1980 Winston Western 500

Race 1 of 31

Riverside
119 laps
Time of race: 3:16:58
Average speed of winner: 94.974 mph
Margin of victory: 2.97 sec.
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 30 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-35, Yarborough 36-56, Marcis 57-65, Petty 66-78, Yarborough 79-98, Waltrip 99-119

Race notes: Debut for Lake Speed, Bill Whittington, and Don Whittington. Finale for Vince Giamformaggio, Dan Gurney, and Chuck Wahl.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott	113.404	119	2	56	running	24700	185
2	5	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		119	0	0	running	19400	170
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		119	1	13	running	15100	170
4	9	Joe Millikan	72	DeWitt Trucking	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			119	0	0	running	10200	160
5	10	Bill Schmitt	73	Shasta County Bank	Oldsmobile	Schmitt			119	0	0	running	7455	155
6	13	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			118	0	0	running	5280	150
7	15	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			118	0	0	running	4810	146
8	28	Bill Whittington	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			117	0	0	running	4400	0
9	26	Don Whittington	55	Warner/Curb	Chevrolet	DiGard			117	0	0	running	2300	0
10	14	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			116	0	0	running	4190	134
11	22	James Hylton	8	G.W. Dickinson	Chevrolet	Hylton			115	0	0	running	3720	130
12	20	Harry Gant	75	Rahilly	Oldsmobile	RahMoc	Rahilly		115	0	0	running	1800	127
13	34	Roy Smith	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			114	0	0	running	1700	124
14	16	Buddy Arrington	67	Switzer Construction	Dodge	Arrington			114	0	0	running	3260	121
15	17	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			113	0	0	running	3050	118
16	35	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King Ford-Honda	Ford	Donlavey			113	0	0	running	3340	115
17	6	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson	Chevrolet	Marcis			112	1	9	running	2630	117
18	4	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon Tool	Ford	Moore	Moore		109	0	0	engine	5750	109
19	24	Don Puskarich	13	Puskarich Racing	Chevrolet	Puskarich			109	0	0	running	1250	106
20	31	Vince Giamformaggio	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			109	0	0	running	2260	103
21	37	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			108	0	0	running	2185	100
22	11	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			104	0	0	sway bar	2150	97
23	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		103	2	41	valve	5530	99
24	21	Jim Robinson	78	San-Val Supply	Chevrolet	Kurten			103	0	0	running	1580	91
25	23	Chuck Wahl	37	Excel Trailer	Chevrolet	Wahl			88	0	0	running	1005	88
26	12	Hershel McGriff	93	Bigelow Paint	Dodge				82	0	0	engine	955	85
27	36	Steve Pfeifer	57	Don Guy	Chevrolet	Guy			82	0	0	running	905	82
28	7	Dan Gurney	48	Lubri-Lon	Chevrolet	Osterlund			79	0	0	transmission	1105	0
29	32	Lake Speed	24	Reliable RV	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			79	0	0	engine	1305	76
30	25	Randy Ogden	18	Ogden Racing	Chevrolet	Randy Ogden			73	0	0	valve	755	73
31	18	John Borneman	81	Borneman	Chevrolet	Borneman			72	0	0	transmission	700	70
32	30	Dick May	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			71	0	0	oil pump	1150	67
33	8	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		52	0	0	oil line	5050	64
34	27	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		35	0	0	engine	1050	61
35	29	Rick McCray	08	McCray Racing	Buick	McCray			34	0	0	engine	500	58
36	19	Chuck Bown	47	J&S Trucking	Chevrolet				30	0	0	differential	500	55
37	33	Bill Osborne	97	Baldwin Engineering	Chevrolet	Baldwin			20	0	0	accident	500	52

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	185	1	1	1	1	1
2	Dale Earnhardt	170	1	0	0	1	1
3	Richard Petty	170	1	0	0	1	1
4	Joe Millikan	160	1	0	0	1	1
5	Bill Schmitt	155	1	0	0	1	1
6	Richard Childress	150	1	0	0	0	1
7	Terry Labonte	146	1	0	0	0	1
8	Ronnie Thomas	134	1	0	0	0	1
9	James Hylton	130	1	0	0	0	0
10	Harry Gant	127	1	0	0	0	0
11	Roy Smith	124	1	0	0	0	0
12	Buddy Arrington	121	1	0	0	0	0
13	J.D. McDuffie	118	1	0	0	0	0
14	Dave Marcis	117	1	0	0	0	0
15	Jody Ridley	115	1	0	0	0	0
16	Bobby Allison	109	1	0	0	0	0
17	Don Puskarich	106	1	0	0	0	0
18	Vince Giamformaggio	103	1	0	0	0	0
19	Jimmy Means	100	1	0	0	0	0
20	Cale Yarborough	99	1	0	0	0	0
21	Dick Brooks	97	1	0	0	0	0
22	Jim Robinson	91	1	0	0	0	0
23	Chuck Wahl	88	1	0	0	0	0
24	Hershel McGriff	85	1	0	0	0	0
25	Steve Pfeifer	82	1	0	0	0	0