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1980 Capital City 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 31 Sunday, September 7, 1980 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles) Time of race: 2:43:10 Average speed: 79.722 mph Pole speed: 93.466 mph Cautions: 7 for 31 laps Margin of victory: 2 sec Attendance: 20000 Lead changes: 18 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 17175 running 210 185 2 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 400 13350 running 2 175 3 7 68   Lennie Pond Kings Mountain Truck Plaza   (Jim Testa) Chevrolet 400 5150 running 0 165 4 5 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 399 7575 running 39 165 5 11 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 398 4710 running 0 155 6 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 397 5575 running 27 155 7 8 71   Dave Marcis Hudson / Buck Stove   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 396 3260 running 0 146 8 14 44   Terry Labonte Apache Stove   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 395 4925 running 0 142 9 21 29   Dave Dion Merrimack Lincoln-Mercury   (Dave Dion) Ford 393 1410 running 0 138 10 4 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 392 4675 running 68 139 11 13 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 391 2640 running 6 135 12 19 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 388 2530 running 0 127 13 16 52   Jimmy Means Thompson Industries   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 383 2360 running 0 124 14 20 75   Bill Elswick Performer Boats   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Oldsmobile 378 965 running 0 121 15 10 37   Don Sprouse Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Chevrolet 378 940 running 0 118 16 25 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 377 1965 running 0 115 17 18 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 374 2080 running 0 112 18 22 24   Cecil Gordon South Hill Texaco   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 373 1895 running 0 109 19 23 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 359 1800 running 0 106 20 6 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 355 1875 running 1 108 21 29 77   Eddie Dickerson Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 339 740 running 0 100 22 15 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 323 1465 battery 0 97 23 17 79   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 307 1340 rear end 0 94 24 24 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers / McWhirter   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 200 940 rear end 0 91 25 12 40   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 162 905 transmission 0 88 26 1 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 145 5585 cylinder head 47 90 27 27 74   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 140 615 rocker arm 0 82 28 26 61   Bub Strickler Duro-Bond   (Jim Norris) Chevrolet 63 615 engine 0   29 28 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 44 815 cylinder head 0 76

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 46 46   Richard Childress 47 51 5   Darrell Waltrip 52 52 1   Richard Childress 53 53 1   Darrell Waltrip 54 59 6   Cale Yarborough 60 60 1   Harry Gant 61 61 1   Darrell Waltrip 62 81 20   Bobby Allison 82 132 51   Dale Earnhardt 133 158 26   Richard Petty 159 159 1   Dale Earnhardt 160 165 6   Bobby Allison 166 181 16   Dale Earnhardt 182 188 7   Bobby Allison 189 203 15   Benny Parsons 204 271 68   Bobby Allison 272 297 26   Richard Petty 298 298 1   Bobby Allison 299 400 102 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 3626     2   Richard Petty 3515   -111   3   Cale Yarborough 3453   -173   4   Benny Parsons 3398   -228   5   Darrell Waltrip 3302   -324   6   Bobby Allison 3274   -352   7   Jody Ridley 2997   -629   8   Richard Childress 2967   -659   9   Harry Gant 2907   -719   10   Terry Labonte 2858   -768   11   Dave Marcis 2802   -824   12   James Hylton 2641   -985   13   Buddy Arrington 2595   -1031   14   Ronnie Thomas 2410   -1216   15   Jimmy Means 2368   -1258   16   J.D. McDuffie 2307   -1319   17   Cecil Gordon 2221   -1405   18   Tommy Gale 2164   -1462   19   Neil Bonnett 2083   -1543   20   Roger Hamby 1967   -1659   21   Buddy Baker 1836   -1790