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1980 Atlanta 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 31
Sunday, March 16, 1980 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:42:32
Average Speed: 134.808 mph
Pole Speed: 166.212 mph

Cautions: 7 for 45 laps
Margin of Victory: 9.55 sec
Attendance: 62,500
Lead changes: 27

Glossary 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1980 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	31	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	328	36,200	running	50	180
8	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	324	18,145	running	183	152
3	9	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Ford	328	16,250	running	32	170
2	7	16	Rusty Wallace	Roger Penske	Chevrolet	328	14,250	running	0	170
4	6	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	327	13,600	running	4	165
5	24	7	Dick Brooks	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	325	9,490	running	0	155
6	15	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	325	8,390	running	0	150
33	8	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	117	7,100	engine	3	69
7	1	28	Buddy Baker	NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	325	6,695	running	2	151
9	32	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	324	5,580	running	0	138
28	11	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	192	5,465	oil seal	7	84
30	12	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	162	5,415	clutch	0	73
37	20	72	Joe Millikan	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	72	5,290	engine	0	52
12	30	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	320	4,605	running	0	127
13	28	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	318	4,360	running	0	124
15	13	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	316	3,940	running	7	123
10	27	53	Slick Johnson	J.D. Johnson	Chevrolet	320	3,285	running	0	134
18	19	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	303	3,125	running	0	109
16	16	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	313	2,955	running	0	115
19	36	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	303	2,920	running	0	106
20	40	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	Dodge	302	2,700	running	0	103
11	25	66	Lake Speed	Lake Speed	Chevrolet	320	2,445	running	0	130
26	4	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	208	2,375	rear end	33	90
22	26	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	253	2,310	engine	0	97
24	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	240	2,250	engine	0	91
14	38	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	317	2,060	running	0	121
17	21	8	Kevin Housby	Taylor & Martin (Jack Housby)	Oldsmobile	311	1,665	running	0	112
31	5	40	Ricky Rudd	Howard Johnson's (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	147	1,420	crash	6	75
39	34	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	46	1,320	engine	0	46
41	2	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	30	1,310	rear end	0	40
21	39	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Oldsmobile	261	1,245	running	0	100
23	18	75	Lennie Pond	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	244	1,195	engine	0	94
25	33	65	Ralph Jones	Spohn's Body Shop (Ron Spohn)	Ford	213	1,145	engine	0	88
27	29	50	Bruce Hill	Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	204	1,040	engine	0	82
29	23	9	Bill Elliott	Evans Toyota-GMC (George Elliott)	Mercury	181	990	engine	1	81
32	14	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Buick	130	910	axle	0	67
34	22	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	99	890	engine	0	61
35	35	74	Joe Booher	Booher Farms (Joe Booher)	Buick	81	880	crash	0	58
36	37	20	Rick Newsom	Louise Smith (Rick Newsom)	Oldsmobile	78	850	crash	0	55
38	10	51	Don Whittington	Road Atlanta (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	61	830	crash	0	49
40	17	12	Buck Simmons	Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	30	810	engine	0	43

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	2	2
Cale Yarborough	3	33	31
Dave Marcis	34	34	1
Richard Petty	35	35	1
Bobby Allison	36	38	3
Darrell Waltrip	39	41	3
Dale Earnhardt	42	51	10
Cale Yarborough	52	66	15
Dave Marcis	67	67	1
Bill Elliott	68	68	1
Cale Yarborough	69	86	18
Richard Petty	87	88	2
Ricky Rudd	89	94	6
Cale Yarborough	95	138	44
Terry Labonte	139	139	1
Dave Marcis	140	141	2
Cale Yarborough	142	151	10
Terry Labonte	152	154	3
Dale Earnhardt	155	161	7
Terry Labonte	162	164	3
Darrell Waltrip	165	168	4
Donnie Allison	169	200	32
Dale Earnhardt	201	202	2
Donnie Allison	203	203	1
Cale Yarborough	204	268	65
Dale Earnhardt	269	270	2
Bobby Allison	271	299	29
Dale Earnhardt	300	328	29

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	840
2	Bobby Allison	775	-65
3	Dave Marcis	682	-158
4	Richard Petty	677	-163
5	Darrell Waltrip	662	-178
6	Terry Labonte	644	-196
7	Cale Yarborough	635	-205
8	Richard Childress	616	-224
9	Jody Ridley	584	-256
10	Harry Gant	553	-287
11	J.D. McDuffie	543	-297
12	James Hylton	531	-309
13	Ronnie Thomas	522	-318
14	Jimmy Means	521	-319
15	Buddy Arrington	505	-335
16	Dick Brooks	498	-342
17	Benny Parsons	471	-369
18	Buddy Baker	459	-381
19	Joe Millikan	444	-396
20	Neil Bonnett	421	-419

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