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1980 Talladega 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (500.080 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: 70000 Lead changes: 36 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 188 35675 running 53 180 2 3 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 188 20625 running 25 175 3 16 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Oldsmobile 188 16975 running 3 170 4 8 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 188 12125 running 0 160 5 15 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 188 9550 running 1 160 6 18 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 185 8280 running 0 150 7 19 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Mercury 184 4215 running 0 146 8 22 66   Lake Speed Winn-Dixie   (Lake Speed) Chevrolet 181 4165 running 0 142 9 39 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 181 3315 running 0 138 10 33 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Buick 176 5810 running 0 134 11 7 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 174 8815 engine 29 135 12 38 40   Harry Dinwiddie Colonial Bread   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 173 5250 running 0 127 13 37 6   Marty Robbins Robbins Racing   (Marty Robbins) Dodge 173 2765 running 0   14 30 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Oldsmobile 171 4940 running 0 121 15 26 52   Jimmy Means Thompson Industries   (Jimmy Means) Buick 169 4770 running 0 118 16 23 87   Billie Harvey Del Ray Marine Supply   (Billie Harvey) Oldsmobile 165 2615 crash 0 115 17 10 1   David Pearson Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 155 2515 clutch 3 117 18 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Oldsmobile 154 8915 engine 5 114 19 35 53   Slick Johnson Johnson Racing   (J.D. Johnson) Chevrolet 154 2315 running 0 106 20 28 7   Ricky Rudd Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 150 4185 running 0 103 21 36 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Oldsmobile 146 3750 clutch 0 100 22 24 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 141 1965 running 0 97 23 29 24   Cecil Gordon South Hill Texaco   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 131 3440 running 0 94 24 34 74   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 122 1865 running 0 91 25 27 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Buick 120 3255 engine 0 88 26 9 12   Donnie Allison Ramey's Chevy City   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 113 2615 engine 11 90 27 41 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Oldsmobile 103 2815 running 0 82 28 6 68   Lennie Pond Kings Mountain Truck Plaza   (Jim Testa) Oldsmobile 95 1665 engine 1 84 29 32 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 92 2655 engine 0 76 30 13 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 83 3695 engine 1 78 31 12 44   Terry Labonte Apache Classic Stove   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 68 2410 overheating 0 70 32 1 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 60 6725 engine 56 77 33 14 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) Dodge 59 1800 transmission 0 64 34 4 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 50 1375 engine 0 61 35 11 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Mercury 44 5700 engine 0 58 36 20 62   Rick Wilson Florida Equipment & Service   (Rick Wilson) Oldsmobile 41 1225 transmission 0 55 37 25 14   Coo Coo Marlin Marlin Racing   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 41 1200 crank 0 52 38 40 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 33 1675 engine 0 49 39 17 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 32 1650 engine 0 46 40 21 73   Ferrel Harris Barnes Freight Lines   (Willard Moore) Chevrolet 17 1350 engine 0   41 31 50   Bruce Hill Global Heat Exchanger   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 12 1050 engine 0 40

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car DC Steve Moore 73 Barnes Freight Lines Willard Moore Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 8 8   wet track   9 29 21     30 33 4   #7 tow-in   34 64 31     65 69 5   #79 engine   70 114 45     115 118 4   #12 engine   119 177 59     178 181 4   #87 accident   182 188 7       Percent of race run under caution: 13.3%             Average green flag run: 32.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Buddy Baker 1596   -1476