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1980 Carolina 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 31
Sunday, March 9, 1980 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.4 miles)

Time of race: 4:36:06
Average Speed: 108.735 mph
Pole Speed: 139.905 mph

Cautions: 12 for 93 laps
Margin of Victory: 3 sec
Attendance: 44,000
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1980 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
5	12	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	491	6,750	running	0	155
1	21	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	492	19,280	running	256	185
22	13	12	Buck Simmons	Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	411	800	overheating	0	97
7	4	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Ford	489	7,320	running	0	146
18	33	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	440	1,900	running	0	109
34	17	18	Randy Ogden	Jack Ogden	Chevrolet	49	580	crash	0	61
3	7	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	491	14,420	running	6	170
6	6	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	490	3,770	running	0	150
33	29	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	73	1,085	crash	0	64
11	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	476	3,960	running	0	130
21	5	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	411	6,020	crash	0	100
15	3	28	Buddy Baker	NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	458	2,070	crash	111	123
38	35	29	Junior Miller	Pleasure Island (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	10	570	engine	0	49
14	19	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	462	3,120	running	0	121
37	26	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Buick	10	570	engine	0	52
24	24	33	John Anderson	Draime Race Engines (Phil Howard)	Chevrolet	353	750	crash	0	91
12	11	40	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	472	3,640	running	0	127
31	32	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	125	595	engine	0	70
2	9	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	492	18,720	running	39	175
10	16	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	483	4,370	running	0	134
27	25	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Oldsmobile	326	675	engine	0	82
8	23	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	488	4,625	running	0	142
13	18	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	469	3,360	running	0	124
20	30	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	422	2,005	running	0	103
30	14	53	Slick Johnson	J.D. Johnson	Chevrolet	205	600	engine	0	73
26	31	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	332	1,725	engine	0	85
25	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	346	1,770	engine	0	88
16	15	7	Dick Brooks	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	455	2,760	rear end	0	115
32	10	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	112	1,090	engine	0	67
9	8	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	486	4,630	running	0	138
28	2	72	Joe Millikan	Hayes Jewelers (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	259	5,350	engine	3	84
17	37	74	Bobby Wawak	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	453	1,220	running	0	112
23	22	75	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	403	1,325	running	0	94
36	36	76	Mike Potter	Mike Potter	Chevrolet	21	570	engine	0	55
19	38	79	Dick May	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	431	2,085	running	0	106
4	1	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	491	11,270	running	77	165
29	20	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	256	2,125	crash	0	76
35	34	92	Bill Osborne	Bill Osborne	Chevrolet	22	575	crash	0	58

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	58	58
Joe Millikan	59	59	1
Darrell Waltrip	60	78	19
Richard Petty	79	79	1
Buddy Baker	80	131	52
Joe Millikan	132	132	1
Richard Petty	133	140	8
Buddy Baker	141	199	59
Dale Earnhardt	200	200	1
Richard Petty	201	209	9
Cale Yarborough	210	235	26
Dale Earnhardt	236	240	5
Cale Yarborough	241	252	12
Joe Millikan	253	253	1
Cale Yarborough	254	352	99
Richard Petty	353	365	13
Cale Yarborough	366	366	1
Richard Petty	367	374	8
Cale Yarborough	375	492	118

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	660
2	Richard Petty	608	-52
3	Bobby Allison	605	-55
4	Darrell Waltrip	578	-82
5	Terry Labonte	521	-139
6	Dave Marcis	517	-143
7	Richard Childress	492	-168
8	James Hylton	485	-175
9	Cale Yarborough	483	-177
10	Harry Gant	438	-222
11	Jody Ridley	434	-226
12	Ronnie Thomas	425	-235
13	J.D. McDuffie	405	-255
14	Buddy Arrington	399	-261
15	Benny Parsons	398	-262
16	Jimmy Means	394	-266
17	Joe Millikan	392	-268
18	Neil Bonnett	381	-279
19	Dick Brooks	343	-317
20	Buddy Baker	308	-352

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