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1980 CRC Chemicals 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 31
Sunday, September 14, 1980 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:18:34
Average speed: 116.024 mph
Pole speed: 137.583 mph

Cautions: 8 for 39 laps
Margin of victory: .47 sec
Attendance: 35500
Lead changes: 29

Glossary 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1980 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	500	22900	running	264	185
2	10	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	500	12930	running	140	175
3	3	28	Buddy Baker	NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	500	8150	running	16	170
4	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	499	10700	running	30	165
5	6	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	499	8425	running	1	160
6	8	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	499	3175	running	5	155
7	13	12	Donnie Allison	Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	498	2325	running	34	151
8	5	68	Lennie Pond	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa)	Chevrolet	493	2175	running	0
9	16	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	491	4980	running	0	138
10	21	25	Ronnie Thomas	Carl Shelton Construction (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	489	4235	running	0	134
11	15	7	Lake Speed	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	488	3750	running	0
12	11	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	486	3580	running	0	127
13	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	485	3375	running	0	124
14	22	29	Dave Dion	Merrimack Lincoln-Mercury (Dave Dion)	Ford	481	1520	running	0	121
15	32	24	Cecil Gordon	South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	472	3095	running	0	118
16	38	74	Joe Booher	Booher Farms (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	469	1350	running	0
17	12	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	468	7465	engine	4	117
18	33	45	Joel Stowe	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	460	2730	running	0	109
19	26	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	455	2560	running	0	106
20	18	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	453	1790	running	0	103
21	36	80	John Callis	Bo Laws Automotive (John Callis)	Ford	449	900	running	0	100
22	40	97	Eddie Dickerson	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	448	850	running	0	97
23	24	75	Kyle Petty	STP (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	416	775	running	0	94
24	35	99	Dick May	Booher Farms (Bill Hollar)	Chevrolet	415	700	valve	0
25	34	9	Frank Warren	Countian Press (Frank Warren)	Dodge	405	675	engine	0
26	27	46	Travis Tiller	Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller)	Oldsmobile	403	650	engine	0	85
27	19	52	Jimmy Means	Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	386	1690	engine	0	82
28	4	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Classic Stove (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	357	5050	engine	0	79
29	29	79	Junior Miller	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	336	1630	rear end	0	76
30	7	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Ford	264	5000	valve	1	78
31	17	40	Tim Richmond	UNO (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	258	1585	cylinder head	0	70
32	23	19	John Anderson	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	248	1555	oil pump	0	67
33	20	77	Kenny Hemphill	Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan)	Chevrolet	179	520	crash	4
34	9	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	151	6210	engine	1	66
35	39	61	Bub Strickler	Duro-Bond (Jim Norris)	Chevrolet	149	500	axle	0
36	31	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	115	990	engine	0	55
37	14	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	66	980	engine	0	52
38	25	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	65	970	engine	0	49
39	30	4	Bob Riley	Atlantic Interstate Messenger (Joe May)	Chevrolet	55	460	oil leak	0
40	37	1	Steve Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Buick	35	450	head gasket	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	4	4
Darrell Waltrip	5	37	33
Richard Petty	38	38	1
Harry Gant	39	42	4
Cale Yarborough	43	68	26
Buddy Baker	69	69	1
Kenny Hemphill	70	73	4
Dale Earnhardt	74	74	1
Donnie Allison	75	77	3
Darrell Waltrip	78	116	39
Buddy Baker	117	117	1
Darrell Waltrip	118	144	27
Richard Petty	145	145	1
Harry Gant	146	146	1
Bobby Allison	147	147	1
Darrell Waltrip	148	185	38
Harry Gant	186	186	1
Richard Petty	187	187	1
Darrell Waltrip	188	206	19
Richard Petty	207	207	1
Neil Bonnett	208	212	5
Donnie Allison	213	215	3
Darrell Waltrip	216	270	55
Benny Parsons	271	271	1
Buddy Baker	272	284	13
Donnie Allison	285	312	28
Harry Gant	313	441	129
Buddy Baker	442	442	1
Harry Gant	443	447	5
Darrell Waltrip	448	500	53

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	3692
2	Richard Petty	3632	-60
3	Cale Yarborough	3618	-74
4	Benny Parsons	3558	-134
5	Darrell Waltrip	3487	-205
6	Bobby Allison	3352	-340
7	Jody Ridley	3135	-557
8	Harry Gant	3082	-610
9	Richard Childress	3019	-673
10	Terry Labonte	2937	-755
11	Dave Marcis	2929	-763
12	James Hylton	2747	-945
13	Buddy Arrington	2719	-973
14	Ronnie Thomas	2544	-1148
15	Jimmy Means	2450	-1242
16	J.D. McDuffie	2356	-1336
17	Cecil Gordon	2339	-1353
18	Neil Bonnett	2238	-1454
19	Tommy Gale	2219	-1473
20	Roger Hamby	2070	-1622
21	Buddy Baker	2006	-1686