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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Richmond 400

Richmond Raceway

February 22nd, 1981

Race #3 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 400
  • Drivers Entered: 30
  • Makes
    • Buick (11)
    • Chevrolet (3)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (2)
    • Oldsmobile (4)
    • Pontiac (8)
  • Last Richmond Raceway race (Capital City 400)
    • 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
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
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
24 Cecil Gordon Buick Home Craft Homes Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas
28 Bobby Allison Chevrolet J.W. Hunt Produce Butch Lindley
3 Richard Childress Pontiac Childress Racing Richard Childress
37 Don Sprouse 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
45 Baxter Price Buick McWhirter Grading Baxter Price
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
66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Oldsmobile Speed Racing Lake Speed
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
68 Lennie Pond Buick The 5 Racers Jim Testa
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Dodge Hudson / Bowlin Coal Dave Marcis
75 Joe Millikan Buick RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
79 Tommy Gale Oldsmobile Miller Roofing Junior Miller
88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Oldsmobile Gatorade DiGard
90 Jody Ridley Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
92 Joe Fields Pontiac Richmond Printing Joe Fields
94 Henry Jones Buick Louise Smith Bobby Wawak
99 Tim Richmond Buick UNO D.K. Ulrich