1980 Champion Spark Plug 400

Race 21 of 31

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:45:07
Average speed of winner: 145.352 mph
Margin of victory: 2.3 sec.
Lead changes: 31 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 17 laps
Lap leaders: Baker pole, Yarborough 1, B. Allison 2-5, Yarborough 6, B. Allison 7-10, Earnhardt 11, Waltrip 12-19, Marcis 20, Waltrip 21-30, R. Petty 31-32, Waltrip 33-46, Yarborough 47-61, B. Allison 62-63, Yarborough 64-65, Parsons 66-80, Waltrip 81, D. Allison 82, Parsons 83-86, B. Allison 87, Yarborough 88-92, B. Allison 93-100, D. Allison 101, Elliott 102, D. Allison 103, B. Allison 104-111, Yarborough 112-116, Parsons 117-151, R. Petty 152, Waltrip 153-186, R. Petty 187, D. Allison 188, Yarborough 189-200

Race notes: Debut for Stuart Huffman. Finale for Wayne Watercutter.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		200	7	41	running	19700	180
2	3	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		200	0	0	running	12875	170
3	21	Donnie Allison	12	Ramey's Chevy City	Chevrolet	Childers			200	4	4	running	9050	170
4	11	Darrell Waltrip	02	Halpern Enterprises	Chevrolet	Halpern	Elder		200	5	67	running	6050	170
5	12	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		200	3	4	running	11075	160
6	1	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA Regal Ride Shocks	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson	162.693	200	0	0	running	5600	150
7	4	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Mike Curb	Mercury	Moore	Moore		199	6	27	running	7675	151
8	10	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		199	3	54	running	7250	147
9	5	Bill Elliott	9	Jackson Special	Mercury	George Elliott	Elliott		199	1	1	running	4900	143
10	16	Kenny Hemphill	77	Warren Fabricating	Chevrolet	Rebhan			199	0	0	running	2650	134
11	9	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove	Chevrolet	Hagan			198	0	0	running	5475	130
12	20	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Chevrolet	Petty			198	0	0	running	2700	127
13	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			196	0	0	running	4590	124
14	27	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			195	0	0	running	4170	121
15	28	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			195	0	0	running	3975	118
16	13	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing	Chevrolet	Speed			194	0	0	running	1480	115
17	22	Billie Harvey	87	Del Ray Marine Supply	Chevrolet	Harvey			194	0	0	running	1270	0
18	6	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King Ford-Honda	Mercury	Donlavey			194	0	0	running	3490	109
19	30	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			194	0	0	running	3330	0
20	37	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			193	0	0	running	3085	103
21	19	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			193	0	0	running	2790	100
22	18	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			190	0	0	running	2545	97
23	36	Bruce Jacobi	65	United Medical Supply	Ford	Spohn			189	0	0	running	985	94
24	33	Wayne Watercutter	85	Ward Racing Enterprises	Oldsmobile	Ward			183	0	0	running	925	91
25	26	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Oldsmobile	Hylton			182	0	0	running	2265	88
26	15	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Marcis			182	1	1	engine	1975	90
27	17	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			180	0	0	running	1940	82
28	35	Stuart Huffman	41	Bluegrass Express	Buick				177	0	0	running	800	79
29	24	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Buick	Don Robertson			172	0	0	running	1865	76
30	29	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			150	0	0	engine	765	73
31	31	Frank Warren	79	Warren Racing	Dodge	Frank Warren			150	0	0	running	1810	70
32	34	Baxter Price	61	Duro Bond	Oldsmobile	Norris			125	0	0	running	740	67
33	32	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Buick	Wawak			114	0	0	ignition	730	64
34	25	Ricky Rudd	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			88	0	0	transmission	1220	61
35	8	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Richert		79	1	1	engine	6410	63
36	14	John Anderson	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		12	0	0	oil pump	700	55
37	7	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			4	0	0	engine	1200	52

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3135	21	0	3	12	16
2	Cale Yarborough	3102	21	9	3	12	14
3	Richard Petty	3032	21	0	2	13	16
4	Benny Parsons	2934	21	2	2	11	14
5	Darrell Waltrip	2879	21	4	4	12	12
6	Bobby Allison	2779	21	1	2	9	13
7	Jody Ridley	2642	21	0	0	0	11
8	Richard Childress	2562	21	0	0	0	7
9	Harry Gant	2503	21	0	0	5	10
10	Terry Labonte	2437	21	0	0	3	9
11	Dave Marcis	2368	21	0	0	2	8
12	James Hylton	2317	21	0	0	0	2
13	Buddy Arrington	2253	21	0	0	0	5
14	Ronnie Thomas	2140	21	0	0	0	1
15	Jimmy Means	2032	19	0	0	0	0
16	J.D. McDuffie	1992	21	0	0	0	3
17	Neil Bonnett	1923	15	0	2	7	9
18	Cecil Gordon	1900	19	0	0	0	3
19	Tommy Gale	1864	19	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Baker	1746	13	4	2	6	8
21	Roger Hamby	1679	17	0	0	0	0
22	Dick Brooks	1564	16	0	0	2	3
23	Baxter Price	1489	16	0	0	0	0
24	Bobby Wawak	1484	16	0	0	0	1
25	Slick Johnson	1310	13	0	0	0	3