1980 Richmond 400

Race 3 of 31

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 3:12:08
Average speed of winner: 67.703 mph
Margin of victory: 1.2 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 72 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-33, Allison 34-41, Millikan 42, Houston 43-52, Gant 53-80, Petty 81-92, Allison 93-102, Petty 103-104, Marcis 105-111, Petty 112-154, Waltrip 155-197, Allison 198-244, Marcis 245-248, Allison 249-268, Marcis 269-273, Allison 274-292, Waltrip 293-345, Allison 346-368, Petty 369-381, Waltrip 382-400

Race notes: Debut for Tommy Houston. Finale for Joey Arrington and Bill Hollar.

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	93.695	400	4	148	running	17800	185
2	5	Bobby Allison	15	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Ford	Moore	Moore		400	6	127	running	10975	175
3	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		400	4	70	running	9375	170
4	10	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Transmission	Chevrolet	Marcis			400	3	16	running	4310	165
5	13	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		398	0	0	running	6550	155
6	15	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			392	0	0	running	3360	150
7	31	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			385	0	0	running	2940	146
8	14	Cecil Gordon	24	Sadler Motors/Smith Used Cars	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			382	0	0	running	2780	142
9	7	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			380	0	0	running	2610	138
10	20	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak	Chevrolet	Wawak			377	0	0	running	1150	134
11	30	Joe Booher	40	Booher Farms	Chevrolet	Ulrich			376	0	0	running	2350	130
12	2	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			373	1	28	running	2040	132
13	27	Joey Arrington	79	Buddy's Used Cars	Dodge	Frank Warren			368	0	0	running	2030	124
14	25	Bub Strickler	37	Strickler	Chevrolet	Strickler			367	0	0	running	925	0
15	24	Bill Elswick	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		366	0	0	running	1375	118
16	18	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			363	0	0	running	1520	115
17	21	Tommy Houston	95	Carpenter Designs	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			354	1	10	running	810	117
18	17	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			342	0	0	running	1585	109
19	29	Rick Newsom	20	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	Newsom			330	0	0	running	700	106
20	23	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			318	0	0	running	1450	103
21	16	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			295	0	0	running	1300	100
22	12	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Childress			292	0	0	running	875	97
23	26	Bill Hollar	99	Hollar Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Hollar			281	0	0	ignition	600	94
24	8	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			197	0	0	axle housing	835	91
25	9	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		193	0	0	accident	4025	88
26	22	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			125	0	0	valve	840	85
27	6	Joe Millikan	72	DeWitt Trucking	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			101	1	1	accident	4225	87
28	4	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		63	0	0	oil pump	3975	79
29	13	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			47	0	0	accident	725	76
30	28	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			46	0	0	accident	700	73
31	19	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			45	0	0	accident	450	70

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	490	3	0	0	3	3
2	Bobby Allison	459	3	0	0	2	2
3	Richard Petty	433	3	0	0	2	2
4	Darrell Waltrip	413	3	2	2	2	2
5	Terry Labonte	387	3	0	0	0	2
6	Dave Marcis	379	3	0	0	1	1
7	Richard Childress	371	3	0	0	0	1
8	James Hylton	361	3	0	0	0	1
9	Jody Ridley	358	3	0	0	0	1
10	J.D. McDuffie	338	3	0	0	0	1
11	Buddy Arrington	311	3	0	0	0	1
12	Joe Millikan	308	3	0	0	1	1
13	Benny Parsons	298	3	0	0	1	1
14	Cale Yarborough	298	3	0	0	0	0
15	Harry Gant	296	3	0	0	0	0
16	Ronnie Thomas	295	3	0	0	0	1
17	Jimmy Means	291	3	0	0	0	0
18	Bill Schmitt	254	2	0	0	1	1
19	Cecil Gordon	242	2	0	0	0	1
20	Neil Bonnett	231	2	0	0	1	1
21	Dick Brooks	228	3	0	0	0	0
22	Bill Elswick	209	2	0	0	0	0
23	Tommy Gale	203	2	0	0	0	0
24	Buddy Baker	185	1	1	1	1	1
25	Dick May	170	2	0	0	0	0