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1980 Gabriel 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 31 Sunday, June 15, 1980 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 3:02:05 Average speed: 131.808 mph Pole speed: 163.662 mph Cautions: 7 for 43 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 50000 Lead changes: 25 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 200 24800 running 75 185 2 2 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 200 16300 running 37 175 3 11 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 200 9300 running 30 170 4 4 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 200 6325 running 0 160 5 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 199 13075 running 0 155 6 13 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 199 7175 running 0 150 7 10 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 199 3100 running 0 146 8 14 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Ford 199 7250 running 0 142 9 7 9   Bill Elliott Jackson Special   (George Elliott) Mercury 198 2600 running 0 138 10 27 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 198 2800 running 0 134 11 9 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 197 5115 running 0 130 12 3 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 197 7825 running 55 132 13 25 19   John Anderson Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 196 4595 running 0 124 14 18 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 196 4385 running 0 121 15 21 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 195 4025 running 0 118 16 34 85   Wayne Watercutter Ward Racing Enterprises   (Wayne Watercutter) Oldsmobile 195 1600 running 0 115 17 20 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Chevrolet 194 1350 running 0 112 18 32 76   Mike Potter Kingsport Speedway   (Mike Potter) Chevrolet 194 1300 running 0 109 19 24 40   Tommy Gale Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 194 3405 running 0 106 20 33 24   Cecil Gordon South Hill Texaco   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 191 3195 running 0 103 21 30 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 191 1150 running 0 100 22 19 52   Jimmy Means Thompson Industries   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 188 2835 running 0 97 23 37 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 181 2605 oil line 0 94 24 31 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 179 2420 running 0 91 25 15 1   David Pearson Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 173 1005 engine 3 93 26 6 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 165 5655 engine 0 85 27 35 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Oldsmobile 165 2005 engine 0 82 28 17 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 146 1945 engine 0 79 29 26 74   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 146 810 engine 0 76 30 29 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 132 1845 running 0 73 31 5 02   Chuck Bown Halpern Enterprises   (Joel Halpern) Oldsmobile 130 750 crash 0 70 32 22 22   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 111 740 engine 0 67 33 16 7   Dick Brooks Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 108 1790 engine 0 64 34 28 79   Junior Miller Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) Chevrolet 88 1220 rear end 0 61 35 23 71   Dave Marcis Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 69 1210 engine 0 58 36 12 12   Donnie Allison Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 55 700 oil pump 0   37 36 69   Henry Jones Pro Shoppe   (Mike Kempton) Oldsmobile 10 700 oil pump 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 9 9     10 73 64     74 80 7     81 94 14     95 104 10     105 110 6     111 114 4     115 133 19     134 139 6     140 169 30     170 172 3     173 176 4     177 180 4     181 200 20       Percent of race run under caution: 21.5%             Average green flag run: 22.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Benny Parsons 1 9 9   Cale Yarborough 10 11 2   Benny Parsons 12 13 2   Cale Yarborough 14 16 3   Benny Parsons 17 35 19   Dale Earnhardt 36 52 17   David Pearson 53 53 1   Dale Earnhardt 54 74 21   David Pearson 75 75 1   Dale Earnhardt 76 80 5   Benny Parsons 81 81 1   Cale Yarborough 82 85 4   Buddy Baker 86 87 2   Benny Parsons 88 91 4   Dale Earnhardt 92 95 4   Buddy Baker 96 106 11   Benny Parsons 107 115 9   Buddy Baker 116 129 14   Cale Yarborough 130 130 1   Buddy Baker 131 133 3   David Pearson 134 134 1   Dale Earnhardt 135 139 5   Cale Yarborough 140 166 27   Benny Parsons 167 169 3   Dale Earnhardt 170 172 3   Benny Parsons 173 200 28 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 2387     2   Richard Petty 2374   -13   3   Cale Yarborough 2349   -38   4   Darrell Waltrip 2244   -143   5   Benny Parsons 2194   -193   6   Bobby Allison 2169   -218   7   Jody Ridley 2058   -329   8   Harry Gant 1940   -447   9   Terry Labonte 1918   -469   10   Richard Childress 1912   -475   11   Dave Marcis 1900   -487   12   James Hylton 1787   -600   13   Buddy Arrington 1688   -699   14   Ronnie Thomas 1673   -714   15   Dick Brooks 1564   -823   16   J.D. McDuffie 1522   -865   17   Jimmy Means 1472   -915   18   Cecil Gordon 1415   -972   19   Tommy Gale 1397   -990   20   Neil Bonnett 1322   -1065   21   Bobby Wawak 1235   -1152