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The official 1981 Valleydale 500 NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Bristol Motor Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Valleydale 500

Sunday, March 29th, 1981

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

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  • 10 Buick
  • 8 Pontiac
  • 4 Oldsmobile
  • 3 Ford
  • 1 Dodge
  • 5 Chevrolet

  • Drivers Entered: 31
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 89.530
  • Cautions: 8 for 44 laps
  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Results
Valleydale 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM
1 42 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Jun 2, 1960 20 Buick STP Petty Enterprises
2 5 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Oct 21, 1941 39 Pontiac Performance Connection Cliff Stewart
3 88 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Sep 12, 1956 24 Oldsmobile Gatorade DiGard
4 44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Nov 16, 1956 24 Buick Stratagraph Billy Hagan
5 15 Benny Parsons , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Ford Melling Tool Bud Moore
6 28 Bobby Allison , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Tuf-Lon Harry Ranier
7 50 Bruce Hill , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Hill Racing Bruce Hill
8 67 Buddy Arrington , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Dodge Hills Racing Buddy Arrington
9 26 Butch Lindley , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Chevrolet Lindley Racing Butch Lindley
10 24 Cecil Gordon , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Brian's Steakhouse Cecil Gordon
11 45 DK Ulrich , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick McWhirter Grading Baxter Price
12 2 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Apr 29, 1951 29 Pontiac Wrangler Rod Osterlund
13 11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Feb 5, 1947 34 Buick Mountain Dew Junior Johnson
14 71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Mar 1, 1941 40 Chevrolet Bowlin Coal / Hudson Dave Marcis
15 86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Oldsmobile Howard & Egerton Richard Howard
16 06 Ernie Cline , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Bush Inc. Ernie Cline
17 48 Harry Gant , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton
18 70 JD McDuffie , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
19 52 Jimmy Means , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Chevrolet Broadway Motors Jimmy Means
20 90 Jody Ridley , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Ford Truxmore / Sunny King Junie Donlavey
21 75 Joe Millikan , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick RahMoc Enterprises RahMoc Enterprises
22 66 Lake Speed Jackson, MS Jan 17, 1948 33 Oldsmobile Speed Racing Lake Speed
23 37 Mike Alexander , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Oldsmobile Rogers Auto Leasing Bob Rogers
24 3 Richard Childress , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Nichols Richard Childress Racing
25 43 Richard Petty , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick STP Petty Enterprises
26 20 Rick Newsom , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Chevrolet City Rick Newsom
27 47 Ron Bouchard , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
28 25 Ronnie Thomas , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Pontiac Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas
29 17 Steve Spencer , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Chevrolet Slick 50 Roger Hamby
30 99 Tim Richmond , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Buick UNO D.K. Ulrich
31 64 Tommy Gale , Nov 30, -0001 1981 Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley