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1980 Coca-Cola 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 19 of 31
Sunday, July 27, 1980 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:01:10
Average Speed: 124.395 mph
Pole Speed: 151.469 mph

Cautions: 5 for 26 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.6 sec
Attendance: 75,000
Lead changes: 49

Glossary 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1980 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	200	19,915	running	59	185
2	4	28	Buddy Baker	NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier)	Buick	200	12,590	running	41	175
3	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	200	13,640	running	54	170
4	11	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	200	11,415	running	6	165
5	6	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	200	7,545	running	4	160
6	8	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Classic Stove (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	200	6,490	running	3	155
7	13	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	199	3,810	running	0	146
8	12	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	198	5,320	running	1	147
9	16	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	197	4,860	running	0	138
10	10	7	Ricky Rudd	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	196	4,890	running	0	134
11	26	87	Billie Harvey	Fast Lane Ltd. (Billie Harvey)	Chevrolet	195	2,320	running	0
12	23	40	Tim Richmond	UNO / Caesars Pocono Resorts (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	195	3,965	running	0	127
13	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	194	3,730	running	0	124
14	29	52	Jimmy Means	Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	193	3,420	running	0	121
15	32	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	193	3,175	running	0	118
16	18	24	Cecil Gordon	South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	190	2,890	running	0	115
17	37	29	Dave Dion	Dion Racing (Dave Dion)	Ford	188	1,485	running	0	112
18	15	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	188	2,520	running	0	109
19	25	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	187	2,480	running	0	106
20	9	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	184	5,845	engine	3	108
21	31	79	Junior Miller	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	Chevrolet	184	2,385	running	0	100
22	33	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	175	2,340	running	0	97
23	19	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	174	1,790	engine	0	94
24	24	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	162	1,265	crash	0	91
25	22	77	Kenny Hemphill	Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan)	Chevrolet	160	1,240	engine	0
26	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	158	5,640	running	10	90
27	36	74	Bob Riley	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	141	1,165	valve	0
28	21	57	Janet Guthrie	North American Dealer Group (Alfred McClure)	Ford	134	1,140	engine	0	79
29	35	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	119	1,615	valve	0	76
30	14	66	Lake Speed	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	Chevrolet	86	1,090	crash	0	73
31	28	53	Slick Johnson	Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson)	Chevrolet	85	1,050	engine	0	70
32	20	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	57	1,025	crash	0	67
33	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	56	7,450	crash	18	69
34	5	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Ford	54	5,420	water pump	1	66
35	17	02	Chuck Bown	Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern)	Chevrolet	54	960	crash	0	58
36	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	26	1,430	engine	0	55
37	40	69	Henry Jones	Pro Shoppe (Mike Kempton)	Oldsmobile	18	925	crash	0	52
38	34	09	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing (Nelson Oswald)	Buick	11	920	crash	0	49
39	38	63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Ward Motors (Jocko Maggiacomo)	Oldsmobile	2	915	oil pressure	0	46
40	39	46	Travis Tiller	Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller)	Oldsmobile	0	910	ignition	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Neil Bonnett	1	3	3
Cale Yarborough	4	4	1
Neil Bonnett	5	13	9
Bobby Allison	14	14	1
Dale Earnhardt	15	20	6
Benny Parsons	21	21	1
Terry Labonte	22	23	2
Neil Bonnett	24	28	5
Richard Petty	29	39	11
Darrell Waltrip	40	43	4
Richard Petty	44	45	2
Darrell Waltrip	46	46	1
Richard Petty	47	47	1
Darrell Waltrip	48	52	5
Richard Petty	53	56	4
Cale Yarborough	57	58	2
Dave Marcis	59	59	1
Cale Yarborough	60	65	6
Buddy Baker	66	66	1
Cale Yarborough	67	89	23
Benny Parsons	90	91	2
Cale Yarborough	92	95	4
Buddy Baker	98	99	2
Neil Bonnett	100	101	2
Buddy Baker	102	118	17
Cale Yarborough	119	122	4
Buddy Baker	123	128	6
Terry Labonte	129	129	1
Cale Yarborough	130	142	13
Harry Gant	143	143	1
Neil Bonnett	144	154	11
Buddy Baker	155	155	1
Cale Yarborough	156	156	1
Neil Bonnett	157	158	2
Buddy Baker	159	159	1
Neil Bonnett	160	160	1
Buddy Baker	161	163	3
Neil Bonnett	164	172	9
Buddy Baker	173	174	2
Harry Gant	175	177	3
Neil Bonnett	178	178	1
Buddy Baker	179	180	2
Neil Bonnett	181	183	3
Buddy Baker	184	185	2
Neil Bonnett	186	186	1
Buddy Baker	187	187	1
Neil Bonnett	188	195	8
Buddy Baker	196	196	1
Neil Bonnett	197	200	4

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	2902
2	Richard Petty	2758	-144
3	Cale Yarborough	2747	-155
4	Benny Parsons	2627	-275
5	Darrell Waltrip	2574	-328
6	Bobby Allison	2570	-332
7	Jody Ridley	2455	-447
8	Richard Childress	2330	-572
9	Harry Gant	2291	-611
10	Terry Labonte	2237	-665
11	Dave Marcis	2232	-670
12	James Hylton	2108	-794
13	Buddy Arrington	2080	-822
14	Ronnie Thomas	1964	-938
15	J.D. McDuffie	1801	-1101
16	Jimmy Means	1793	-1109
17	Cecil Gordon	1706	-1196
18	Tommy Gale	1691	-1211
19	Neil Bonnett	1573	-1329
20	Dick Brooks	1564	-1338

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