1980 American 500

Race 29 of 31

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:22:59
Average speed of winner: 114.159 mph
Margin of victory: 3.36 sec.
Lead changes: 35 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 61 laps
Lap leaders: D. Allison 1-24, Waltrip 25-41, Marcis 42-43, Childress 44, Pond 45-47, Bonnett 48-54, Waltrip 55-83, Marcis 84, Bonnett 85-96, Earnhardt 97-99, Bonnett 100-108, Waltrip 109-120, Baker 121, Johnson 122-125, Yarborough 126-134, Waltrip 135-140, Gant 141-150, Waltrip 151-165, Gant 166-168, Waltrip 169-176, D. Allison 177-191, R. Petty 192, Gant 193-212, D. Allison 213-261, Waltrip 262-267, D. Allison 268-290, Gant 291-292, R. Petty 293-299, Gant 300-314, Yarborough 315, Gant 316-318, Yarborough 319-324, R. Petty 325-326, Yarborough 327-405, Gant 406-420, Yarborough 421-492

Race notes: Last pole for Donnie Allison. Debut for Stan Barrett and Ernie Cline.

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		492	5	167	running	20160	185
2	12	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			492	7	68	running	14030	175
3	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Elder		490	7	93	running	12700	170
4	18	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove	Chevrolet	Hagan			487	0	0	running	9400	160
5	14	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			486	0	0	running	7030	155
6	22	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Marcis			483	2	3	running	5460	155
7	21	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			479	1	1	running	4925	151
8	19	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			478	1	4	running	2700	147
9	25	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			474	0	0	running	4390	138
10	28	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			473	0	0	running	4070	134
11	17	Stan Barrett	40	Ulrich/Reynolds/Needham	Chevrolet	Ulrich			472	0	0	running	3760	0
12	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			468	0	0	running	3450	127
13	33	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			467	0	0	running	3420	124
14	13	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		461	3	10	running	7800	126
15	31	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			460	0	0	running	2780	118
16	36	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			458	0	0	running	2715	0
17	30	Roger Hamby	17	Daytona Kings Inn	Chevrolet	Hamby			451	0	0	running	1855	112
18	11	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Richert		443	1	3	running	6650	114
19	34	Jeff McDuffie	07	Bailey Excavating	Buick	McDuffie			402	0	0	engine	1100	106
20	20	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			299	0	0	engine	2045	103
21	29	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			295	0	0	engine	1850	100
22	1	Donnie Allison	12	Ramey's Chevy City	Chevrolet	Childers		142.648	291	4	111	clutch	2550	102
23	8	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		220	0	0	cylinder head	5225	94
24	9	Joe Millikan	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		201	0	0	accident	750	0
25	4	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		201	3	28	accident	1225	93
26	10	Bobby Allison	15	Warner Hodgdon-Mike Curb	Ford	Moore	Moore		189	0	0	accident	5150	85
27	7	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA Regal Ride Shocks	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		178	1	1	engine	1175	87
28	16	Lake Speed	7	Sanyo Electonics	Chevrolet	Malloch			138	0	0	accident	1150	79
29	5	Lennie Pond	68	King Mountain Truck	Chevrolet	Testa			121	1	3	accident	625	81
30	35	Ernie Cline	95	Cline Racing	Chevrolet	Ernie Cline			74	0	0	accident	610	0
31	15	Dick Brooks	41	Steve's Corvette/Brooks Honda	Chevrolet	Billy Matthews			50	0	0	accident	600	0
32	6	John Anderson	77	Warren Fabricating	Chevrolet	Rebhan			40	0	0	accident	595	67
33	27	Junior Miller	79	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			19	0	0	overheating	1090	64
34	32	Glenn Jarrett	84	Busch Breakthrough	Chevrolet				14	0	0	valve	585	0
35	23	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Chevrolet	Petty			10	0	0	engine	630	58
36	24	Bill Elswick	05	Performance Boats	Oldsmobile				9	0	0	accident	600	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	4331	29	0	5	17	22
2	Cale Yarborough	4287	29	13	5	17	20
3	Richard Petty	4077	29	0	2	15	19
4	Darrell Waltrip	4051	29	5	5	16	17
5	Benny Parsons	4031	29	2	2	15	20
6	Bobby Allison	3805	29	1	4	11	17
7	Jody Ridley	3708	29	0	0	2	17
8	Harry Gant	3608	29	0	0	9	14
9	Dave Marcis	3520	29	0	0	4	14
10	Richard Childress	3499	29	0	0	0	9
11	Terry Labonte	3464	29	0	1	5	14
12	James Hylton	3237	29	0	0	0	4
13	Buddy Arrington	3197	29	0	0	0	6
14	Ronnie Thomas	2875	28	0	0	0	3
15	Cecil Gordon	2793	27	0	0	0	3
16	Jimmy Means	2774	26	0	0	0	0
17	J.D. McDuffie	2735	29	0	0	0	3
18	Tommy Gale	2652	27	0	0	0	0
19	Neil Bonnett	2515	20	0	2	8	11
20	Roger Hamby	2479	25	0	0	0	0
21	Buddy Baker	2438	18	6	2	9	11
22	Slick Johnson	1851	18	0	0	0	5
23	Bobby Wawak	1742	19	0	0	0	1
24	Dick Brooks	1698	19	0	0	2	5
25	Baxter Price	1689	18	0	0	0	0