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1980 Winston 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 31 Sunday, May 4, 1980 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 2:56:00 Average speed: 170.481 mph Pole speed: 197.704 mph Cautions: 6 for 28 laps Margin of victory: 3 feet Attendance: 75000 Lead changes: 40 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 188 32150 running 61 185 2 4 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Oldsmobile 188 28700 running 55 175 3 1 1   David Pearson Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 188 23150 running 21 170 4 7 68   Lennie Pond Kings Mountain Truck Plaza   (Jim Testa) Oldsmobile 187 10500 running 1 165 5 9 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 186 9200 running 4 160 6 3 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 186 14300 running 32 155 7 20 66   Lake Speed Dozie & Company   (Lake Speed) Chevrolet 185 8075 running 2 151 8 6 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 185 11750 running 3 147 9 31 7   Dick Brooks Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 184 8350 running 0 138 10 17 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 183 9165 running 0 134 11 32 14   Coo Coo Marlin Marlin Racing   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 181 4390 running 0 130 12 18 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 180 7775 running 2 132 13 42 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 178 6355 running 0 124 14 34 73   Steve Moore Tuesday's Tavern   (Willard Moore) Chevrolet 178 3760 running 0 121 15 35 82   Dick May Dick Brooks Honda   (Norman Negre) Dodge 178 3550 running 0   16 40 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 176 5615 running 0 115 17 25 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 173 4885 running 0 112 18 12 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 166 6115 running 0 109 19 27 79   Frank Warren Fellowship Baptist Church   (Frank Warren) Dodge 158 4745 running 0 106 20 41 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Buick 156 4275 running 0 103 21 16 9   Bill Elliott Elliott Racing   (George Elliott) Mercury 154 3545 ignition 1 105 22 15 4   Gary Baker Waylon Jennings   (G.C. Spencer) Chevrolet 145 3440 oil pump 0   23 38 24   Cecil Gordon Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 137 3675 overheating 0 94 24 26 12   Buck Simmons Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 127 2180 running 0 91 25 37 02   Donnie Allison Halpern Enterprises   (Joel Halpern) Oldsmobile 127 2125 oil pump 0 88 26 39 19   John Anderson Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Buick 120 2905 engine 0 85 27 5 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 99 3450 engine 5 87 28 22 40   Dick Skillen Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 76 2785 engine 0 79 29 8 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 72 3720 engine 1 81 30 33 74   Bobby Wawak The Protector   (Bobby Wawak) Dodge 58 1585 engine 0 73 31 10 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Oldsmobile 57 8730 engine 0 70 32 19 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 57 3560 engine 0 67 33 36 6   Marty Robbins Robbins Racing   (Marty Robbins) Dodge 54 1470 engine 0 64 34 14 51   Don Whittington Sun Systems   (Don Whittington) Oldsmobile 46 2435 crash 0 61 35 23 75   Bill Elswick Performer Boats   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Oldsmobile 43 1405 engine 0 58 36 28 50   Bruce Hill Global Heat Exchanger   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 42 1375 engine 0 55 37 24 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 36 1345 engine 0 52 38 30 04   Phil Finney Asheville Savings Bank   (Phil Finney) Oldsmobile 36 1315 engine 0 49 39 29 89   Jim Vandiver Vandiver Racing   (O.L. Nixon) Oldsmobile 33 1285 ignition 0 46 40 11 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Mercury 28 6705 clutch 0 43 41 21 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Buick 19 1755 engine 0 40 42 13 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 4 6955 cam 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Kevin Housby 8 Taylor & Martin Auctioneers James Hylton Chevrolet Nelson Oswald 09 Hagelin Enterprises Nelson Oswald Buick Dick May 99 Hollar Auto Parts Bill Hollar Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 4 4     5 7 3   debris turn 3   8 13 6     14 18 5   debris turn 1   19 39 21     40 43 4   #71 accident   44 47 4     48 54 7   #75,51 accident turn 3   55 61 7     62 65 4   #74 engine turn 4   66 79 14     80 84 5   #40 start/finsh line   85 188 104       Percent of race run under caution: 14.9%             Average green flag run: 22.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 1 1   Dale Earnhardt 2 3 2   Neil Bonnett 4 7 4   Buddy Baker 8 12 5   Dale Earnhardt 13 13 1   Dave Marcis 14 14 1   Tighe Scott 15 18 4   Dale Earnhardt 19 19 1   Cale Yarborough 20 26 7   Benny Parsons 27 27 1   Dale Earnhardt 28 35 8   Benny Parsons 36 36 1   Cale Yarborough 37 39 3   Lennie Pond 40 40 1   Cale Yarborough 41 42 2   Dale Earnhardt 43 45 3   David Pearson 46 60 15   Neil Bonnett 61 61 1   Bill Elliott 62 62 1   Lake Speed 63 64 2   Dale Earnhardt 65 66 2   David Pearson 67 67 1   Cale Yarborough 68 72 5   Dale Earnhardt 73 73 1   Buddy Baker 74 79 6   Richard Childress 80 81 2   David Pearson 82 84 3   Benny Parsons 85 85 1   Buddy Baker 86 99 14   David Pearson 100 100 1   Buddy Baker 101 106 6   Cale Yarborough 107 108 2   Dale Earnhardt 109 114 6   Cale Yarborough 115 127 13   Buddy Baker 128 151 24   Dale Earnhardt 152 152 1   Buddy Baker 153 154 2   David Pearson 155 155 1   Dale Earnhardt 156 185 30   Buddy Baker 186 188 3 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1555     2   Cale Yarborough 1407   -148   3   Richard Petty 1387   -168   4   Darrell Waltrip 1356   -199   5   Bobby Allison 1314   -241   6   Benny Parsons 1293   -262   7   Jody Ridley 1274   -281   8   Dave Marcis 1242   -313   9   Harry Gant 1191   -364   10   Richard Childress 1184   -371   11   James Hylton 1106   -449   12   Terry Labonte 1103   -452   13   Buddy Arrington 1093   -462   14   Dick Brooks 1040   -515   15   Joe Millikan 1029   -526   16   Ronnie Thomas 1028   -527   17   J.D. McDuffie 950   -605   18   Jimmy Means 939   -616   19   Tommy Gale 894   -661   20   Buddy Baker 798   -757   21   Slick Johnson 777   -778