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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway

August 2nd, 1981

Race #20 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • 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:
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | 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 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