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1980 National 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 31
Sunday, October 5, 1980 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:42:18
Average Speed: 135.243 mph
Pole Speed: 165.634 mph

Cautions: 8 for 44 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.83 sec
Attendance: 70,000
Lead changes: 43

Glossary 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1980 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	2	Dale Earnhardt	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	334	49,050	running	148	185
2	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	334	30,200	running	47	175
3	1	28	Buddy Baker	NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier)	Buick	334	21,850	running	48	170
4	2	22	Ricky Rudd	LYF-TMY Building Supply (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	334	15,350	running	1	165
5	11	12	Donnie Allison	Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	333	8,400	running	0	155
6	16	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Timing Components (George Elliott)	Mercury	332	6,300	running	0	150
7	23	7	Lake Speed	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	330	21,225	running	0	146
8	22	90	Jody Ridley	Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	329	7,625	running	0	142
9	36	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	328	4,310	running	0	138
10	39	41	Dick Brooks	Billy Matthews	Chevrolet	328	4,210	running	0	134
11	27	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	328	13,805	running	1	135
12	21	40	Tim Richmond	UNO / Apache Stove (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	327	6,095	running	0	127
13	34	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	326	5,885	running	0	124
14	25	16	Rusty Wallace	Norton / CAM2 / Gould (Roger Penske)	Chevrolet	325	8,610	running	0	121
15	37	77	Kenny Hemphill	Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan)	Chevrolet	325	3,360	running	0	118
16	6	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	324	5,905	running	0	115
17	15	82	Dick May	Dick Brooks Honda (Ferrel Harris)	Dodge	323	3,700	running	0	112
18	5	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	322	8,050	engine	29	114
19	24	71	Dave Marcis	Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis)	Oldsmobile	318	4,995	running	0	106
20	41	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	318	4,735	running	0	103
21	32	19	James Hylton	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	312	3,425	running	0	100
22	20	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	307	2,915	running	0	97
23	38	4	Connie Saylor	Mitco (G.C. Spencer)	Chevrolet	301	1,400	running	0	94
24	33	24	Cecil Gordon	South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	292	2,400	running	0	91
25	14	02	Chuck Bown	Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern)	Chevrolet	271	1,750	engine	0	88
26	29	79	Junior Miller	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	259	2,315	running	0	85
27	19	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	252	7,375	engine	1	87
28	35	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	195	1,730	valve	0	79
29	7	15	Bobby Allison	Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	Mercury	190	6,075	ball joint	35	81
30	8	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	183	2,100	crash	10	78
31	10	44	Terry Labonte	Apache Stove (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	183	5,975	crash	11	75
32	30	6	Marty Robbins	M.C. Anderson (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	171	1,000	crash	0	67
33	9	27	Benny Parsons	Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	168	6,185	crash	3	69
34	26	68	Lennie Pond	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa)	Chevrolet	168	970	steering	0	61
35	18	75	John Anderson	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	149	955	steering	0	58
36	28	14	Sterling Marlin	Buck Stove (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	138	940	crash	0
37	12	62	Rick Wilson	Florida Equipment & Service (Rick Wilson)	Chevrolet	67	1,425	engine	0	52
38	17	1	David Pearson	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	66	910	ignition	0	49
39	13	96	Mike Miller	Dairyland Transportation (Mike Miller)	Ford	53	1,405	head gasket	0	46
40	40	53	Slick Johnson	Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson)	Chevrolet	42	900	cam	0	43
41	31	05	Jim Sauter	Prototype Engines / Buck Stove (RahMoc Enterprises)	Chevrolet	33	900	engine	0	40

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	1	1
Ricky Rudd	2	2	1
Buddy Baker	3	4	2
Darrell Waltrip	5	5	1
Dale Earnhardt	6	12	7
Darrell Waltrip	13	14	2
Neil Bonnett	15	16	2
Dale Earnhardt	17	18	2
Darrell Waltrip	19	19	1
Dale Earnhardt	20	22	3
Darrell Waltrip	23	23	1
Dale Earnhardt	24	24	1
Buddy Baker	25	25	1
Darrell Waltrip	26	34	9
Richard Petty	35	35	1
Richard Childress	36	36	1
Cale Yarborough	37	42	6
Darrell Waltrip	43	57	15
Dale Earnhardt	58	86	29
Bobby Allison	87	95	9
Dale Earnhardt	96	96	1
Benny Parsons	97	99	3
Terry Labonte	100	105	6
Bobby Allison	106	131	26
Dale Earnhardt	132	143	12
Terry Labonte	144	144	1
Dale Earnhardt	145	158	14
Neil Bonnett	159	161	3
Dale Earnhardt	162	162	1
Neil Bonnett	163	163	1
Dale Earnhardt	164	164	1
Neil Bonnett	165	168	4
Dale Earnhardt	169	171	3
Terry Labonte	172	175	4
Cale Yarborough	176	180	5
Buddy Baker	181	191	11
Dale Earnhardt	192	201	10
Buddy Baker	202	220	19
Cale Yarborough	221	226	6
Buddy Baker	227	237	11
Dale Earnhardt	238	254	17
Cale Yarborough	255	284	30
Buddy Baker	285	287	3
Dale Earnhardt	288	334	47

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	4217
2	Cale Yarborough	4102	-115
3	Richard Petty	3951	-266
4	Benny Parsons	3937	-280
5	Darrell Waltrip	3881	-336
6	Bobby Allison	3720	-497
7	Jody Ridley	3553	-664
8	Harry Gant	3433	-784
9	Dave Marcis	3365	-852
10	Richard Childress	3348	-869
11	Terry Labonte	3304	-913
12	James Hylton	3099	-1118
13	Buddy Arrington	3070	-1147
14	Ronnie Thomas	2741	-1476
15	Cecil Gordon	2675	-1542
16	Jimmy Means	2650	-1567
17	J.D. McDuffie	2635	-1582
18	Tommy Gale	2549	-1668
19	Neil Bonnett	2422	-1795
20	Roger Hamby	2367	-1850

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