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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway

April 26th, 1981

Race #9 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 31
  • Makes
    • Buick (12)
    • Chevrolet (3)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (3)
    • Oldsmobile (3)
    • Pontiac (9)
  • Last Martinsville Speedway race (Old Dominion 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#19 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
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 Tommy Houston Chevrolet Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Pontiac Wrangler Rod Osterlund
21 Neil Bonnett Ford Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Cecil Gordon Buick Gordon Racing Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas
26 Butch Lindley Chevrolet Lindley Racing Butch Lindley
27 Cale Yarborough Buick Valvoline M.C. Anderson
28 Bobby Allison Pontiac Ranier Racing Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Pontiac Nichols Richard Childress
37 Mike Alexander Oldsmobile Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
40 Tommy Gale Buick McWhirter Grading 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 Stratagraph Billy Hagan
47 Ron Bouchard Pontiac 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
52 Jimmy Means Pontiac Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
64 Joe Fields Buick Richmond Printing Joe Fields
66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Oldsmobile Speed Racing Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Hudson Dave Marcis
75 Joe Millikan Buick Hayes Jewelers RahMoc Enterprises
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