Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Carolina 500
North Carolina Speedway
March 1st, 1981
Race #4 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 500
- Drivers Entered: 37
- Makes
- Buick (11)
- Chevrolet (5)
- Dodge (2)
- Ford (3)
- Oldsmobile (6)
- Pontiac (10)
- Last North Carolina Speedway
race (American 500)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
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1 | Buddy Baker | Oldsmobile | UNO | Hoss Ellington | ||
11 | Darrell Waltrip | Franklin, TN | Buick | Mountain Dew | Junior Johnson | |
12 | Donnie Allison | Oldsmobile | The 5 Racers | Kennie Childers | ||
15 | Benny Parsons | Ford | Melling Tool | Bud Moore | ||
16 | David Pearson | Chevrolet | Halpern Enterprises | Joel Halpern | ||
17 | Glenn Jarrett | Chevrolet | Kings Inn Daytona | Roger Hamby | ||
2 | Dale Earnhardt | Kannapolis, NC | Pontiac | Wrangler | Rod Osterlund | |
20 | Rick Newsom | Chevrolet | Newsom Racing | Rick Newsom | ||
21 | Neil Bonnett | Ford | Purolator | Wood Brothers | ||
22 | Stan Barrett | Pontiac | Skoal Bandit | Hal Needham | ||
24 | Cecil Gordon | Buick | South Hill Texaco | Cecil Gordon | ||
25 | Ronnie Thomas | Pontiac | Thomas Racing | Ronnie Thomas | ||
27 | Cale Yarborough | Buick | Valvoline | M.C. Anderson | ||
28 | Bobby Allison | Pontiac | Tuf-Lon | Harry Ranier | ||
3 | Richard Childress | Pontiac | Childress Racing | Richard Childress | ||
37 | Mike Alexander | Oldsmobile | Rogers Auto Leasing | Bob Rogers | ||
42 | Kyle Petty | Trinity, NC | Buick | STP | Petty Enterprises | |
43 | Richard Petty | Buick | STP | Petty Enterprises | ||
44 | Terry Labonte | Corpus Christi, TX | Buick | Apache Stove | Billy Hagan | |
47 | Harry Gant | 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 | ||
53 | Slick Johnson | Chevrolet | Johnson Racing | J.D. Johnson | ||
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 | George's T-Shirts | Lake Speed | |
67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | Reid Trailer Sales | Buddy Arrington | ||
70 | JD McDuffie | Pontiac | Bailey Excavating | J.D. McDuffie | ||
71 | Dave Marcis | Wausau, WI | Dodge | Buck Stove | Dave Marcis | |
75 | Joe Millikan | Chevrolet | RahMoc Enterprises | RahMoc Enterprises | ||
79 | Jody Ridley | Oldsmobile | Miller Roofing | Junior Miller | ||
86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Buick | Howard & Egerton | Richard Howard | ||
88 | Ricky Rudd | Chesapeake, VA | Oldsmobile | Gatorade | DiGard | |
94 | Bobby Wawak | Buick | Louise Smith | Bobby Wawak | ||
98 | Johnny Rutherford | Pontiac | Levi Garrett | Ron Benfield | ||
99 | Tim Richmond | Buick | UNO | D.K. Ulrich |