| 1980 Coca-Cola 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 19 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $162,980 | Race Date: | Jul 27, 1980 | Pocono Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .600 Seconds | Race Duration: | 4h 1m 10s | Long Pond, Pennsylvania | |
| Lead Changes: | 49 | Average Speed: | 124.395 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 40 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 26 Laps | poconoraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Neil Bonnett N. Bonnett | Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Mercury: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #21 Mercury | Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Buick: | 6 | |||
| Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Chevrolet: | 4 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Crew Chief: | Tim Brewer | Dodge: | 3 | |||
| Laps Led: | 59 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 151.469 MPH | |||||
| Official 1980 Coca-Cola 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator | Running |  | 185 | 200 | 59 |
| 2 | 4 | 28 | Buddy Baker | Napa Regal Ride Shocks | Running |  | 175 | 200 | 41 |
| 3 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch | Running |  | 170 | 200 | 54 |
| 4 | 11 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb Hodgdon | Running | | 165 | 200 | 6 |
| 5 | 6 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 160 | 200 | 4 |
| 6 | 8 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Classic Stove | Running | | 155 | 200 | 3 |
| 7 | 13 | 42 | Kyle Petty (R) | STP | Running | | 146 | 199 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove | Running | | 147 | 198 | 1 |
| 9 | 16 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals | Running | | 138 | 197 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 7 | Ricky Rudd | Sanyo Electronics | Running | | 134 | 196 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | 87 | Billie Harvey | Fast Lane Ltd. | Running | | 130 | 195 | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | 40 | Tim Richmond | Uno Caesars Pocono Resorts | Running | | 127 | 195 | 0 |
| 13 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales | Running |  | 124 | 194 | 0 |
| 14 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries | Running | | 121 | 193 | 0 |
| 15 | 32 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Running | | 118 | 193 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | South Hill Texaco | Running |  | 115 | 190 | 0 |
| 17 | 37 | 29 | Dave Dion | Dion Racing | Running |  | 112 | 188 | 0 |
| 18 | 15 | 90 | Jody Ridley (R) | Truxmore Industries / Sunny Ki | Running | | 109 | 188 | 0 |
| 19 | 25 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Langley Racing | Running | | 106 | 187 | 0 |
| 20 | 9 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Company | Engine | | 108 | 184 | 3 |
| 21 | 31 | 79 | Junior Miller | Warren Racing | Running | | 100 | 184 | 0 |
| 22 | 33 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers | Running | | 97 | 175 | 0 |
| 23 | 19 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria | Engine | | 94 | 174 | 0 |
| 24 | 24 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Daytona Kings Inn | Accident | | 91 | 162 | 0 |
| 25 | 22 | 77 | Kenny Hemphill | Warren Fabricating | Engine | | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 26 | 7 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade | Running | | 90 | 158 | 10 |
| 27 | 36 | 74 | Bob Riley | Wawak Racing | Valves | | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 28 | 21 | 57 | Janet Guthrie | North American Dealer Group | Engine | | 79 | 134 | 0 |
| 29 | 35 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt | Valves | | 76 | 119 | 0 |
| 30 | 14 | 66 | Lake Speed (R) | Lake Speed Racing | Accident | | 73 | 86 | 0 |
| 31 | 28 | 53 | Slick Johnson (R) | Johnson Racing | Engine | | 70 | 85 | 0 |
| 32 | 20 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs | Accident | | 67 | 57 | 0 |
| 33 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Accident | | 69 | 56 | 18 |
| 34 | 5 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Warner Hodgdon / Mike Curb | Water Pump | | 66 | 54 | 1 |
| 35 | 17 | 2 | Chuck Bown | Halpern Enterprises | Accident | | 58 | 54 | 0 |
| 36 | 30 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Engine | | 55 | 26 | 0 |
| 37 | 40 | 69 | Henry Jones | Pro-Shoppe Sports | Accident | | 52 | 18 | 0 |
| 38 | 34 | 9 | Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Accident | | 49 | 11 | 0 |
| 39 | 38 | 63 | Jocko Maggiacomo | Ward Motors | Oil Pressure | | 46 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | 39 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises | Ignition | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
