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1980 - Atlanta 500 Race Results


Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 3/16/1980
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 166.212 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 45
Average Race Speed - 134.8 mph
Lead Changes - 27
Total Race Purse - $207,700
Race Number - 5
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 31 Dale Earnhardt 2 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) 328 Chevrolet 50 $36,200
2 7 Rusty Wallace 16 Roger Penske 328 Chevrolet 0 $14,250
3 9 Bobby Allison 15 Mike Curb Hodgdon (Bud Moore) 328 Ford 32 $16,250
4 6 Dave Marcis 71 Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) 327 Oldsmobile 4 $13,600
5 24 Dick Brooks 7 Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) 325 Chevrolet 0 $9,490
6 15 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) 325 Mercury 0 $8,390
7 1 Buddy Baker 28 NAPA Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) 325 Oldsmobile 2 $6,695
8 3 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 324 Chevrolet 183 $18,145
9 32 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 324 Chevrolet 0 $5,580
10 27 Slick Johnson 53 JD Johnson 320 Chevrolet 0 $3,285
11 25 Lake Speed 66 Lake Speed 320 Chevrolet 0 $2,445
12 30 Jimmy Means 52 Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) 320 Chevrolet 0 $4,605
13 28 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 318 Oldsmobile 0 $4,360
14 38 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 317 Chevrolet 0 $2,060
15 13 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 316 Chevrolet 7 $3,940
16 16 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 313 Chevrolet 0 $2,955
17 21 Kevin Housby 8 Taylor Martin (Jack Housby) 311 Oldsmobile 0 $1,665
18 19 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 303 Ford 0 $3,125
19 36 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 303 Dodge 0 $2,920
20 40 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 302 Dodge 0 $2,700
21 39 Baxter Price 45 Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) 261 Oldsmobile 0 $1,245
22 26 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 253 Chevrolet 0 $2,310
23 18 Lennie Pond 75 RahMoc Enterprises 244 Chevrolet 0 $1,195
24 41 Cecil Gordon 24 Sadler Motors Smith Used Cars (Cecil Gordon) 240 Oldsmobile 0 $2,250
25 33 Ralph Jones 65 Spohns Body Shop (Ron Spohn) 213 Ford 0 $1,145
26 4 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 208 Chevrolet 33 $2,375
27 29 Bruce Hill 50 Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) 204 Oldsmobile 0 $1,040
28 11 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 192 Chevrolet 7 $5,465
29 23 Bill Elliott 9 Evans ToyotaGMC (George Elliott) 181 Mercury 1 $990
30 12 Benny Parsons 27 Melling Tool (MC Anderson) 162 Chevrolet 0 $5,415
31 5 Ricky Rudd 40 Howard Johnsons (DK Ulrich) 147 Chevrolet 6 $1,420
32 14 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 130 Buick 0 $910
33 8 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 117 Chevrolet 3 $7,100
34 22 Roger Hamby 17 Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) 99 Chevrolet 0 $890
35 35 Joe Booher 74 Booher Farms (Joe Booher) 81 Buick 0 $880
36 37 Rick Newsom 20 Louise Smith (Rick Newsom) 78 Oldsmobile 0 $850
37 20 Joe Millikan 72 LG DeWitt 72 Chevrolet 0 $5,290
38 10 Don Whittington 51 Road Atlanta (AJ Foyt) 61 Oldsmobile 0 $830
39 34 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 46 Chevrolet 0 $1,320
40 17 Buck Simmons 12 Rameys Chevy City (Kennie Childers) 30 Chevrolet 0 $810
41 2 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 30 Mercury 0 $1,310