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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

American 500

North Carolina Speedway

November 1st, 1981

Race #29 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Makes
    • Buick (20)
    • Chevrolet (2)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (6)
    • Oldsmobile (1)
    • Pontiac (7)
  • Last North Carolina Speedway race (Carolina 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 Buick UNO Hoss Ellington
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
13 Dick Brooks Ford Carolina Tool Bobby Hawkins
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
16 Chuck Bown Buick Rose Auto Wrecking Dick Bown
17 John Anderson Buick Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
2 Joe Ruttman Upland, CA Pontiac J.D. Stacy Jim Stacy
21 Neil Bonnett Ford Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. Wood Brothers
24 Cecil Gordon Buick Washington Freightliner Cecil Gordon
27 Cale Yarborough Buick Valvoline M.C. Anderson
28 Bobby Allison Buick Hardee's Harry Ranier
3 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Pontiac Wrangler Richard Childress
33 Harry Gant Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
37 Tim Richmond Buick Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
40 Don Hume Buick Newton Oil & Gas 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 J.D. Stacy Billy Hagan
47 Ron Bouchard Buick J.D. Stacy Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Pontiac Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
5 Joe Millikan Pontiac Performance Connection Cliff Stewart
52 Jimmy Means Pontiac Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Oldsmobile Speed Racing Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Kyle Petty's Boot Barn Buddy Arrington
68 Lennie Pond Buick J.D. Stacy Lennie Pond
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet J.D. Stacy Dave Marcis
75 Gary Balough Buick Ferrailuolo & Sons Excavating RahMoc Enterprises
77 Dean Combs Buick Captains Table Irv Sanderson
88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Ford Mell-Gear George Elliott
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
92 Joe Fields Buick Richmond Printing Joe Fields
96 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Buick Levi Garrett Ron Benfield
98 Johnny Rutherford Buick Levi Garrett Ron Benfield
99 DK Ulrich Buick Ulrich Racing D.K. Ulrich