1980 Mason-Dixon 500

Race 12 of 31

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:23:28
Average speed of winner: 113.866 mph
Margin of victory: 26 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 67 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-86, B. Allison 87, Yarborough 88-107, R. Petty 108, Yarborough 109-139, Waltrip 140-198, B. Allison 199, Parsons 200-224, R. Petty 225, Waltrip 226-229, Parsons 230-237, Bonnett 238-245, Waltrip 246-281, R. Petty 282-285, Bonnett 286-372, B. Allison 373-375, R. Petty 376-379, B. Allison 380-500

Race notes: Finale for Nestor Peles. Only start for Jim Ingram.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Mike Curb	Ford	Moore	Moore		500	4	126	running	21900	180
2	9	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		500	4	10	running	16775	175
3	4	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA/Regal Ride	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		497	0	0	running	7800	165
4	6	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			495	0	0	running	7530	160
5	19	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			494	0	0	running	6255	155
6	18	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			492	0	0	running	5335	150
7	15	Dick May	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	Ulrich			488	0	0	running	4275	146
8	20	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			488	0	0	running	4065	142
9	25	Cecil Gordon	24	Sadler Motors/Smith Used Cars	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			476	0	0	running	3820	138
10	16	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		475	0	0	engine	7675	134
11	12	Ronnie Thomas	25	Shelton Construction	Buick	Don Robertson			472	0	0	running	3460	130
12	17	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			468	0	0	running	3240	127
13	23	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			464	0	0	running	1605	124
14	28	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers/McWhirter	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			457	0	0	running	1520	121
15	33	Jim Ingram	32	Ingram Racing	Chevrolet	Jim Ingram			437	0	0	running	1435	118
16	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter	138.814	411	3	137	running	7800	125
17	7	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			390	0	0	accident	2705	112
18	5	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		376	2	95	engine	1680	114
19	22	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			360	0	0	running	2400	106
20	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		339	3	99	valve	5960	108
21	13	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Chevrolet	Petty			290	0	0	accident	900	100
22	3	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		283	2	33	accident	5650	102
23	11	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Chevrolet	Ballard	Hyde		279	0	0	accident	775	94
24	32	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Shaw Motors	Oldsmobile	Maggiacomo			278	0	0	engine	700	91
25	14	Dave Marcis	71	Buck Stove/Hudson Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Marcis			264	0	0	engine	1740	88
26	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			264	0	0	engine	1705	85
27	31	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			224	0	0	sway bar	1670	82
28	34	Nestor Peles	34	Peles Racing	Oldsmobile	Peles			207	0	0	withdrew	600	79
29	30	Bobby Wawak	74	Wooten's Texaco	Chevrolet	Wawak			206	0	0	engine	575	76
30	10	Bill Elswick	75	Performance Boats	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		109	0	0	accident	1075	73
31	24	Junior Miller	79	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Frank Warren			106	0	0	oil pump	1040	70
32	27	Rick Newsom	20	Louise Smith Special	Oldsmobile	Newsom			61	0	0	engine	530	67
33	21	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			26	0	0	engine	1020	64
34	29	D.K. Ulrich	99	Hollar Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Hollar			2	0	0	engine	510	61

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1844	12	0	2	7	10
2	Richard Petty	1742	12	0	2	7	9
3	Cale Yarborough	1707	12	3	1	5	7
4	Bobby Allison	1649	12	1	1	7	8
5	Darrell Waltrip	1629	12	4	3	7	7
6	Jody Ridley	1566	12	0	0	0	8
7	Benny Parsons	1565	12	1	0	6	7
8	Harry Gant	1489	12	0	0	3	6
9	Dave Marcis	1460	12	0	0	2	5
10	Terry Labonte	1404	12	0	0	1	6
11	Richard Childress	1402	12	0	0	0	2
12	James Hylton	1336	12	0	0	0	1
13	Buddy Arrington	1260	12	0	0	0	2
14	Ronnie Thomas	1258	12	0	0	0	1
15	Dick Brooks	1225	12	0	0	2	3
16	Jimmy Means	1148	11	0	0	0	0
17	Tommy Gale	1139	11	0	0	0	0
18	J.D. McDuffie	1117	12	0	0	0	2
19	Joe Millikan	1029	9	0	0	2	5
20	Cecil Gordon	1005	10	0	0	0	2
21	Buddy Baker	963	7	2	2	3	4
22	Roger Hamby	927	9	0	0	0	0
23	Bobby Wawak	883	9	0	0	0	1
24	Slick Johnson	865	8	0	0	0	3
25	Baxter Price	846	9	0	0	0	0