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1980 - National 500 Race Results


Race Name - National 500
Date - 10/5/1980
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 165.634 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 44
Average Race Speed - 135.24 mph
Lead Changes - 43
Total Race Purse - $286,710
Race Number - 28
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Dale Earnhardt 2 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) 334 Chevrolet 148 $49,050
2 3 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 334 Chevrolet 47 $30,200
3 1 Buddy Baker 28 NAPA Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) 334 Buick 48 $21,850
4 2 Ricky Rudd 22 LYFTMY Building Supply (Al Rudd) 334 Chevrolet 1 $15,350
5 11 Donnie Allison 12 Rameys Chevy City (Kennie Childers) 333 Chevrolet 0 $8,400
6 16 Bill Elliott 9 Melling Timing Components (George Elliott) 332 Mercury 0 $6,300
7 23 Lake Speed 7 Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) 330 Chevrolet 0 $21,225
8 22 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 329 Mercury 0 $7,625
9 36 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 328 Chevrolet 0 $4,310
10 39 Dick Brooks 41 Billy Matthews 328 Chevrolet 0 $4,210
11 27 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 328 Chevrolet 1 $13,805
12 21 Tim Richmond 40 UNO Apache Stove (DK Ulrich) 327 Chevrolet 0 $6,095
13 34 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 326 Dodge 0 $5,885
14 25 Rusty Wallace 16 Norton CAM2 Gould (Roger Penske) 325 Chevrolet 0 $8,610
15 37 Kenny Hemphill 77 Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan) 325 Chevrolet 0 $3,360
16 6 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 324 Chevrolet 0 $5,905
17 15 Dick May 82 Dick Brooks Honda (Ferrel Harris) 323 Dodge 0 $3,700
18 5 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 322 Chevrolet 29 $8,050
19 24 Dave Marcis 71 Buck Stove Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) 318 Oldsmobile 0 $4,995
20 41 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 318 Chevrolet 0 $4,735
21 32 James Hylton 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 312 Chevrolet 0 $3,425
22 20 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 307 Ford 0 $2,915
23 38 Connie Saylor 4 Mitco (GC Spencer) 301 Chevrolet 0 $1,400
24 33 Cecil Gordon 24 South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon) 292 Oldsmobile 0 $2,400
25 14 Chuck Bown 2 Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern) 271 Chevrolet 0 $1,750
26 29 Junior Miller 79 Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) 259 Chevrolet 0 $2,315
27 19 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 252 Chevrolet 1 $7,375
28 35 Roger Hamby 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 195 Chevrolet 0 $1,730
29 7 Bobby Allison 15 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Bud Moore) 190 Mercury 35 $6,075
30 8 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 183 Mercury 10 $2,100
31 10 Terry Labonte 44 Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) 183 Chevrolet 11 $5,975
32 30 Marty Robbins 6 MC Anderson (MC Anderson) 171 Chevrolet 0 $1,000
33 9 Benny Parsons 27 Melling Tool (MC Anderson) 168 Chevrolet 3 $6,185
34 26 Lennie Pond 68 Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) 168 Chevrolet 0 $970
35 18 John Anderson 75 RahMoc Enterprises 149 Chevrolet 0 $955
36 28 Sterling Marlin 14 Buck Stove (HB Cunningham) 138 Chevrolet 0 $940
37 12 Rick Wilson 62 Florida Equipment Service (Rick Wilson) 67 Chevrolet 0 $1,425
38 17 David Pearson 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 66 Chevrolet 0 $910
39 13 Mike Miller 96 Dairyland Transportation (Mike Miller) 53 Ford 0 $1,405
40 40 Slick Johnson 53 Johnson Racing (JD Johnson) 42 Chevrolet 0 $900
41 31 Jim Sauter 5 Prototype Engines Buck Stove (RahMoc Enterprises) 33 Chevrolet 0 $900