| 1980 National 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 28 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $286,710 | Race Date: | Oct 5, 1980 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.830 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3h 42m 18s | Concord, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 43 | Average Speed: | 135.243 MPH | 1.5 Mile Paved Quad Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 41 | No. of Cautions: | 8 For 44 Laps | charlottemotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dale Earnhardt D. Earnhardt | Driver: | Buddy Baker B. Baker | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #2 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #28 Buick | Buick: | 6 | |||
| Team: | Osterlund Racing | Team: | Ranier Racing with MDM | Mercury: | 4 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Doug Richert | Crew Chief: | Waddell Wilson | Dodge: | 3 | |||
| Laps Led: | 148 of 334 | Pole Speed: | 165.634 MPH | |||||
| Official 1980 National 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 4 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon | Running |  | 185 | 334 | 148 |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch | Running | | 175 | 334 | 47 |
| 3 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | Napa Regal Ride Shocks | Running |  | 170 | 334 | 48 |
| 4 | 2 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | LYF-TMY Buliding Supply | Running | | 165 | 334 | 1 |
| 5 | 11 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Ramey's Chevy City | Running | | 155 | 333 | 0 |
| 6 | 16 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Timing Components | Running |  | 150 | 332 | 0 |
| 7 | 23 | 7 | Lake Speed (R) | Sanyo Electronics | Running | | 146 | 330 | 0 |
| 8 | 22 | 90 | Jody Ridley (R) | Truxmore Industries / Sunny Ki | Running | | 142 | 329 | 0 |
| 9 | 36 | 42 | Kyle Petty (R) | STP | Running | | 138 | 328 | 0 |
| 10 | 39 | 41 | Dick Brooks | Billy Matthews Racing | Running | | 134 | 328 | 0 |
| 11 | 27 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals | Running | | 135 | 328 | 1 |
| 12 | 21 | 40 | Tim Richmond | Uno / Apache Stove | Running | | 127 | 327 | 0 |
| 13 | 34 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales | Running |  | 124 | 326 | 0 |
| 14 | 25 | 16 | Rusty Wallace | Norton / Cam2 / Gould | Running | | 121 | 325 | 0 |
| 15 | 37 | 77 | Kenny Hemphill | Warren Farbicating | Running | | 118 | 325 | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 115 | 324 | 0 |
| 17 | 15 | 82 | Dick May | Dick Brooks Honda | Running | | 112 | 323 | 0 |
| 18 | 5 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade | Engine | | 114 | 322 | 29 |
| 19 | 24 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Chevrolet | Running |  | 106 | 318 | 0 |
| 20 | 41 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Running | | 103 | 318 | 0 |
| 21 | 32 | 19 | James Hylton | Belden Asphalt | Running | | 100 | 312 | 0 |
| 22 | 20 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running |  | 97 | 307 | 0 |
| 23 | 38 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Mitco | Running | | 94 | 301 | 0 |
| 24 | 33 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | South Hill Texaco | Running | | 91 | 292 | 0 |
| 25 | 14 | 2 | Chuck Bown | Halpern Enterprises | Engine | | 88 | 271 | 0 |
| 26 | 29 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing | Running | | 85 | 259 | 0 |
| 27 | 19 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Engine | | 87 | 252 | 1 |
| 28 | 35 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona | Valves | | 79 | 195 | 0 |
| 29 | 7 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Warner Hodgdon / Mike Curb | Ball Joint | | 81 | 190 | 35 |
| 30 | 8 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator | Accident | | 78 | 183 | 10 |
| 31 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Stove | Accident | | 75 | 183 | 11 |
| 32 | 30 | 6 | Marty Robbins | M.C. Anderson Racing | Accident | | 67 | 171 | 0 |
| 33 | 9 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Company | Accident | | 69 | 168 | 3 |
| 34 | 26 | 68 | Lennie Pond | King Mountain Truck | Steering | | 61 | 168 | 0 |
| 35 | 18 | 75 | John Anderson | Rahmoc Racing | Steering | | 58 | 149 | 0 |
| 36 | 28 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Buck Stove | Accident | | 0 | 138 | 0 |
| 37 | 12 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Florida Equipment & Service | Engine | | 52 | 67 | 0 |
| 38 | 17 | 1 | David Pearson | Hawaiian Tropic | Ignition | | 49 | 66 | 0 |
| 39 | 13 | 96 | Mike Miller | Dairyland Transport | Head Gasket | | 46 | 53 | 0 |
| 40 | 40 | 53 | Slick Johnson (R) | Johnson Racing | Camshaft | | 43 | 42 | 0 |
| 41 | 31 | 5 | Jim Sauter | Prototype Eng / Buck Stove | Engine | | 40 | 33 | 0 |
