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1980 Firecracker 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 31 Friday, July 4, 1980 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:18:21 Average speed: 173.473 mph Pole speed: 194.67 mph Cautions: 3 for 11 laps Margin of victory: 6 cl Attendance: 54000 Lead changes: 40 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 14 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Mercury 160 24805 running 63 185 2 2 1   David Pearson Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 160 14230 running 3 175 3 7 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Oldsmobile 160 16580 running 44 170 4 4 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 160 8880 running 9 165 5 22 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Oldsmobile 160 12130 running 0 155 6 6 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 160 9640 running 1 155 7 15 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 159 7815 running 0 146 8 9 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 159 6755 running 0 142 9 21 75   John Anderson Herb Davis Plumbing   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 158 5785 running 0 138 10 11 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 157 5925 running 0 134 11 26 40   Lennie Pond Burger King / Pepsi   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 156 5385 running 0   12 23 9   Bill Elliott Jackson Special   (George Elliott) Mercury 156 3010 running 0 127 13 28 7   Ricky Rudd Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 155 5065 running 0 124 14 36 14   Coo Coo Marlin Race Fans   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 155 2810 running 0 121 15 20 62   Rick Wilson Howard Racing   (Rick Wilson) Oldsmobile 154 2860 running 0 118 16 17 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 154 4305 running 0 115 17 30 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Oldsmobile 153 3945 running 0 112 18 39 73   Steve Moore Tuesday's Tavern   (Willard Moore) Chevrolet 153 2060 running 0 109 19 10 12   Donnie Allison Ramey's Chevy City   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 153 1860 running 0 106 20 37 04   Phil Finney Finney Racing   (Phil Finney) Oldsmobile 152 1810 crash 0 103 21 13 68   John Greenwood Greenwood-Koni Custom Shocks   (Jim Testa) Oldsmobile 150 1510 running 0   22 32 93   Don Whittington Sun Systems   (Don Whittington) Oldsmobile 150 1535 running 0 97 23 27 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Buick 150 2935 running 0 94 24 34 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Oldsmobile 149 2750 running 0 91 25 29 89   Jim Vandiver Smith Nurseries   (O.L. Nixon) Oldsmobile 145 1360 running 0 88 26 33 52   Jimmy Means Thompson Industries   (Jimmy Means) Buick 143 2485 running 0 85 27 25 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 142 1410 running 0 82 28 35 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 142 2375 running 0 79 29 40 24   Cecil Gordon South Hill Texaco   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 136 2340 running 0 76 30 31 79   Marty Robbins Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 131 2285 engine 0 73 31 5 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 110 6580 engine 32 75 32 8 44   Terry Labonte Apache Stove   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 102 1605 crank 0 67 33 16 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 88 1580 overheating 0 64 34 3 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 72 1855 ignition 3 66 35 38 50   Bruce Hill Global Heat Exchanger   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 57 1055 overheating 0 58 36 19 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 57 1025 rear end 0 55 37 24 02   Chuck Bown Halpern Enterprises   (Joel Halpern) Oldsmobile 41 810 engine 0   38 18 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Chevrolet 36 1015 engine 0 49 39 12 4   Connie Saylor Mitco   (G.C. Spencer) Chevrolet 17 1010 piston 0 46 40 1 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 5 7855 engine 5 48

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 43 43     44 47 4   #02 engine turn 4   48 83 36     84 88 5   #73 spun frontstretch   89 132 44     133 135 3   #52 stalled pit exit   136 160 25       Percent of race run under caution: 7.5%             Average green flag run: 37.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 5 5   Neil Bonnett 6 6 1   David Pearson 7 7 1   Buddy Baker 8 10 3   Darrell Waltrip 11 11 1   Dale Earnhardt 12 16 5   Darrell Waltrip 17 22 6   Dale Earnhardt 23 23 1   Darrell Waltrip 24 29 6   Bobby Allison 30 34 5   Darrell Waltrip 35 38 4   Bobby Allison 39 44 6   Dale Earnhardt 45 47 3   Buddy Baker 48 51 4   Bobby Allison 52 56 5   Dale Earnhardt 57 59 3   Darrell Waltrip 60 61 2   Neil Bonnett 62 63 2   Darrell Waltrip 64 65 2   Dale Earnhardt 66 67 2   Darrell Waltrip 68 70 3   Dale Earnhardt 71 72 2   Darrell Waltrip 73 73 1   Bobby Allison 74 78 5   Dale Earnhardt 79 83 5   Bobby Allison 84 92 9   Dale Earnhardt 93 93 1   Darrell Waltrip 94 96 3   Dale Earnhardt 97 99 3   Darrell Waltrip 100 103 4   Dale Earnhardt 104 113 10   Buddy Baker 114 114 1   Dale Earnhardt 115 122 8   Bobby Allison 123 123 1   Buddy Baker 124 124 1   Benny Parsons 125 125 1   Bobby Allison 126 133 8   David Pearson 134 135 2   Bobby Allison 136 137 2   Dale Earnhardt 138 138 1   Bobby Allison 139 160 22 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 2557     2   Richard Petty 2529   -28   3   Cale Yarborough 2397   -160   4   Bobby Allison 2354   -203   5   Benny Parsons 2349   -208   6   Darrell Waltrip 2319   -238   7   Jody Ridley 2204   -353   8   Harry Gant 2055   -502   9   Richard Childress 2054   -503   10   Terry Labonte 1985   -572   11   Dave Marcis 1964   -593   12   James Hylton 1878   -679   13   Buddy Arrington 1822   -735   14   Ronnie Thomas 1785   -772   15   J.D. McDuffie 1616   -941   16   Dick Brooks 1564   -993   17   Jimmy Means 1557   -1000   18   Cecil Gordon 1491   -1066   19   Tommy Gale 1476   -1081   20   Neil Bonnett 1388   -1169   21   Buddy Baker 1344   -1213