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1980 Valleydale Southeastern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 31
Sunday, March 30, 1980 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles)

Time of race: 2:44:53
Average speed: 96.977 mph
Pole speed: 111.688 mph

Cautions: 3 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 8.7 sec
Attendance: 24000
Lead changes: 15

Glossary 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1980 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	500	20625	running	208	185
2	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	500	13100	running	31	175
3	8	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Ford	500	9400	running	0	165
4	5	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	499	6835	running	65	165
5	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	498	7100	running	187	160
6	10	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	496	5550	running	0	150
7	3	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	494	5410	running	8	151
8	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	492	6400	running	1	147
9	13	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	491	4460	running	0	138
10	6	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	490	4045	running	0	134
11	11	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	483	3950	running	0	130
12	17	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	478	3090	running	0	127
13	28	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	477	2850	running	0	124
14	21	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	475	2645	running	0	121
15	12	95	Tommy Houston	Carpenter Designs (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	475	1160	running	0	118
16	16	40	Dick May	Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	474	2350	running	0	115
17	14	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	469	2105	running	0	112
18	20	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	466	1460	running	0	109
19	32	75	Bill Elswick	Rahmoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	465	920	running	0	106
20	22	19	John Utsman	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	464	1340	running	0	103
21	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	460	1315	running	0	100
22	31	24	Cecil Gordon	Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	454	845	running	0	97
23	23	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	446	580	running	0	94
24	18	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	414	815	ignition	0	91
25	26	29	Junior Miller	Thompson Industries (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	387	550	engine	0	88
26	15	53	Slick Johnson	Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson)	Chevrolet	385	540	oil pump	0	85
27	25	7	Dick Brooks	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	336	780	running	0	82
28	27	79	Travis Tiller	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	Dodge	323	770	oil pressure	0	79
29	19	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	319	760	transmission	0	76
30	30	76	Mike Potter	Wilson Properties (Mike Potter)	Chevrolet	235	500	overheating	0	73
31	29	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	172	500	oil pump	0	70
32	9	12	Buck Simmons	Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	168	500	clutch	0	67

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	51	51
	52	54	3	#90,79 spun turn 1
	55	124	70
	125	129	5	#75 spun turn 1
	130	203	74
	204	209	6	#75,7 spun turn 4
	210	500	291
Percent of race run under caution: 2.8% Average green flag run: 121.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	25	25
Cale Yarborough	26	52	27
Richard Petty	53	53	1
Cale Yarborough	54	54	1
Darrell Waltrip	55	55	1
Cale Yarborough	56	125	70
Harry Gant	126	133	8
Dale Earnhardt	134	204	71
Darrell Waltrip	205	206	2
Benny Parsons	207	271	65
Cale Yarborough	272	358	87
Darrell Waltrip	359	361	3
Dale Earnhardt	362	363	2
Cale Yarborough	364	365	2
Dale Earnhardt	366	500	135

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	1025
2	Bobby Allison	940	-85
3	Darrell Waltrip	837	-188
4	Richard Petty	824	-201
5	Dave Marcis	820	-205
6	Cale Yarborough	795	-230
7	Terry Labonte	778	-247
8	Jody Ridley	714	-311
9	Harry Gant	704	-321
10	Richard Childress	692	-333
11	J.D. McDuffie	667	-358
12	James Hylton	652	-373
13	Ronnie Thomas	649	-376
14	Benny Parsons	636	-389
15	Jimmy Means	612	-413
16	Buddy Arrington	605	-420
17	Joe Millikan	594	-431
18	Dick Brooks	580	-445
19	Tommy Gale	509	-516
20	Cecil Gordon	494	-531
21	Buddy Baker	459	-566