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1980 Qualifying Race #1     Post NASCAR Daytona Qualifier race number 1 Thursday, February 14, 1980 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 50 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 0:54:15 Average speed: 138.25 mph Pole speed: 194.099 mph Cautions: 2 for 11 laps Margin of victory: 6 feet Attendance: 40000 Lead changes: 8 Glossary    Daytona Qualifier Page

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 3 1 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 50 3875 running 29 2 2 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 50 6125 running 0 31 3 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Oldsmobile 7   engine 1 5 4 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Mercury 50 1700 running 1 1 5 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 50 12000 running 7 9 6 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 50 1500 running 0 28 7 55   Don Whittington DiGard Racing   (DiGard) Chevrolet 23 285 crash 0 6 8 51   A.J. Foyt Valvoline / Gilmore   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 50 1650 running 0 7 9 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 50 1600 running 11 4 10 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard) Oldsmobile 50 2725 running 1 23 11 00   John Utsman Kingsport Speedway   (Ed Whitaker) Chevrolet 25 745 crash 0 26 12 4   Gary Baker Waylon Jennings   (G.C. Spencer) Oldsmobile 24 600 crash 0 22 13 12   Buck Simmons Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 25 780 crash 0 27 14 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 24 305 crash 0 29 15 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Oldsmobile 23 270 crash 0 8 16 68   Chuck Bown Kings Mountain Truck Plaza   (Jim Testa) Oldsmobile 50 1550 running 0 12 17 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Hamby Automotive) Chevrolet 48 1250 running 0 14 18 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 48 1150 running 0 17 19 7   Dick Brooks Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 47 1005 running 0 18 20 81   Terry Ryan Ryan Racing   (Bill Monaghan) Oldsmobile 47 970 – 0 13 21 19   Bill Dennis Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Buick 48 1200 running 0 20 22 85   Wayne Watercutter Ward Racing   (Ward Racing) Oldsmobile 46 900 – 0 33 23 20   Rick Newsom Louise Smith   (Rick Newsom) Oldsmobile 4   – 0 19 24 34   Steve Peles Peles Racing Oldsmobile 46 935 – 0 25 26 63   Jocko Maggiacomo Shaw Motors   (Jocko Maggiacomo) Oldsmobile 25 710 crash 0 32 26 50   Bruce Hill Hill Racing Oldsmobile 5   – 0 21 27 05   Bill Elswick Elswick Racing   (RahMoc Enterprises) Oldsmobile 29 815 crash 0 30 28 40   Bill Whittington Jim Morrison   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 12 250 – 0 10 29 24   Cecil Gordon Sadler Motors / Smith Used Parts   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 49 1350 running 0 15 30 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 48 1075 running 0 24 31 04   Phil Finney Finney Racing   (Phil Finney) Oldsmobile 25 725 crash 0 11 32 8   Kevin Housby Taylor & Martin / Marina Inn   (Housby Racing) Chevrolet 48 1300 running 0 16 33 65   Ralph Jones Spohn's Body Shop   (Ron Spohn) Ford 48 1040 running 0 34 35 60   Bob Riley NRS Motorgard   (Joe May) Chevrolet 0   – 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 21 21     22 24 3   #45 spun turn 4   25 26 2     27 34 8   #42,00,04,90,12,05,85,4,63 accident turn 4   35 50 16       Percent of race run under caution: 22.0%             Average green flag run: 13.0 laps