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1980 Champion Spark Plug 400

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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
WD	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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