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1980 National 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 31 Sunday, October 5, 1980 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:42:18 Average speed: 135.243 mph Pole speed: 165.634 mph Cautions: 8 for 44 laps Margin of victory: 1.83 sec Attendance: 70000 Lead changes: 43 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 334 49050 running 148 185 2 3 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 334 30200 running 47 175 3 1 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Buick 334 21850 running 48 170 4 2 22   Ricky Rudd LYF-TMY Building Supply   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 334 15350 running 1 165 5 11 12   Donnie Allison Ramey's Chevy City   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 333 8400 running 0 155 6 16 9   Bill Elliott Melling Timing Components   (George Elliott) Mercury 332 6300 running 0 150 7 23 7   Lake Speed Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 330 21225 running 0 146 8 22 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 329 7625 running 0 142 9 36 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 328 4310 running 0 138 10 39 41   Dick Brooks Billy Matthews Chevrolet 328 4210 running 0 134 11 27 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 328 13805 running 1 135 12 21 40   Tim Richmond UNO / Apache Stove   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 327 6095 running 0 127 13 34 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 326 5885 running 0 124 14 25 16   Rusty Wallace Norton / CAM2 / Gould   (Roger Penske) Chevrolet 325 8610 running 0 121 15 37 77   Kenny Hemphill Warren Fabricating   (John Rebhan) Chevrolet 325 3360 running 0 118 16 6 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 324 5905 running 0 115 17 15 82   Dick May Dick Brooks Honda   (Ferrel Harris) Dodge 323 3700 running 0 112 18 5 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 322 8050 engine 29 114 19 24 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Oldsmobile 318 4995 running 0 106 20 41 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 318 4735 running 0 103 21 32 19   James Hylton Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 312 3425 running 0 100 22 20 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 307 2915 running 0 97 23 38 4   Connie Saylor Mitco   (G.C. Spencer) Chevrolet 301 1400 running 0 94 24 33 24   Cecil Gordon South Hill Texaco   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 292 2400 running 0 91 25 14 02   Chuck Bown Halpern Enterprises   (Joel Halpern) Chevrolet 271 1750 engine 0 88 26 29 79   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 259 2315 running 0 85 27 19 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 252 7375 engine 1 87 28 35 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 195 1730 valve 0 79 29 7 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Mercury 190 6075 ball joint 35 81 30 8 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 183 2100 crash 10 78 31 10 44   Terry Labonte Apache Stove   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 183 5975 crash 11 75 32 30 6   Marty Robbins M.C. Anderson   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 171 1000 crash 0 67 33 9 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 168 6185 crash 3 69 34 26 68   Lennie Pond Kings Mountain Truck Plaza   (Jim Testa) Chevrolet 168 970 steering 0 61 35 18 75   John Anderson Rahmoc Enterprises Chevrolet 149 955 steering 0 58 36 28 14   Sterling Marlin Buck Stove   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 138 940 crash 0   37 12 62   Rick Wilson Florida Equipment & Service   (Rick Wilson) Chevrolet 67 1425 engine 0 52 38 17 1   David Pearson Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 66 910 ignition 0 49 39 13 96   Mike Miller Dairyland Transportation   (Mike Miller) Ford 53 1405 head gasket 0 46 40 40 53   Slick Johnson Johnson Racing   (J.D. Johnson) Chevrolet 42 900 cam 0 43 41 31 05   Jim Sauter Prototype Engines / Buck Stove   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Chevrolet 33 900 engine 0 40

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 6 6     7 9 3   #15,22 spun turn 4   10 33 24     34 37 4   #05,4,62 accident turn 4   38 142 105     143 146 4   #14 accident turn 4   147 148 2     149 152 4   #47 accident turn 2   153 170 18     171 174 4   #27,68,88 accident turn 2   175 176 2     177 180 4   #6 lost wheel   181 184 4     185 192 8   #02,9,15,21,43,44 accident turn 4   193 210 18     211 223 13   rain   224 334 111       Percent of race run under caution: 13.2%             Average green flag run: 32.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 1 1   Ricky Rudd 2 2 1   Buddy Baker 3 4 2   Darrell Waltrip 5 5 1   Dale Earnhardt 6 12 7   Darrell Waltrip 13 14 2   Neil Bonnett 15 16 2   Dale Earnhardt 17 18 2   Darrell Waltrip 19 19 1   Dale Earnhardt 20 22 3   Darrell Waltrip 23 23 1   Dale Earnhardt 24 24 1   Buddy Baker 25 25 1   Darrell Waltrip 26 34 9   Richard Petty 35 35 1   Richard Childress 36 36 1   Cale Yarborough 37 42 6   Darrell Waltrip 43 57 15   Dale Earnhardt 58 86 29   Bobby Allison 87 95 9   Dale Earnhardt 96 96 1   Benny Parsons 97 99 3   Terry Labonte 100 105 6   Bobby Allison 106 131 26   Dale Earnhardt 132 143 12   Terry Labonte 144 144 1   Dale Earnhardt 145 158 14   Neil Bonnett 159 161 3   Dale Earnhardt 162 162 1   Neil Bonnett 163 163 1   Dale Earnhardt 164 164 1   Neil Bonnett 165 168 4   Dale Earnhardt 169 171 3   Terry Labonte 172 175 4   Cale Yarborough 176 180 5   Buddy Baker 181 191 11   Dale Earnhardt 192 201 10   Buddy Baker 202 220 19   Cale Yarborough 221 226 6   Buddy Baker 227 237 11   Dale Earnhardt 238 254 17   Cale Yarborough 255 284 30   Buddy Baker 285 287 3   Dale Earnhardt 288 334 47 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 4217     2   Cale Yarborough 4102   -115   3   Richard Petty 3951   -266   4   Benny Parsons 3937   -280   5   Darrell Waltrip 3881   -336   6   Bobby Allison 3720   -497   7   Jody Ridley 3553   -664   8   Harry Gant 3433   -784   9   Dave Marcis 3365   -852   10   Richard Childress 3348   -869   11   Terry Labonte 3304   -913   12   James Hylton 3099   -1118   13   Buddy Arrington 3070   -1147   14   Ronnie Thomas 2741   -1476   15   Cecil Gordon 2675   -1542   16   Jimmy Means 2650   -1567   17   J.D. McDuffie 2635   -1582   18   Tommy Gale 2549   -1668   19   Neil Bonnett 2422   -1795   20   Roger Hamby 2367   -1850   21   Buddy Baker 2351   -1866