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1980 Valleydale Southeastern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 31 Sunday, March 30, 1980 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:44:53 Average speed: 96.977 mph Pole speed: 111.688 mph Cautions: 3 for 14 laps Margin of victory: 8.7 sec Attendance: 24000 Lead changes: 15 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 500 20625 running 208 185 2 2 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 500 13100 running 31 175 3 8 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Ford 500 9400 running 0 165 4 5 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 499 6835 running 65 165 5 1 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 498 7100 running 187 160 6 10 72   Joe Millikan DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 496 5550 running 0 150 7 3 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 494 5410 running 8 151 8 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 492 6400 running 1 147 9 13 71   Dave Marcis Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 491 4460 running 0 138 10 6 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 490 4045 running 0 134 11 11 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 483 3950 running 0 130 12 17 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 478 3090 running 0 127 13 28 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 477 2850 running 0 124 14 21 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 475 2645 running 0 121 15 12 95   Tommy Houston Carpenter Designs   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 475 1160 running 0 118 16 16 40   Dick May Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 474 2350 running 0 115 17 14 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 469 2105 running 0 112 18 20 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 466 1460 running 0 109 19 32 75   Bill Elswick Rahmoc Enterprises Chevrolet 465 920 running 0 106 20 22 19   John Utsman Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 464 1340 running 0 103 21 24 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 460 1315 running 0 100 22 31 24   Cecil Gordon Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 454 845 running 0 97 23 23 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 446 580 running 0 94 24 18 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 414 815 ignition 0 91 25 26 29   Junior Miller Thompson Industries   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 387 550 engine 0 88 26 15 53   Slick Johnson Johnson Racing   (J.D. Johnson) Chevrolet 385 540 oil pump 0 85 27 25 7   Dick Brooks Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 336 780 running 0 82 28 27 79   Travis Tiller Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) Dodge 323 770 oil pressure 0 79 29 19 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 319 760 transmission 0 76 30 30 76   Mike Potter Wilson Properties   (Mike Potter) Chevrolet 235 500 overheating 0 73 31 29 74   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 172 500 oil pump 0 70 32 9 12   Buck Simmons Ramey's Chevy City   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 168 500 clutch 0 67

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 51 51     52 54 3   #90,79 spun turn 1   55 124 70     125 129 5   #75 spun turn 1   130 203 74     204 209 6   #75,7 spun turn 4   210 500 291       Percent of race run under caution: 2.8%             Average green flag run: 121.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 25 25   Cale Yarborough 26 52 27   Richard Petty 53 53 1   Cale Yarborough 54 54 1   Darrell Waltrip 55 55 1   Cale Yarborough 56 125 70   Harry Gant 126 133 8   Dale Earnhardt 134 204 71   Darrell Waltrip 205 206 2   Benny Parsons 207 271 65   Cale Yarborough 272 358 87   Darrell Waltrip 359 361 3   Dale Earnhardt 362 363 2   Cale Yarborough 364 365 2   Dale Earnhardt 366 500 135 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1025     2   Bobby Allison 940   -85   3   Darrell Waltrip 837   -188   4   Richard Petty 824   -201   5   Dave Marcis 820   -205   6   Cale Yarborough 795   -230   7   Terry Labonte 778   -247   8   Jody Ridley 714   -311   9   Harry Gant 704   -321   10   Richard Childress 692   -333   11   J.D. McDuffie 667   -358   12   James Hylton 652   -373   13   Ronnie Thomas 649   -376   14   Benny Parsons 636   -389   15   Jimmy Means 612   -413   16   Buddy Arrington 605   -420   17   Joe Millikan 594   -431   18   Dick Brooks 580   -445   19   Tommy Gale 509   -516   20   Cecil Gordon 494   -531   21   Buddy Baker 459   -566