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1980 Talladega 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 31
Sunday, August 3, 1980 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 2:59:47
Average Speed: 166.894 mph
Pole Speed: 198.545 mph

Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Margin of Victory: 6 cl
Attendance: 70,000
Lead changes: 36

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	188	35,675	running	53	180
2	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	188	20,625	running	25	175
3	16	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Oldsmobile	188	16,975	running	3	170
4	8	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Oldsmobile	188	12,125	running	0	160
5	15	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Oldsmobile	188	9,550	running	1	160
6	18	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	185	8,280	running	0	150
7	19	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	184	4,215	running	0	146
8	22	66	Lake Speed	Winn-Dixie (Lake Speed)	Chevrolet	181	4,165	running	0	142
9	39	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	181	3,315	running	0	138
10	33	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Buick	176	5,810	running	0	134
11	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Oldsmobile	174	8,815	engine	29	135
12	38	40	Harry Dinwiddie	Colonial Bread (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	173	5,250	running	0	127
13	37	6	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing (Marty Robbins)	Dodge	173	2,765	running	0
14	30	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Oldsmobile	171	4,940	running	0	121
15	26	52	Jimmy Means	Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	169	4,770	running	0	118
16	23	87	Billie Harvey	Del Ray Marine Supply (Billie Harvey)	Oldsmobile	165	2,615	crash	0	115
17	10	1	David Pearson	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Oldsmobile	155	2,515	clutch	3	117
18	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Oldsmobile	154	8,915	engine	5	114
19	35	53	Slick Johnson	Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson)	Chevrolet	154	2,315	running	0	106
20	28	7	Ricky Rudd	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Oldsmobile	150	4,185	running	0	103
21	36	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Oldsmobile	146	3,750	clutch	0	100
22	24	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	141	1,965	running	0	97
23	29	24	Cecil Gordon	South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	131	3,440	running	0	94
24	34	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	Buick	122	1,865	running	0	91
25	27	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Buick	120	3,255	engine	0	88
26	9	12	Donnie Allison	Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	Oldsmobile	113	2,615	engine	11	90
27	41	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Oldsmobile	103	2,815	running	0	82
28	6	68	Lennie Pond	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa)	Oldsmobile	95	1,665	engine	1	84
29	32	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	92	2,655	engine	0	76
30	13	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	83	3,695	engine	1	78
31	12	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Classic Stove (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	68	2,410	overheating	0	70
32	1	28	Buddy Baker	NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	60	6,725	engine	56	77
33	14	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	Dodge	59	1,800	transmission	0	64
34	4	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	50	1,375	engine	0	61
35	11	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Mercury	44	5,700	engine	0	58
36	20	62	Rick Wilson	Florida Equipment & Service (Rick Wilson)	Oldsmobile	41	1,225	transmission	0	55
37	25	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Marlin Racing (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	41	1,200	crank	0	52
38	40	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	33	1,675	engine	0	49
39	17	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	32	1,650	engine	0	46
40	21	73	Ferrel Harris	Barnes Freight Lines (Willard Moore)	Chevrolet	17	1,350	engine	0
41	31	50	Bruce Hill	Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	12	1,050	engine	0	40

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	14	14
Neil Bonnett	15	15	1
Buddy Baker	16	25	10
Darrell Waltrip	26	26	1
Buddy Baker	27	29	3
Jody Ridley	30	30	1
Richard Petty	31	31	1
Buddy Baker	32	60	29
Cale Yarborough	61	64	4
Lennie Pond	65	65	1
Cale Yarborough	66	70	5
Darrell Waltrip	71	71	1
Dale Earnhardt	72	72	1
David Pearson	73	75	3
Dale Earnhardt	76	76	1
Neil Bonnett	77	89	13
Donnie Allison	90	96	7
Darrell Waltrip	97	101	5
Richard Petty	102	102	1
Harry Gant	103	103	1
Darrell Waltrip	104	109	6
Donnie Allison	110	113	4
Neil Bonnett	114	114	1
Cale Yarborough	115	115	1
Richard Petty	116	118	3
Darrell Waltrip	119	121	3
Neil Bonnett	122	150	29
Cale Yarborough	151	153	3
Neil Bonnett	154	155	2
Darrell Waltrip	156	164	9
Neil Bonnett	165	166	2
Cale Yarborough	167	169	3
Darrell Waltrip	170	173	4
Neil Bonnett	174	174	1
Cale Yarborough	175	183	9
Dale Earnhardt	184	184	1
Neil Bonnett	185	188	4

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	3072
2	Cale Yarborough	2922	-150
3	Richard Petty	2872	-200
4	Benny Parsons	2787	-285
5	Darrell Waltrip	2709	-363
6	Bobby Allison	2628	-444
7	Jody Ridley	2533	-539
8	Richard Childress	2480	-592
9	Harry Gant	2451	-621
10	Terry Labonte	2307	-765
11	Dave Marcis	2278	-794
12	James Hylton	2229	-843
13	Buddy Arrington	2129	-943
14	Ronnie Thomas	2064	-1008
15	Jimmy Means	1911	-1161
16	J.D. McDuffie	1889	-1183
17	Cecil Gordon	1800	-1272
18	Tommy Gale	1767	-1305
19	Neil Bonnett	1753	-1319
20	Roger Hamby	1606	-1466

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