| 1980 Busch Nashville 420 NASCAR Cup Series Race 18 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $85,440 | Race Date: | Jul 12, 1980 | Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2h 40m 5s | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 10 | Average Speed: | 93.281 MPH | .5 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | 1 For 4 Laps | http | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dale Earnhardt D. Earnhardt | Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #2 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Ford: | 6 | |||
| Team: | Osterlund Racing | Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Dodge: | 4 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Doug Richert | Crew Chief: | Tim Brewer | Buick: | 3 | |||
| Laps Led: | 103 of 420 | Pole Speed: | 104.817 MPH | |||||
| Official 1980 Busch Nashville 420 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon | Running |  | 180 | 420 | 103 |
| 2 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch | Running | | 180 | 420 | 151 |
| 3 | 2 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Company | Running | | 170 | 420 | 147 |
| 4 | 3 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade | Running | | 165 | 419 | 2 |
| 5 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 160 | 416 | 17 |
| 6 | 6 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Warner Hodgdon / Mike Curb | Running |  | 150 | 413 | 0 |
| 7 | 17 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Waylon Jennings | Running | | 147 | 413 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 90 | Jody Ridley (R) | Truxmore Industries / Sunny Ki | Running | | 142 | 412 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals | Running | | 138 | 411 | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales | Running |  | 134 | 411 | 0 |
| 11 | 12 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Running | | 130 | 408 | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | 75 | John Anderson | Rahmoc Racing | Running | | 127 | 408 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | 53 | Slick Johnson (R) | Johnson Racing | Running | | 124 | 407 | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Chevrolet | Running | | 121 | 403 | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona | Running | | 118 | 403 | 0 |
| 16 | 27 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries | Running | | 115 | 400 | 0 |
| 17 | 25 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Running | | 112 | 399 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 109 | 398 | 0 |
| 19 | 28 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers / Mcwhirter | Running | | 106 | 378 | 0 |
| 20 | 21 | 79 | Junior Miller | Warren Racing | Running | | 103 | 338 | 0 |
| 21 | 24 | 9 | Cecil Gordon | Oswald Racing | Running |  | 100 | 335 | 0 |
| 22 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Stove | Rear Gear | | 97 | 330 | 0 |
| 23 | 30 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Running | | 94 | 328 | 0 |
| 24 | 19 | 37 | Don Sprouse | Rogers Auto Leasing | A Frame | | 91 | 296 | 0 |
| 25 | 15 | 19 | Steve Spencer | Central AMC-Jeep | Head Gasket | | 0 | 242 | 0 |
| 26 | 16 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria | Ball Joint | | 85 | 193 | 0 |
| 27 | 11 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Ramey's Chevy City | Engine | | 82 | 186 | 0 |
| 28 | 9 | 7 | Ricky Rudd | Sanyo Electronics | Engine | | 79 | 164 | 0 |
| 29 | 4 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm | Engine | | 76 | 59 | 0 |
| 30 | 29 | 77 | Dick May | Reid Trailer Sales | Brakes | | 73 | 4 | 0 |
