Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway

April 22nd, 1979

Race #9 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 30
  • Makes
    • Buick (2)
    • Chevrolet (19)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (3)
    • Mercury (1)
    • Oldsmobile (3)
  • Last Martinsville Speedway race (Old Dominion 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
02 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Shoney's Dave Marcis
05 Dick Brooks Oldsmobile Bearfinder Nelson Malloch
1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington
11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile Busch Junior Johnson
12 Lennie Pond Chevrolet Kencoal Mining Kennie Childers
15 Bobby Allison Ford Hodgdon / Moore Bud Moore
19 Dick May Chevrolet Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund
21 Neil Bonnett Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile Gordon-Barnicle Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 1st National City Travelers Checks Don Robertson
27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet Power Tool Service M.C. Anderson
28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet Spectra Harry Ranier
3 Richard Childress Chevrolet CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Buick Russ Togs Walter Ballard
40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet Midwestern Farm Lines D.K. Ulrich
43 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Stratagraph Billy Hagan
45 Baxter Price Chevrolet Baxter Price Baxter Price
47 Harry Gant Chevrolet Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Mr. Transmission Jimmy Means
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
68 Chuck Bown Buick Kings Mountain Truck Plaza Jim Testa
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet Appliance Wheels L.G. DeWitt
79 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Ford Truxmore Junie Donlavey