Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway

May 3rd, 1981

Race #10 of the 1981 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Makes
    • Buick (19)
    • Chevrolet (1)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (5)
    • Oldsmobile (5)
    • Pontiac (8)
  • Last Talladega Superspeedway race (Talladega 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#22 NASCAR Next Gen car
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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
15 Benny Parsons Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
17 Tommy Houston Buick Kings Inn Daytona Roger Hamby
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Pontiac Wrangler Rod Osterlund
20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet Superior Piping Rick Newsom
21 Neil Bonnett Ford Purolator Wood Brothers
22 Stan Barrett Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
24 Cecil Gordon Buick Gordon Racing Cecil Gordon
25 Dick May Dodge Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas
27 Cale Yarborough Buick Valvoline M.C. Anderson
28 Bobby Allison Buick The 5 Racers Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Pontiac Ronnie Steele / Nichols Richard Childress
33 Harry Gant Pontiac Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
37 Mike Alexander Buick Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
4 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile Mitco G.C. Spencer
40 Ronnie Thomas Buick Price Racing Baxter Price
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 Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
5 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Pontiac Performance Connection Cliff Stewart
50 Bruce Hill Buick Hill Racing 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 Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Buick Hudson / Bowlin Coal Dave Marcis
75 Joe Millikan Oldsmobile RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
77 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile Warren Fabricating John Rebhan
86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick Cal-Tex Richard Howard
88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Oldsmobile 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
99 Tim Richmond Buick UNO D.K. Ulrich