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1980 Music City USA 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 31 Saturday, May 10, 1980 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:47:52 Average speed: 89.471 mph Pole speed: 106.591 mph Cautions: 4 for 29 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 17000 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 420 15350 running 96 180 2 2 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 420 10310 running 0 170 3 1 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 420 8660 running 279 175 4 5 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 419 5750 running 18 165 5 3 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Ford 418 5130 running 0 155 6 7 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 418 5825 running 27 155 7 11 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 414 4035 running 0 146 8 17 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 413 4185 running 0 142 9 4 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 411 3315 running 0 138 10 12 40   Mike Alexander Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 409 3130 running 0   11 8 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 405 2735 running 0 130 12 22 52   Jimmy Means Thompson Industries   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 401 2775 running 0 127 13 23 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 399 1940 running 0 124 14 24 37   Don Sprouse Rogers Auto Leasing   (Bob Rogers) Chevrolet 399 750 running 0   15 21 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 396 1680 running 0 118 16 28 79   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 392 1520 running 0 115 17 29 99   Dick May Hollar Auto Parts   (Bill Hollar) Chevrolet 382 520 running 0   18 25 74   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 382 500 running 0 109 19 30 24   Cecil Gordon Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 380 1340 running 0 106 20 14 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 376 1215 running 0 103 21 27 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 374 1100 running 0 100 22 19 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers / McWhirter   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 373 440 running 0 97 23 15 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 370 430 running 0 94 24 9 75   John Anderson Rahmoc Enterprises Chevrolet 367 420 running 0 91 25 16 53   Slick Johnson Johnson Racing   (J.D. Johnson) Chevrolet 348 660 crash 0 88 26 18 20   Rick Newsom Louise Smith   (Rick Newsom) Oldsmobile 326 400 running 0 85 27 20 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 295 645 transmission 0 82 28 26 19   Steve Spencer Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 153 640 engine 0   29 13 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 148 635 engine 0 76 30 10 7   Dick Brooks Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 46 630 rear end 0 73

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 152 152     153 156 4   #3 engine turn 1   157 166 10     167 169 3   #44 spun turn 1   170 364 195     365 375 11   #53 accident frontstretch   376 399 24     400 402 3   debris   403 420 18       Percent of race run under caution: 5.0%             Average green flag run: 79.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 90 90   Darrell Waltrip 91 91 1   Dale Earnhardt 92 118 27   Cale Yarborough 119 154 36   Richard Petty 155 170 16   Cale Yarborough 171 203 33   Richard Petty 204 234 31   Cale Yarborough 235 311 77   Richard Petty 312 315 4   Cale Yarborough 316 358 43   Darrell Waltrip 359 375 17   Richard Petty 376 420 45 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1710     2   Cale Yarborough 1582   -128   3   Richard Petty 1567   -143   4   Darrell Waltrip 1521   -189   5   Bobby Allison 1469   -241   6   Benny Parsons 1463   -247   7   Jody Ridley 1416   -294   8   Dave Marcis 1372   -338   9   Harry Gant 1329   -381   10   Richard Childress 1260   -450   11   Terry Labonte 1249   -461   12   James Hylton 1230   -480   13   Buddy Arrington 1175   -535   14   Ronnie Thomas 1128   -582   15   Dick Brooks 1113   -597   16   Jimmy Means 1066   -644   17   J.D. McDuffie 1053   -657   18   Joe Millikan 1029   -681   19   Tommy Gale 1012   -698   20   Cecil Gordon 867   -843   21   Slick Johnson 865   -845