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1980 Northwestern Bank 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet 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

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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