Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Talladega 500
Talladega Superspeedway
August 2nd, 1981
Race #20 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 188
- Drivers Entered: 42
- Makes
- Buick (25)
- Chrysler (1)
- Ford (6)
- Oldsmobile (2)
- Pontiac (8)
- Last Talladega Superspeedway
race (Winston 500)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
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1 | Buddy Baker | Buick | UNO | Hoss Ellington | ||
11 | Darrell Waltrip | Franklin, TN | Buick | Mountain Dew | Junior Johnson | |
12 | Tim Richmond | Buick | UNO | Kennie Childers | ||
13 | Jack Ingram | Ford | Carolina Tool | Bobby Hawkins | ||
15 | Benny Parsons | Ford | Melling Tool | Bud Moore | ||
17 | Mike Potter | Buick | Kings Inn Daytona | Roger Hamby | ||
19 | Dick May | Buick | Belden Asphalt | Henley Gray | ||
2 | Dale Earnhardt | Kannapolis, NC | Pontiac | Wrangler | Jim Stacy | |
21 | Neil Bonnett | Ford | Purolator | Wood Brothers | ||
22 | Stan Barrett | Pontiac | Skoal Bandit | Hal Needham | ||
24 | Cecil Gordon | Buick | Gordon Racing | Cecil Gordon | ||
25 | Joe Booher | 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 | Ronnie Steele | Richard Childress | ||
33 | Harry Gant | Buick | Skoal Bandit | Hal Needham | ||
37 | Mike Alexander | Buick | Rogers Auto Leasing | Bob Rogers | ||
38 | Sandy Satullo | Buick | Copper Kettle Marina | Sandy Satullo | ||
4 | Connie Saylor | Oldsmobile | Ball Equipment | G.C. Spencer | ||
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 | STP | James Hylton | |
5 | Morgan Shepherd | Conover, NC | Pontiac | Performance Connection | Cliff Stewart | |
50 | Bruce Hill | Buick | Native Tan | Bruce Hill | ||
52 | Jimmy Means | Pontiac | Broadway Motors | Jimmy Means | ||
6 | Joe Ruttman | Upland, CA | Buick | The 5 Racers | Jim Stacy | |
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 | Speed Racing | Lake Speed | |
67 | Buddy Arrington | Chrysler | Hills Racing | Buddy Arrington | ||
68 | Lennie Pond | Buick | The 5 Racers | Lennie Pond | ||
71 | Dave Marcis | Wausau, WI | Buick | Paul Young Leasing | Dave Marcis | |
75 | Gary Balough | Buick | The 5 Racers | RahMoc Enterprises | ||
86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Buick | Cal-Tex | Richard Howard | ||
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 | Rusty Wallace | St. Louis, MO | Pontiac | Levi Garrett | Ron Benfield | |
99 | Terry Herman | Buick | Kargas Sports / Jim Davis | D.K. Ulrich |