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1980 - Carolina 500 Race Results


Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/9/1980
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 139.905 mph
Number of Cautions - 12
Caution Laps - 93
Average Race Speed - 108.73 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $148,050
Race Number - 4
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 21 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 492 Oldsmobile 256 $19,280
2 9 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 492 Chevrolet 39 $18,720
3 7 Dale Earnhardt 2 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) 491 Chevrolet 6 $14,420
4 1 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 491 Chevrolet 77 $11,270
5 12 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 491 Chevrolet 0 $6,750
6 6 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 490 Mercury 0 $3,770
7 4 Bobby Allison 15 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Bud Moore) 489 Ford 0 $7,320
8 23 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 488 Chevrolet 0 $4,625
9 8 Dave Marcis 71 Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) 486 Chevrolet 0 $4,630
10 16 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 483 Chevrolet 0 $4,370
11 28 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 476 Chevrolet 0 $3,960
12 11 Ricky Rudd 40 Al Rudd Auto Parts (DK Ulrich) 472 Chevrolet 0 $3,640
13 18 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 469 Chevrolet 0 $3,360
14 19 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 462 Chevrolet 0 $3,120
15 3 Buddy Baker 28 NAPA Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) 458 Chevrolet 111 $2,070
16 15 Dick Brooks 7 Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) 455 Chevrolet 0 $2,760
17 37 Bobby Wawak 74 Bobby Wawak 453 Chevrolet 0 $1,220
18 33 Roger Hamby 17 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 440 Chevrolet 0 $1,900
19 38 Dick May 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 431 Dodge 0 $2,085
20 30 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 422 Chevrolet 0 $2,005
21 5 Benny Parsons 27 Melling Tool (MC Anderson) 411 Chevrolet 0 $6,020
22 13 Buck Simmons 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 411 Chevrolet 0 $800
23 22 Bill Elswick 75 RahMoc Enterprises 403 Chevrolet 0 $1,325
24 24 John Anderson 33 Draime Race Engines (Phil Howard) 353 Chevrolet 0 $750
25 27 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 346 Dodge 0 $1,770
26 31 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 332 Ford 0 $1,725
27 25 Baxter Price 45 Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) 326 Oldsmobile 0 $675
28 2 Joe Millikan 72 Hayes Jewelers (LG DeWitt) 259 Oldsmobile 3 $5,350
29 20 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 256 Ford 0 $2,125
30 14 Slick Johnson 53 JD Johnson 205 Chevrolet 0 $600
31 32 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 125 Chevrolet 0 $595
32 10 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 112 Chevrolet 0 $1,090
33 29 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 73 Oldsmobile 0 $1,085
34 17 Randy Ogden 18 Jack Ogden 49 Chevrolet 0 $580
35 34 Bill Osborne 92 Bill Osborne 22 Chevrolet 0 $575
36 36 Mike Potter 76 Mike Potter 21 Chevrolet 0 $570
37 26 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 10 Buick 0 $570
38 35 Junior Miller 29 Pleasure Island (Junior Miller) 10 Chevrolet 0 $570