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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Gabriel 400

Michigan International Speedway

June 21st, 1981

Race #16 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Makes
    • Buick (16)
    • Chevrolet (1)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (5)
    • Oldsmobile (4)
    • Pontiac (10)
  • Last Michigan International Speedway race (Champion Spark Plug 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#22 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: Joey Logano drives the #22 NASCAR Next Gen car in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
1 Buddy Baker Buick UNO Hoss Ellington
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
12 Tim Richmond Oldsmobile UNO Kennie Childers
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
17 Mike Potter Buick Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
18 Randy Ogden Oldsmobile Piedmont Airlines Jack Ogden
19 Cecil Gordon Buick Belden Asphalt 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
25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas
27 Cale Yarborough Buick Valvoline M.C. Anderson
28 Bobby Allison Buick Hardee's Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Pontiac Childress Racing Richard Childress
33 Harry Gant Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
37 Mike Alexander Buick Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
40 Joe Booher Buick Ulrich Racing 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 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
52 Jimmy Means Pontiac Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
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 Sheraton University Inn Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Buick Transmissions Unlimited Dave Marcis
75 Joe Millikan Chevrolet RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Buick Gatorade DiGard
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Ford Mell-Gear George Elliott
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
94 Bobby Wawak Buick Louise Smith Bobby Wawak
98 Johnny Rutherford Pontiac Levi Garrett Ron Benfield
99 DK Ulrich Oldsmobile UNO D.K. Ulrich