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1980 Busch Nashville 420

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 31
Saturday, July 12, 1980 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN
420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles)

Time of race: 2:40:05
Average speed: 93.821 mph
Pole speed: 104.817 mph

Cautions: 1 for 4 laps
Margin of victory: 1 sec
Attendance: 16700
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1980 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	420	14600	running	103	180
2	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	420	10160	running	151	180
3	2	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	420	7910	running	147	170
4	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	419	5750	running	2	165
5	10	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	416	6630	running	17	160
6	6	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Ford	413	5075	running	0	150
7	17	40	Sterling Marlin	Waylon Jennings (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	413	4335	running	0
8	8	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	412	4185	running	0	142
9	14	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	411	3315	running	0	138
10	18	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	411	3055	running	0	134
11	12	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	408	2735	running	0	130
12	23	75	John Anderson	Rahmoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	408	2225	running	0	127
13	20	53	Slick Johnson	Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson)	Chevrolet	407	700	running	0	124
14	13	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	403	1890	running	0	121
15	26	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	403	600	running	0	118
16	27	52	Jimmy Means	Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	400	1630	running	0	115
17	25	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	399	1490	running	0	112
18	22	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	398	1360	running	0	109
19	28	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers / McWhirter (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	378	1230	running	0	106
20	21	79	Junior Miller	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	Chevrolet	338	1115	running	0	103
21	24	09	Cecil Gordon	Oswald Racing (Nelson Oswald)	Buick	335	450	running	0	100
22	5	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Classic Stove (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	330	690	rear end	0	97
23	30	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	Buick	328	430	running	0	94
24	19	37	Don Sprouse	Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers)	Chevrolet	296	520	a frame	0	91
25	15	19	Steve Spencer	Central AMC-Jeep (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	242	660	head gasket	0
26	16	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	193	650	ball joint	0	85
27	11	12	Donnie Allison	Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	186	395	engine	0	82
28	9	7	Ricky Rudd	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	164	640	engine	0	79
29	4	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	59	635	engine	0	76
30	29	77	Dick May	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	4	380	brakes	0	73

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	384	384
	385	388	4	#15 spun
	389	420	32
Percent of race run under caution: 1.0% Average green flag run: 208.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	150	150
Benny Parsons	151	153	3
Darrell Waltrip	154	155	2
Benny Parsons	156	247	92
Dale Earnhardt	248	278	31
Richard Petty	279	295	17
Benny Parsons	296	343	48
Dale Earnhardt	344	385	42
Cale Yarborough	386	386	1
Benny Parsons	387	390	4
Dale Earnhardt	391	420	30

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	2737
2	Richard Petty	2689	-48
3	Cale Yarborough	2577	-160
4	Benny Parsons	2519	-218
5	Bobby Allison	2504	-233
6	Darrell Waltrip	2484	-253
7	Jody Ridley	2346	-391
8	Richard Childress	2192	-545
9	Harry Gant	2131	-606
10	Dave Marcis	2085	-652
11	Terry Labonte	2082	-655
12	James Hylton	1990	-747
13	Buddy Arrington	1956	-781
14	Ronnie Thomas	1870	-867
15	J.D. McDuffie	1746	-991
16	Jimmy Means	1672	-1065
17	Cecil Gordon	1591	-1146
18	Tommy Gale	1585	-1152
19	Dick Brooks	1564	-1173
20	Roger Hamby	1418	-1319
21	Neil Bonnett	1388	-1349