1980 National 500

Race 28 of 31

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:42:16
Average speed of winner: 135.243 mph
Margin of victory: 1.83 sec.
Lead changes: 43 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 44 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1, Rudd 2, Baker 3-4, Waltrip 5, Earnhardt 6-12, Waltrip 13-14, Bonnett 15-16, Earnhardt 17-18, Waltrip 19, Earnhardt 20-22, Waltrip 23, Earnhardt 24, Baker 25, Waltrip 26-34, R. Petty 35, Childress 36, Yarborough 37-42, Waltrip 43-57, Earnhardt 58-86, B. Allison 87-95, Earnhardt 96, Parsons 97-99, Labonte 100-105, B. Allison 106-131, Earnhardt 132-143, Labonte 144, Earnhardt 145-158, Bonnett 159-161, Earnhardt 162, Bonnett 163, Earnhardt 164, Bonnett 165-168, Earnhardt 169-171, Labonte 172-175, Yarborough 176-180, Baker 181-191, Earnhardt 192-201, Baker 202-220, Yarborough 221-226, Baker 227-237, Earnhardt 238-254, Yarborough 255-284, Baker 285-287, Earnhardt 288-334

Race notes: Debut for Mike Miller and Jim Sauter. Finale for Kenny Hemphill.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Richert		334	14	148	running	49050	185
2	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		334	4	47	running	30200	175
3	1	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA Regal Ride Shocks	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson	165.634	334	7	48	running	21850	170
4	2	Ricky Rudd	22	LYF-TMY Building Supply	Chevrolet	Al Rudd			334	1	1	running	15350	165
5	11	Donnie Allison	12	Ramey's Chevy City	Chevrolet	Childers			333	0	0	running	8400	155
6	16	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Timing Components	Mercury	George Elliott	Elliott		332	0	0	running	6300	150
7	23	Lake Speed	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			330	0	0	running	21225	146
8	22	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			329	0	0	running	7625	142
9	36	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Chevrolet	Petty			328	0	0	running	4310	138
10	39	Dick Brooks	41	Matthews Racing	Chevrolet	Billy Matthews			328	0	0	running	4210	134
11	27	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			328	1	1	running	13805	135
12	21	Tim Richmond	40	UNO/Apache Stove	Chevrolet	Ulrich			327	0	0	running	6095	127
13	34	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			326	0	0	running	5885	124
14	25	Rusty Wallace	16	Norton/Cam 2/Gould	Chevrolet	Penske			325	0	0	running	8510	121
15	37	Kenny Hemphill	77	Warren Fabricating	Chevrolet	Rebhan			325	0	0	running	3360	118
16	6	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			324	0	0	running	5905	115
17	15	Dick May	82	Dick Brooks Honda	Dodge	Ferrel Harris			323	0	0	running	3700	112
18	5	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Elder		322	6	29	engine	8050	114
19	24	Dave Marcis	71	Buck Stove/Hudson Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Marcis			318	0	0	running	4995	106
20	41	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			318	0	0	running	4735	103
21	32	James Hylton	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			312	0	0	running	3425	100
22	20	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			307	0	0	running	2915	97
23	38	Connie Saylor	4	Mitco	Chevrolet	G.C. Spencer			301	0	0	running	1400	94
24	33	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			292	0	0	running	2400	91
25	14	Chuck Bown	02	Halpern Enterprises	Chevrolet	Halpern			271	0	0	engine	1750	88
26	29	Junior Miller	79	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			259	0	0	running	2315	85
27	19	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		252	1	1	engine	7375	87
28	35	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			195	0	0	valve	1730	79
29	7	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Mike Curb	Ford	Moore	Moore		190	2	35	ball joint	6075	81
30	8	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		183	4	10	accident	2100	78
31	10	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove	Chevrolet	Hagan			183	3	11	accident	5975	75
32	30	Marty Robbins	6	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson			171	0	0	accident	1000	67
33	9	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		168	1	3	accident	6185	69
34	26	Lennie Pond	68	King Mountain Truck	Chevrolet	Testa			168	0	0	steering	970	61
35	18	John Anderson	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		149	0	0	steering	955	58
36	28	Sterling Marlin	14	Buck Stove	Chevrolet	Marlin			138	0	0	accident	940	0
37	12	Rick Wilson	62	Florida Equipment & Service	Oldsmobile	Rick Wilson			67	0	0	engine	1425	52
38	17	David Pearson	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		66	0	0	ignition	910	49
39	13	Mike Miller	96	Dairyland Transport	Ford				53	0	0	head gasket	1405	46
40	40	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			42	0	0	cam shaft	900	43
41	31	Jim Sauter	05	Prototype Engineering/Buck Stove	Chevrolet	Prototype			33	0	0	engine	900	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	4217	28	0	5	17	22
2	Cale Yarborough	4102	28	13	4	16	19
3	Richard Petty	3951	28	0	2	15	19
4	Benny Parsons	3937	28	2	2	15	20
5	Darrell Waltrip	3881	28	5	5	15	16
6	Bobby Allison	3720	28	1	4	11	17
7	Jody Ridley	3553	28	0	0	1	16
8	Harry Gant	3433	28	0	0	8	13
9	Dave Marcis	3365	28	0	0	4	13
10	Richard Childress	3348	28	0	0	0	8
11	Terry Labonte	3304	28	0	1	4	13
12	James Hylton	3099	28	0	0	0	3
13	Buddy Arrington	3070	28	0	0	0	6
14	Ronnie Thomas	2741	27	0	0	0	2
15	Cecil Gordon	2675	26	0	0	0	3
16	Jimmy Means	2650	25	0	0	0	0
17	J.D. McDuffie	2635	28	0	0	0	3
18	Tommy Gale	2549	26	0	0	0	0
19	Neil Bonnett	2422	19	0	2	8	11
20	Roger Hamby	2367	24	0	0	0	0
21	Buddy Baker	2351	17	6	2	9	11
22	Bobby Wawak	1742	19	0	0	0	1
23	Slick Johnson	1704	17	0	0	0	4
24	Dick Brooks	1698	18	0	0	2	5
25	Baxter Price	1689	18	0	0	0	0