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1980 Mason-Dixon 500

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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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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