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1980 - Champion Spark Plug 400 Race Results


Race Name - Champion Spark Plug 400
Date - 8/17/1980
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 162.693 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 17
Average Race Speed - 145.35 mph
Lead Changes - 31
Total Race Purse - $150,055
Race Number - 21
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 200 Chevrolet 41 $19,700
2 3 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 200 Mercury 0 $12,875
3 21 Donnie Allison 12 Rameys Chevy City (Kennie Childers) 200 Chevrolet 4 $9,050
4 11 Darrell Waltrip 2 Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern) 200 Chevrolet 67 $6,050
5 12 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 200 Chevrolet 4 $11,075
6 1 Buddy Baker 28 NAPA Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) 200 Chevrolet 0 $5,600
7 4 Bobby Allison 15 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Bud Moore) 199 Mercury 27 $7,675
8 10 Benny Parsons 27 Melling Tool (MC Anderson) 199 Chevrolet 54 $7,250
9 5 Bill Elliott 9 Jackson Special (George Elliott) 199 Mercury 1 $4,900
10 16 Kenny Hemphill 77 Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan) 199 Chevrolet 0 $2,650
11 9 Terry Labonte 44 Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) 198 Chevrolet 0 $5,475
12 20 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 198 Chevrolet 0 $2,700
13 23 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 196 Dodge 0 $4,590
14 27 Jimmy Means 52 Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means) 195 Chevrolet 0 $4,170
15 28 DK Ulrich 40 Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) 195 Chevrolet 0 $3,975
16 13 Lake Speed 66 Speed Racing (Lake Speed) 194 Chevrolet 0 $1,480
17 22 Billie Harvey 87 Del Ray Marine Supply (Billie Harvey) 194 Chevrolet 0 $1,270
18 6 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 194 Mercury 0 $3,490
19 30 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 194 Chevrolet 0 $3,330
20 37 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 193 Chevrolet 0 $3,085
21 19 Cecil Gordon 24 South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon) 193 Oldsmobile 0 $2,790
22 18 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 190 Ford 0 $2,545
23 36 Bruce Jacobi 65 United Medical Supply (Ron Spohn) 189 Ford 0 $985
24 33 Wayne Watercutter 85 Ward Racing Enterprises 183 Oldsmobile 0 $925
25 26 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 182 Oldsmobile 0 $2,265
26 15 Dave Marcis 71 Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) 182 Chevrolet 1 $1,975
27 17 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 180 Chevrolet 0 $1,940
28 35 Stuart Huffman 41 Bluegrass Express 177 Buick 0 $800
29 24 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 172 Buick 0 $1,865
30 29 Roger Hamby 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 150 Chevrolet 0 $765
31 31 Frank Warren 79 Warren Racing (Frank Warren) 150 Dodge 0 $1,810
32 34 Baxter Price 61 DuroBond (Jim Norris) 125 Oldsmobile 0 $740
33 32 Bobby Wawak 74 Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) 114 Buick 0 $730
34 25 Ricky Rudd 7 Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) 88 Chevrolet 0 $1,220
35 8 Dale Earnhardt 2 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) 79 Chevrolet 1 $6,410
36 14 John Anderson 75 RahMoc Enterprises 12 Chevrolet 0 $700
37 7 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 4 Chevrolet 0 $1,200