Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Melling Tool 420
Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville
May 9th, 1981
Race #11 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 420
- Drivers Entered: 27
- Makes
- Buick (9)
- Chevrolet (3)
- Dodge (1)
- Ford (3)
- Oldsmobile (1)
- Pontiac (10)
- Last Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville
race (Busch Nashville 420)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
| Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Mark Martin | Batesville, AR | Pontiac | Ams Oil / Prototype | Bud Reeder | |
| 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Franklin, TN | Buick | Mountain Dew | Junior Johnson | |
| 12 | Harry Gant | Oldsmobile | Kencoal Mining | Kennie Childers | ||
| 15 | Benny Parsons | Ford | Melling Tool | Bud Moore | ||
| 17 | Mike Potter | Chevrolet | Kings Inn Daytona | Roger Hamby | ||
| 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Kannapolis, NC | Pontiac | Wrangler | Rod Osterlund | |
| 24 | Cecil Gordon | Pontiac | Gordon Racing | Cecil Gordon | ||
| 25 | Charlie Chamblee | Pontiac | Broadway Motors | Jimmy Means | ||
| 28 | Bobby Allison | Pontiac | Jim Stacy | Harry Ranier | ||
| 3 | Richard Childress | Pontiac | Nichols | Richard Childress | ||
| 37 | Mike Alexander | Buick | Rogers Auto Leasing | Bob Rogers | ||
| 40 | DK Ulrich | Buick | Price Racing | Baxter Price | ||
| 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 | |
| 48 | James Hylton | Roanoke, VA | Pontiac | Palatine Auto Parts | James Hylton | |
| 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Conover, NC | Pontiac | Performance Connection | Cliff Stewart | |
| 52 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | Broadway Motors | Jimmy Means | ||
| 64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Elmo Langley | ||
| 66 | Lake Speed | Jackson, MS | Pontiac | Dinwiddie Racing | Harry Dinwiddie | |
| 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | Hills Racing | Ed Negre | ||
| 70 | JD McDuffie | Pontiac | Bailey Excavating | J.D. McDuffie | ||
| 71 | Dave Marcis | Wausau, WI | Chevrolet | Transmission Enterprise | Dave Marcis | |
| 88 | Ricky Rudd | Chesapeake, VA | Buick | Gatorade | DiGard | |
| 90 | Jody Ridley | Ford | Truxmore / Sunny King | Junie Donlavey | ||
| 94 | Bobby Wawak | Buick | Louise Smith | Bobby Wawak | ||
| 99 | Tim Richmond | Buick | UNO | D.K. Ulrich |