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1980 Northwestern Bank 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 31
Sunday, April 20, 1980 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:37:04
Average speed: 95.501 mph
Pole speed: 113.797 mph

Cautions: 5 for 32 laps
Margin of victory: 1 lp 5 sec
Attendance: 23000
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1980 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	400	18925	running	327	185
2	5	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	399	9160	running	0	170
3	1	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Ford	399	13675	running	26	170
4	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	397	8475	running	0	160
5	6	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	397	5925	running	37	160
6	4	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	395	6525	running	0	150
7	31	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	393	3910	running	0	146
8	18	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	392	1450	running	0	142
9	14	53	Slick Johnson	Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson)	Chevrolet	391	1300	running	0	138
10	8	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	390	4675	running	0	134
11	15	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	388	2590	running	0	130
12	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	387	4625	running	10	132
13	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	384	2490	running	0	124
14	21	52	Jimmy Means	Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	382	2310	running	0	121
15	22	99	Dick May	Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar)	Chevrolet	378	950	running	0
16	28	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	377	875	running	0	115
17	17	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	376	2100	running	0	112
18	20	07	Jeff McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Buick	365	775	running	0	109
19	30	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	363	750	running	0	106
20	23	20	Rick Newsom	Louise Smith (Rick Newsom)	Chevrolet	354	750	running	0	103
21	16	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	334	1915	running	0	100
22	27	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	325	1765	crash	0	97
23	11	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	269	1580	crash	0	94
24	25	75	Bill Elswick	Rahmoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	211	595	oil line	0	91
25	19	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	179	1245	engine	0	88
26	10	40	D.K. Ulrich	Mastin Pool Company (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	172	1310	engine	0	85
27	9	7	Dick Brooks	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	153	1200	rear end	0	82
28	29	19	John Anderson	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	149	820	engine	0
29	26	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	115	760	oil pressure	0	76
30	12	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	88	750	cam	0	73
31	13	95	Tommy Houston	Carpenter Designs (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	9	550	oil leak	0	70

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	132	132
	133	147	15	#71,72 accident turn 4
	148	216	69
	217	221	5	#42 accident turn 4
	222	277	56
	278	282	5	#42,25 accident turns 1/4
	283	315	33
	316	318	3	#2 spun turn 4
	319	370	52
	371	374	4	#42,72,44 accident backstretch
	375	400	26
Percent of race run under caution: 8.0% Average green flag run: 61.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	10	10
Bobby Allison	11	36	26
Richard Petty	37	147	111
Benny Parsons	148	181	34
Richard Petty	182	182	1
Benny Parsons	183	183	1
Richard Petty	184	371	188
Benny Parsons	372	373	2
Richard Petty	374	400	27

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	1256
2	Bobby Allison	1183	-73
3	Richard Petty	1147	-109
4	Darrell Waltrip	1134	-122
5	Cale Yarborough	1087	-169
6	Harry Gant	1039	-217
7	Dave Marcis	1019	-237
8	Jody Ridley	994	-262
9	Benny Parsons	971	-285
10	Terry Labonte	942	-314
11	Richard Childress	922	-334
12	Joe Millikan	874	-382
13	James Hylton	873	-383
14	Buddy Arrington	850	-406
15	J.D. McDuffie	837	-419
16	Ronnie Thomas	828	-428
17	Dick Brooks	817	-439
18	Jimmy Means	812	-444
19	Tommy Gale	703	-553
20	Slick Johnson	639	-617
21	Bill Elswick	603	-653