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1980 Carolina 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 31 Sunday, March 9, 1980 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:36:06 Average speed: 108.735 mph Pole speed: 139.905 mph Cautions: 12 for 93 laps Margin of victory: 3 sec Attendance: 44000 Lead changes: 18 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 21 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 492 19280 running 256 185 2 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 492 18720 running 39 175 3 7 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 491 14420 running 6 170 4 1 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 491 11270 running 77 165 5 12 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 491 6750 running 0 155 6 6 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 490 3770 running 0 150 7 4 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Ford 489 7320 running 0 146 8 23 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 488 4625 running 0 142 9 8 71   Dave Marcis Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 486 4630 running 0 138 10 16 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 483 4370 running 0 134 11 28 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 476 3960 running 0 130 12 11 40   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 472 3640 running 0 127 13 18 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 469 3360 running 0 124 14 19 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 462 3120 running 0 121 15 3 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 458 2070 crash 111 123 16 15 7   Dick Brooks Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 455 2760 rear end 0 115 17 37 74   Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 453 1220 running 0 112 18 33 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 440 1900 running 0 109 19 38 79   Dick May Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 431 2085 running 0 106 20 30 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 422 2005 running 0 103 21 5 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 411 6020 crash 0 100 22 13 12   Buck Simmons Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 411 800 overheating 0 97 23 22 75   Bill Elswick Rahmoc Enterprises Chevrolet 403 1325 running 0 94 24 24 33   John Anderson Draime Race Engines   (Phil Howard) Chevrolet 353 750 crash 0 91 25 27 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 346 1770 engine 0 88 26 31 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 332 1725 engine 0 85 27 25 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Oldsmobile 326 675 engine 0 82 28 2 72   Joe Millikan Hayes Jewelers   (L.G. DeWitt) Oldsmobile 259 5350 engine 3 84 29 20 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 256 2125 crash 0 76 30 14 53   Slick Johnson J.D. Johnson Chevrolet 205 600 engine 0 73 31 32 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 125 595 engine 0 70 32 10 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 112 1090 engine 0 67 33 29 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 73 1085 crash 0 64 34 17 18   Randy Ogden Jack Ogden Chevrolet 49 580 crash 0 61 35 34 92   Bill Osborne Bill Osborne Chevrolet 22 575 crash 0 58 36 36 76   Mike Potter Mike Potter Chevrolet 21 570 engine 0 55 37 26 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 10 570 engine 0 52 38 35 29   Junior Miller Pleasure Island   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 10 570 engine 0 49

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 57 57     58 67 10   #92,18 accident   68 68 1     69 75 7   fluid on track   76 130 55     131 137 7   #42 engine   138 141 4     142 145 4   oil on track   146 198 53     199 207 9   #75 accident   208 234 27     235 239 5   #3 accident   240 251 12     252 255 4   #44 accident   256 260 5     261 274 14   #72 accident   275 364 90     365 372 8   #67,33 accident   373 403 31     404 409 6   debris   410 415 6     416 425 10   #27 accident   426 460 35     461 469 9   #28 accident   470 492 23       Percent of race run under caution: 18.9%             Average green flag run: 30.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 58 58   Joe Millikan 59 59 1   Darrell Waltrip 60 78 19   Richard Petty 79 79 1   Buddy Baker 80 131 52   Joe Millikan 132 132 1   Richard Petty 133 140 8   Buddy Baker 141 199 59   Dale Earnhardt 200 200 1   Richard Petty 201 209 9   Cale Yarborough 210 235 26   Dale Earnhardt 236 240 5   Cale Yarborough 241 252 12   Joe Millikan 253 253 1   Cale Yarborough 254 352 99   Richard Petty 353 365 13   Cale Yarborough 366 366 1   Richard Petty 367 374 8   Cale Yarborough 375 492 118 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 660     2   Richard Petty 608   -52   3   Bobby Allison 605   -55   4   Darrell Waltrip 578   -82   5   Terry Labonte 521   -139   6   Dave Marcis 517   -143   7   Richard Childress 492   -168   8   James Hylton 485   -175   9   Cale Yarborough 483   -177   10   Harry Gant 438   -222   11   Jody Ridley 434   -226   12   Ronnie Thomas 425   -235   13   J.D. McDuffie 405   -255   14   Buddy Arrington 399   -261   15   Benny Parsons 398   -262   16   Jimmy Means 394   -266   17   Joe Millikan 392   -268   18   Neil Bonnett 381   -279   19   Dick Brooks 343   -317   20   Buddy Baker 308   -352   21   Donnie Allison 306   -354