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1980 Mason-Dixon 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 31 Sunday, May 18, 1980 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:23:28 Average speed: 113.866 mph Pole speed: 138.814 mph Cautions: 9 for 67 laps Margin of victory: 26 sec Attendance: 31000 Lead changes: 18 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 8 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Ford 500 21900 running 126 180 2 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 500 16775 running 11 175 3 4 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 497 7800 running 0 165 4 6 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 495 7530 running 0 160 5 19 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 494 6255 running 0 155 6 18 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 492 5335 running 0 150 7 15 40   Dick May Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 488 4275 running 0 146 8 20 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 488 4065 running 0 142 9 25 24   Cecil Gordon Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 476 3820 running 0 138 10 16 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 475 7675 engine 0 134 11 12 25   Ronnie Thomas Shelton Construction   (Don Robertson) Buick 472 3460 running 0 130 12 17 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 468 3240 running 0 127 13 23 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 464 1605 running 0 124 14 28 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers / McWhirter   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 457 1520 running 0 121 15 33 32   Jimmy Ingram Ingram Racing   (Jimmy Ingram) Chevrolet 437 1435 running 0 118 16 1 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 411 7800 running 137 125 17 7 7   Dick Brooks Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 390 2705 crash 0 112 18 5 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 376 1680 engine 95 114 19 22 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 360 2400 running 0 106 20 2 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 339 5960 valve 98 108 21 13 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 290 900 crash 0 100 22 3 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 283 5650 crash 33 102 23 11 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 279 775 crash 0 94 24 32 63   Jocko Maggiacomo Shaw Motors   (Jocko Maggiacomo) Oldsmobile 278 700 engine 0 91 25 14 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 264 1740 engine 0 88 26 26 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 264 1705 engine 0 85 27 31 52   Jimmy Means Thompson Industries   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 224 1670 sway bar 0 82 28 34 34   Nestor Peles Peles Racing   (Nestor Peles) Oldsmobile 207 600 quit 0 79 29 30 74   Bobby Wawak Wooten's Texaco   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 206 575 engine 0 76 30 10 75   Bill Elswick Performer Boats   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 109 1075 crash 0 73 31 24 79   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Frank Warren) Chevrolet 106 1040 oil pump 0 70 32 27 20   Rick Newsom Louise Smith Special   (Rick Newsom) Oldsmobile 61 530 engine 0 67 33 21 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 26 1020 engine 0 64 34 29 99   D.K. Ulrich Hollar Auto Parts   (Bill Hollar) Chevrolet 2 510 engine 0 61

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 25 25   wet conditions   26 28 3     29 33 5   #70 oil turn 3   34 85 52     86 90 5   #34 spun turn 2   91 106 16     107 110 4   #75 accident turns 1/2   111 137 27     138 142 5   ambulance crossing track   143 197 55     198 201 4   #24 spun turns 3/4   202 223 22     224 228 5   #74 spun turn 2   229 281 53     282 292 11   #42,88,27,7,30 accident frontstretch   293 464 172     465 467 3   #47 spun backstretch   468 500 33       Percent of race run under caution: 13.4%             Average green flag run: 48.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 86 86   Bobby Allison 87 87 1   Cale Yarborough 88 107 20   Richard Petty 108 108 1   Cale Yarborough 109 139 31   Richard Petty 140 140 1   Darrell Waltrip 141 198 58   Bobby Allison 199 199 1   Benny Parsons 200 224 25   Richard Petty 225 225 1   Darrell Waltrip 226 229 4   Benny Parsons 230 237 8   Neil Bonnett 238 245 8   Darrell Waltrip 246 281 36   Richard Petty 282 285 4   Neil Bonnett 286 372 87   Bobby Allison 373 375 3   Richard Petty 376 379 4   Bobby Allison 380 500 121 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1844     2   Richard Petty 1742   -102   3   Cale Yarborough 1707   -137   4   Bobby Allison 1649   -195   5   Darrell Waltrip 1629   -215   6   Jody Ridley 1566   -278   7   Benny Parsons 1565   -279   8   Harry Gant 1489   -355   9   Dave Marcis 1460   -384   10   Terry Labonte 1404   -440   11   Richard Childress 1402   -442   12   James Hylton 1336   -508   13   Buddy Arrington 1260   -584   14   Ronnie Thomas 1258   -586   15   Dick Brooks 1225   -619   16   Jimmy Means 1148   -696   17   Tommy Gale 1139   -705   18   J.D. McDuffie 1117   -727   19   Joe Millikan 1029   -815   20   Cecil Gordon 1005   -839   21   Buddy Baker 963   -881