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1980 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 31
Sunday, January 13, 1980 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.780 miles)

Time of race: 3:16:58
Average speed: 94.974 mph
Pole speed: 113.404 mph

Cautions: 2 for 30 laps
Margin of victory: 2.97 sec
Attendance: 22000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1980 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	119	24700	running	56	185
2	5	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	119	19400	running	0	170
3	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	119	15100	running	13	170
4	9	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Trucking (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	119	10200	running	0	160
5	10	73	Bill Schmitt	Shasta County Bank (Bill Schmitt)	Oldsmobile	119	7455	running	0	155
6	13	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	118	5280	running	0	150
7	15	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	118	4810	running	0	146
8	28	40	Bill Whittington	Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	117	4400	running	0
9	26	55	Don Whittington	Warner / Curb (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	117	2300	running	0
10	14	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	116	4190	running	0	134
11	22	8	James Hylton	G.W. Dickinson (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	115	3720	running	0	130
12	20	75	Harry Gant	Rahmoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	115	1800	running	0	127
13	34	45	Roy Smith	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	114	1700	running	0	124
14	16	67	Buddy Arrington	Switzer Construction (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	114	3260	running	0	121
15	17	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	113	3050	running	0	118
16	35	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	113	3340	running	0	115
17	6	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	112	2630	running	9	117
18	4	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Ford	109	5750	engine	0	109
19	24	13	Don Puskarich	Matt Puskarich	Chevrolet	109	1250	running	0	106
20	31	19	Vince Giamformaggio	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	109	2260	running	0	103
21	37	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	108	2185	running	0	100
22	11	7	Dick Brooks	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	104	2150	sway bar	0	97
23	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	103	5530	engine	41	99
24	21	78	Jim Robinson	San-Val Supply (A.J. Kurten)	Chevrolet	103	1580	running	0	91
25	23	37	Chuck Wahl	Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl)	Chevrolet	88	1005	running	0	88
26	12	93	Hershel McGriff	Bigelow Paint (Robert Palmer)	Dodge	82	955	engine	0	85
27	36	57	Steve Pfeifer	Don Guy	Chevrolet	82	905	running	0	82
28	7	48	Dan Gurney	Lubri-Lon / Theodore Racing (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	79	1105	transmission	0
29	32	24	Lake Speed	Reliable RV (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	79	1305	engine	0	76
30	25	18	Randy Ogden	Jack Ogden	Chevrolet	73	755	engine	0	73
31	18	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (John Borneman)	Chevrolet	72	700	transmission	0	70
32	30	79	Dick May	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	71	1150	oil pump	0	67
33	8	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	52	5050	transmission	0	64
34	27	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	35	1050	oil line	0	61
35	29	08	Rick McCray	Rick McCray	Buick	34	500	engine	0	58
36	19	47	Chuck Bown	J & S Trucking	Chevrolet	30	500	engine	0	55
37	33	97	Bill Osborne	Ivan Baldwin	Chevrolet	20	500	rear end	0	52

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
38	Gary Matthews	91	Brusuelas	Ivan Baldwin	Chevrolet
39	Dick Whalen	6	GR Metals	Betty Whalen	Chevrolet
40	Gene Thonesen	77	Thonesen Racing	Gene Thonesen	Chevrolet
41	St. James Davis	22		LaDonna Davis	Dodge
WD	Tim Williamson	5		Jerry Cracker	Oldsmobile

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	26	26	rain
	27	81	55
	82	85	4	#24 off course
	86	119	34
Percent of race run under caution: 25.2% Average green flag run: 44.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	35	35
Cale Yarborough	36	56	21
Dave Marcis	57	65	9
Richard Petty	66	78	13
Cale Yarborough	79	98	20
Darrell Waltrip	99	119	21

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	185
2	Dale Earnhardt	170	-15
2	Richard Petty	170	-15
4	Joe Millikan	160	-25
5	Bill Schmitt	155	-30
6	Richard Childress	150	-35
7	Terry Labonte	146	-39
8	Ronnie Thomas	134	-51
9	James Hylton	130	-55
10	Harry Gant	127	-58
11	Roy Smith	124	-61
12	Buddy Arrington	121	-64
13	J.D. McDuffie	118	-67
14	Dave Marcis	117	-68
15	Jody Ridley	115	-70
16	Bobby Allison	109	-76
17	Don Puskarich	106	-79
18	Vince Giamformaggio	103	-82
19	Jimmy Means	100	-85
20	Cale Yarborough	99	-86
21	Dick Brooks	97	-88