1980 - Winston Cup Series - American 500 Race Results

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1980 - American 500 Race Results

Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/19/1980
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 142.648 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 61
Average Race Speed - 114.15 mph
Lead Changes - 35
Total Race Purse - $144,850
Race Number - 29

More Races from 1980

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	492	Chevrolet	167	$20,160
2	12	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	492	Chevrolet	68	$14,030
3	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	490	Chevrolet	93	$12,700
4	18	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove (Billy Hagan)	487	Chevrolet	0	$9,400
5	14	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	486	Ford	0	$7,030
6	22	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis)	483	Chevrolet	3	$5,460
7	21	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	479	Chevrolet	1	$4,925
8	19	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson Racing (JD Johnson)	478	Chevrolet	4	$2,700
9	25	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	474	Chevrolet	0	$4,390
10	28	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	473	Chevrolet	0	$4,070
11	17	Stan Barrett	40	Ulrich Reynolds Needham (DK Ulrich)	472	Chevrolet	0	$3,760
12	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	468	Dodge	0	$3,450
13	33	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means)	467	Chevrolet	0	$3,420
14	13	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	461	Chevrolet	10	$7,800
15	31	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon)	460	Oldsmobile	0	$2,780
16	36	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	458	Chevrolet	0	$2,715
17	30	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	451	Chevrolet	0	$1,855
18	11	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	443	Chevrolet	3	$6,650
19	34	Jeff McDuffie	7	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	402	Buick	0	$1,100
20	20	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	299	Ford	0	$2,045
21	29	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	295	Chevrolet	0	$1,850
22	1	Donnie Allison	12	Rameys Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	291	Chevrolet	111	$2,550
23	8	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool (MC Anderson)	220	Chevrolet	0	$5,225
24	9	Joe Millikan	75	RahMoc Enterprises	201	Chevrolet	0	$750
25	4	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	201	Mercury	28	$1,225
26	10	Bobby Allison	15	Mike Curb Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	189	Ford	0	$5,150
27	7	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier)	178	Chevrolet	1	$1,175
28	16	Lake Speed	7	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	138	Chevrolet	0	$1,150
29	5	Lennie Pond	68	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa)	121	Chevrolet	3	$625
30	35	Ernie Cline	95	Cline Racing (Ernie Cline)	74	Chevrolet	0	$610
31	15	Dick Brooks	41	Steves Corvette Brooks Honda (Billy Matthews)	50	Chevrolet	0	$600
32	6	John Anderson	77	Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan)	40	Chevrolet	0	$595
33	27	Junior Miller	79	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	19	Chevrolet	0	$1,090
34	32	Glenn Jarrett	84	Busch Breakthrough	14	Chevrolet	0	$585
35	23	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	10	Chevrolet	0	$630
36	24	Bill Elswick	5	Performer Boats	9	Oldsmobile	0	$600