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1980 Champion Spark Plug 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 31 Sunday, August 17, 1980 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:45:07 Average speed: 145.352 mph Pole speed: 162.693 mph Cautions: 4 for 17 laps Margin of victory: 2.3 sec Attendance: 50000 Lead changes: 31 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 200 19700 running 41 180 2 3 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 200 12875 running 0 170 3 21 12   Donnie Allison Ramey's Chevy City   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 200 9050 running 4 170 4 11 02   Darrell Waltrip Halpern Enterprises   (Joel Halpern) Chevrolet 200 6050 running 67 170 5 12 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 200 11075 running 4 160 6 1 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 200 5600 running 0 150 7 4 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Mercury 199 7675 running 27 151 8 10 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 199 7250 running 54 147 9 5 9   Bill Elliott Jackson Special   (George Elliott) Mercury 199 4900 running 1 143 10 16 77   Kenny Hemphill Warren Fabricating   (John Rebhan) Chevrolet 199 2650 running 0 134 11 9 44   Terry Labonte Apache Stove   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 198 5475 running 0 130 12 20 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 198 2700 running 0 127 13 23 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 196 4590 running 0 124 14 27 52   Jimmy Means Thompson Industries   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 195 4170 running 0 121 15 28 40   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 195 3975 running 0 118 16 13 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Chevrolet 194 1480 running 0 115 17 22 87   Billie Harvey Del Ray Marine Supply   (Billie Harvey) Chevrolet 194 1270 running 0   18 6 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 194 3490 running 0 109 19 30 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 194 3330 running 0   20 37 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 193 3085 running 0 103 21 19 24   Cecil Gordon South Hill Texaco   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 193 2790 running 0 100 22 18 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 190 2545 running 0 97 23 36 65   Bruce Jacobi United Medical Supply   (Ron Spohn) Ford 189 985 running 0 94 24 33 85   Wayne Watercutter Ward Racing Enterprises Oldsmobile 183 925 running 0 91 25 26 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Oldsmobile 182 2265 running 0 88 26 15 71   Dave Marcis Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 182 1975 engine 1 90 27 17 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 180 1940 running 0 82 28 35 41   Stuart Huffman Bluegrass Express Buick 177 800 running 0 79 29 24 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Buick 172 1865 running 0 76 30 29 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 150 765 engine 0 73 31 31 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) Dodge 150 1810 running 0 70 32 34 61   Baxter Price Duro-Bond   (Jim Norris) Oldsmobile 125 740 running 0 67 33 32 74   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 114 730 ignition 0 64 34 25 7   Ricky Rudd Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 88 1220 transmission 0 61 35 8 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 79 6410 engine 1 63 36 14 75   John Anderson Rahmoc Enterprises Chevrolet 12 700 oil pump 0 55 37 7 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 4 1200 engine 0 52

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade DiGard Racing Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 1 1   Bobby Allison 2 5 4   Cale Yarborough 6 6 1   Bobby Allison 7 10 4   Dale Earnhardt 11 11 1   Darrell Waltrip 12 19 8   Dave Marcis 20 20 1   Darrell Waltrip 21 30 10   Richard Petty 31 32 2   Darrell Waltrip 33 46 14   Cale Yarborough 47 61 15   Bobby Allison 62 63 2   Cale Yarborough 64 65 2   Benny Parsons 66 80 15   Darrell Waltrip 81 81 1   Donnie Allison 82 82 1   Benny Parsons 83 86 4   Bobby Allison 87 87 1   Cale Yarborough 88 92 5   Bobby Allison 93 100 8   Donnie Allison 101 101 1   Bill Elliott 102 102 1   Donnie Allison 103 103 1   Bobby Allison 104 111 8   Cale Yarborough 112 116 5   Benny Parsons 117 151 35   Richard Petty 152 152 1   Darrell Waltrip 153 186 34   Richard Petty 187 187 1   Donnie Allison 188 188 1   Cale Yarborough 189 200 12 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 3135     2   Cale Yarborough 3102   -33   3   Richard Petty 3032   -103   4   Benny Parsons 2934   -201   5   Darrell Waltrip 2879   -256   6   Bobby Allison 2779   -356   7   Jody Ridley 2642   -493   8   Richard Childress 2562   -573   9   Harry Gant 2503   -632   10   Terry Labonte 2437   -698   11   Dave Marcis 2368   -767   12   James Hylton 2317   -818   13   Buddy Arrington 2253   -882   14   Ronnie Thomas 2140   -995   15   Jimmy Means 2032   -1103   16   J.D. McDuffie 1992   -1143   17   Neil Bonnett 1923   -1212   18   Cecil Gordon 1900   -1235   19   Tommy Gale 1864   -1271   20   Buddy Baker 1746   -1389   21   Roger Hamby 1679   -1456