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1980 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/17/1980
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 194.009 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 15
Average Race Speed - 177.6 mph
Lead Changes - 29
Total Race Purse - $604,875
Race Number - 2
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Buddy Baker 28 NAPA Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) 200 Oldsmobile 143 $102,175
2 9 Bobby Allison 15 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Bud Moore) 200 Mercury 9 $54,450
3 3 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 199 Mercury 8 $51,100
4 32 Dale Earnhardt 2 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) 199 Oldsmobile 10 $36,350
5 14 Benny Parsons 27 Melling Tool (MC Anderson) 197 Oldsmobile 0 $32,375
6 17 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 197 Oldsmobile 0 $26,475
7 2 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 195 Oldsmobile 2 $35,160
8 36 Sterling Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 194 Chevrolet 0 $17,810
9 12 Lennie Pond 75 Burger King (RahMoc Enterprises) 194 Buick 0 $18,000
10 27 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 194 Mercury 0 $20,305
11 18 Janet Guthrie 82 Texaco Star (Rod Osterlund) 193 Chevrolet 0 $13,925
12 24 Bill Elliott 9 Knutsons RV (George Elliott) 192 Mercury 0 $12,390
13 22 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 190 Oldsmobile 0 $13,540
14 39 Slick Johnson 53 JD Johnson 189 Chevrolet 0 $9,055
15 26 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 188 Buick 0 $11,310
16 23 Don Whittington 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 187 Chevrolet 0 $9,510
17 28 Joe Booher 74 Booher Farms (Bobby Wawak) 186 Buick 0 $7,920
18 6 John Anderson 33 Draime Race Engines (Russ Draime) 183 Oldsmobile 0 $9,135
19 5 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 183 Oldsmobile 24 $17,150
20 29 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 176 Ford 0 $7,340
21 19 Cecil Gordon 24 Sadler Motors Smith Used Cars (Cecil Gordon) 176 Oldsmobile 0 $6,425
22 13 Dave Marcis 71 Buck Stove Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) 174 Oldsmobile 0 $6,285
23 20 Bill Schmitt 73 Olympus Mahogany Hot Tubs (Bill Schmitt) 172 Oldsmobile 0 $5,120
24 38 Bill Elswick 5 RahMoc Enterprises 161 Oldsmobile 0 $3,515
25 4 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 157 Oldsmobile 4 $15,100
26 37 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 155 Oldsmobile 0 $4,155
27 25 JD McDuffie 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 150 Buick 0 $4,290
28 34 John Utsman 0 Kingsport Speedway (Ed Whitaker) 149 Chevrolet 0 $2,695
29 33 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 134 Buick 0 $3,080
30 21 Kevin Housby 8 Taylor Martin Marina Inn (Jack Housby) 80 Oldsmobile 0 $3,150
31 11 AJ Foyt 51 Valvoline Gilmore (AJ Foyt) 69 Oldsmobile 0 $3,575
32 42 Bill Whittington 40 Jim Morrison (DK Ulrich) 66 Buick 0 $2,985
33 35 Bruce Hill 50 Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) 57 Oldsmobile 0 $1,725
34 8 Joe Millikan 72 Hayes Jewelers (LG DeWitt) 52 Oldsmobile 0 $8,800
35 15 Chuck Bown 68 Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) 50 Oldsmobile 0 $3,350
36 41 Dick Brooks 7 Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) 44 Oldsmobile 0 $3,080
37 40 Jim Vandiver 89 OL Nixon 38 Oldsmobile 0 $2,215
38 30 Jim Hurlbert 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 33 Dodge 0 $2,950
39 16 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 24 Buick 0 $2,900
40 7 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 20 Oldsmobile 0 $8,750
41 31 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 17 Dodge 0 $2,230
42 10 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 15 Oldsmobile 0 $3,025