| 1980 Walter W Hodgdon 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 15 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $131,940 | Race Date: | Jun 8, 1980 | Riverside International Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .300 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2h 26m 38s | Riverside, California | |
| Lead Changes: | 18 | Average Speed: | 101.846 MPH | 2.63 Mile Paved Road Course | |
| No. of Cars: | 36 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 15 Laps | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip | Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #88 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Mercury: | 6 | |||
| Team: | DiGard Racing | Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Oldsmobile: | 4 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Buddy Parrott | Crew Chief: | Tim Brewer | Ford: | 3 | |||
| Laps Led: | 23 of 95 | Pole Speed: | 113.792 MPH | |||||
| Official 1980 Walter W Hodgdon 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade | Running |  | 185 | 95 | 23 |
| 2 | 7 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator | Running |  | 175 | 95 | 20 |
| 3 | 8 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Company | Running | | 165 | 95 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch | Running | | 165 | 95 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon | Running | | 160 | 95 | 21 |
| 6 | 9 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Transmission / Buck Sto | Running | | 155 | 94 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | 75 | Harry Gant | Rahmoc Racing | Running | | 151 | 94 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 142 | 93 | 0 |
| 9 | 18 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Running | | 138 | 93 | 0 |
| 10 | 25 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Reliable RV | Running |  | 134 | 93 | 0 |
| 11 | 33 | 90 | Jody Ridley (R) | Truxmore Industries / Sunny Ki | Running |  | 130 | 92 | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Running | | 127 | 92 | 0 |
| 13 | 4 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Fluro Cote | Running | | 124 | 92 | 0 |
| 14 | 12 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | 10000 RPM Speed Equipment | Running |  | 121 | 92 | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Warner Hodgdon / Mike Curb | Valves | | 123 | 91 | 23 |
| 16 | 16 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria | Running | | 115 | 91 | 0 |
| 17 | 30 | 13 | Don Puskarich | Oil Field Construction | Running | | 112 | 90 | 0 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals | Running | | 109 | 89 | 0 |
| 19 | 32 | 79 | Joe Booher | Warren Racing | Running | | 106 | 83 | 0 |
| 20 | 23 | 78 | Jim Robinson | San Valley Lumber | Running | | 103 | 82 | 0 |
| 21 | 34 | 94 | Steve Pfeifer | K P Racing | Transmission | | 100 | 75 | 0 |
| 22 | 29 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Engine |  | 97 | 73 | 0 |
| 23 | 31 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona | Brakes | | 94 | 69 | 0 |
| 24 | 22 | 29 | Hershel McGriff | Tropical Rent-A-Car | Running | | 91 | 67 | 0 |
| 25 | 28 | 38 | Don Waterman | St. Johns Auto Parts | Engine | | 88 | 64 | 0 |
| 26 | 19 | 66 | Lake Speed (R) | Speed Investments | Engine | | 85 | 62 | 0 |
| 27 | 36 | 57 | Jim Hopkinson | Bill's Custom Machine | Oil Leak | | 82 | 42 | 0 |
| 28 | 15 | 45 | Roy Smith | Aircraft Standards | Throttle Linkage | | 84 | 39 | 3 |
| 29 | 35 | 52 | Ed Hale | Hale Racing | Transmission | | 76 | 37 | 0 |
| 30 | 13 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Kencoal | Engine | | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 31 | 27 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo Electronics | Engine | | 70 | 25 | 0 |
| 32 | 26 | 8 | Rick McCray | McCray Racing | Transmission | | 67 | 17 | 0 |
| 33 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Incorporated | Oil Leak | | 64 | 12 | 0 |
| 34 | 24 | 81 | John Borneman | Borneman Plastering | Engine | | 64 | 12 | 0 |
| 35 | 21 | 64 | Don Whittington | Sun Systems | Transmission | | 58 | 11 | 0 |
| 36 | 17 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Midwestern Farm Lines | Engine | | 55 | 0 | 0 |
