1980 Valleydale Southeastern 500

Race 6 of 31

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:44:53
Average speed of winner: 96.977 mph
Margin of victory: 8.7 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 14 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, Waltrip 1-25, Yarborough 26-52, Petty 53, Yarborough 54, Waltrip 55, Yarborough 56-125, Gant 126-133, Earnhardt 134-204, Waltrip 205-206, Parsons 207-271, Yarborough 272-358, Waltrip 359-361, Earnhardt 362-363, Yarborough 364-365, Earnhardt 366-500

Race notes: Finale for John Utsman.

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	Elder		500	3	208	running	20625	185
2	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		500	4	31	running	13100	175
3	8	Bobby Allison	15	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Ford	Moore	Moore		500	0	0	running	9400	165
4	5	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		499	1	65	running	6835	165
5	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter	111.688	498	5	187	running	7100	160
6	10	Joe Millikan	72	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			496	0	0	running	5550	150
7	3	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			494	1	8	running	5410	151
8	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		492	1	1	running	6400	147
9	13	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Transmission	Chevrolet	Marcis			491	0	0	running	4460	138
10	6	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			490	0	0	running	4045	134
11	11	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			483	0	0	running	3950	130
12	17	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			478	0	0	running	3090	127
13	28	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			477	0	0	running	2850	124
14	21	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			475	0	0	running	2645	121
15	12	Tommy Houston	95	Carpenter Designs	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			475	0	0	running	1160	118
16	16	Dick May	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			474	0	0	running	2350	115
17	14	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			469	0	0	running	2105	112
18	20	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			466	0	0	running	1460	109
19	32	Bill Elswick	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		465	0	0	running	920	106
20	22	John Utsman	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			464	0	0	running	1340	103
21	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			460	0	0	running	1315	100
22	31	Cecil Gordon	24	Sadler Motors/Smith Used Cars	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			454	0	0	running	845	97
23	23	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			446	0	0	running	580	94
24	18	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			414	0	0	ignition	815	91
25	26	Junior Miller	29	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			387	0	0	engine	550	88
26	15	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			385	0	0	oil pump	540	85
27	25	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			336	0	0	running	780	82
28	27	Travis Tiller	79	Warren Racing	Dodge	Frank Warren			323	0	0	oil pressure	770	79
29	19	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Childress			319	0	0	transmission	760	76
30	30	Mike Potter	76	Wilson Properties	Chevrolet	Potter			235	0	0	overheating	500	73
31	29	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			172	0	0	oil pump	500	70
32	9	Buck Simmons	12	Ramey's Chevy City	Chevrolet	Childers			168	0	0	clutch	500	67

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1025	6	0	2	6	6
2	Bobby Allison	940	6	0	0	4	5
3	Darrell Waltrip	837	6	3	2	4	4
4	Richard Petty	824	6	0	0	3	4
5	Dave Marcis	820	6	0	0	2	4
6	Cale Yarborough	795	6	1	1	2	3
7	Terry Labonte	778	6	0	0	0	4
8	Jody Ridley	714	6	0	0	0	2
9	Harry Gant	704	6	0	0	0	2
10	Richard Childress	692	6	0	0	0	1
11	J.D. McDuffie	667	6	0	0	0	2
12	James Hylton	652	6	0	0	0	1
13	Ronnie Thomas	649	6	0	0	0	1
14	Benny Parsons	636	6	0	0	2	2
15	Jimmy Means	612	6	0	0	0	0
16	Buddy Arrington	605	6	0	0	0	1
17	Joe Millikan	594	6	0	0	1	2
18	Dick Brooks	580	6	0	0	1	1
19	Tommy Gale	509	5	0	0	0	0
20	Cecil Gordon	494	5	0	0	0	1
21	Buddy Baker	459	3	2	1	1	2
22	Neil Bonnett	421	4	0	0	1	2
23	Slick Johnson	413	4	0	0	0	1
24	Bill Elswick	409	4	0	0	0	0
25	Donnie Allison	396	3	0	0	1	2