouchard Buick Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Pontiac Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
5 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Pontiac Performance Connection Cliff Stewart
50 Bruce Hill Buick Native Tan Bruce Hill
51 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile Gilmore / Valvoline A.J. Foyt
52 Jimmy Means Pontiac Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
6 Joe Ruttman Upland, CA Buick The 5 Racers 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 Native Tan Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Jim Peacock 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 Hudson Transmission Dave Marcis
75 Bill Elswick Buick RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick Cal-Tex 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
98 Johnny Rutherford Pontiac Levi Garrett Ron Benfield
99 Kevin Housby Oldsmobile Taylor & Martin D.K. Ulrich