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1980 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 23 of 31 Monday, September 1, 1980 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 4:21:05 Average speed: 115.21 mph Pole speed: 153.838 mph Cautions: 14 for 79 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 75000 Lead changes: 28 Glossary    1980 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 44   Terry Labonte Apache Classic Stove   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 367 27325 running 2 180 2 6 1   David Pearson Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 367 15540 running 30 175 3 9 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 367 15190 running 7 170 4 3 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 367 14625 running 72 165 5 5 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 367 7575 running 23 160 6 12 15   Bobby Allison Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Bud Moore) Ford 366 9900 running 2 155 7 8 2   Dale Earnhardt Mike Curb / Hodgdon   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 366 11125 running 27 151 8 14 71   Dave Marcis Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 365 7470 running 0 142 9 15 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 365 10475 running 2 143 10 21 41   Dick Brooks Hayes Jewelers   (Billy Matthews) Chevrolet 364 4125 running 0   11 19 75   Chuck Bown Rahmoc Enterprises Chevrolet 364 3725 running 0   12 26 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 362 6035 running 1 132 13 27 40   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 360 5800 running 0 124 14 22 4   Connie Saylor Spencer Racing   (G.C. Spencer) Chevrolet 355 3425 engine 0   15 24 53   Slick Johnson Johnson Racing   (J.D. Johnson) Chevrolet 355 4325 running 0 118 16 33 52   Jimmy Means Thompson Industries   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 353 5405 running 0 115 17 32 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 353 5120 running 0 112 18 40 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 351 4710 running 0 109 19 35 24   Cecil Gordon South Hill Texaco   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 348 4350 running 0 106 20 38 82   Ferrel Harris Dick Brooks Honda   (Ferrel Harris) Dodge 342 2675 running 0   21 30 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 342 3950 running 0 100 22 25 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 339 3525 running 0 97 23 29 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) Dodge 339 3565 engine 0 94 24 34 65   Ralph Jones Spohn's Body Shop   (Ron Spohn) Ford 334 2350 running 0 91 25 1 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 329 14400 timing chain 196 98 26 4 28   Buddy Baker NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 324 2625 engine 4 90 27 17 66   Lake Speed Speed Racing   (Lake Speed) Chevrolet 316 1850 running 0 82 28 36 09   Dick May Pokeys of Doylestown   (Nelson Oswald) Buick 304 1825 engine 0 79 29 2 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 277 6675 running 0 76 30 13 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore / Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 271 2955 steering 0 73 31 31 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 266 3210 crash 0 70 32 7 12   Donnie Allison Ramey's Chevy City   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 237 1625 overheating 0 67 33 11 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Mercury 236 1625 oil pump 1 69 34 16 7   Ricky Rudd Sanyo   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 201 2025 steering 0 61 35 41 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn Daytona   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 151 1425 clutch 0 58 36 28 19   John Anderson Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 127 1825 engine 0 55 37 39 39   Blackie Wangerin Wangerin Racing   (Blackie Wangerin) Mercury 111 1300 crash 0 52 38 23 93   Don Whittington Sun Systems   (Scott Smith) Chevrolet 87 1275 valve 0 49 39 37 74   Bobby Wawak Louise Smith Special   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 56 1250 oil leak 0 46 40 18 68   Lennie Pond U.S. Army   (Jim Testa) Chevrolet 31 1200 engine 0 43 41 20 77   Kenny Hemphill Warren Fabricating   (John Rebhan) Chevrolet 21 1200 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jimmy Ingram 32 Ingram Racing Jimmy Ingram Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 10 10   Benny Parsons 11 33 23   Richard Petty 34 34 1   Richard Childress 35 35 1   Benny Parsons 36 70 35   Darrell Waltrip 71 85 15   Bobby Allison 86 86 1   Benny Parsons 87 92 6   Darrell Waltrip 93 100 8   Buddy Baker 101 104 4   Darrell Waltrip 105 141 37   Bill Elliott 142 142 1   Dale Earnhardt 143 163 21   Harry Gant 164 169 6   Darrell Waltrip 170 191 22   Richard Petty 192 192 1   Darrell Waltrip 193 263 71   Bobby Allison 264 264 1   Dale Earnhardt 265 267 3   Neil Bonnett 268 290 23   David Pearson 291 291 1   Dale Earnhardt 292 294 3   Harry Gant 295 295 1   Darrell Waltrip 296 328 33   David Pearson 329 354 26   Benny Parsons 355 362 8   David Pearson 363 365 3   Terry Labonte 366 367 2 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 3461     2   Cale Yarborough 3363   -98   3   Richard Petty 3340   -121   4   Benny Parsons 3259   -202   5   Darrell Waltrip 3147   -314   6   Bobby Allison 3089   -372   7   Jody Ridley 2842   -619   8   Richard Childress 2832   -629   9   Harry Gant 2799   -662   10   Terry Labonte 2716   -745   11   Dave Marcis 2656   -805   12   James Hylton 2529   -932   13   Buddy Arrington 2468   -993   14   Ronnie Thomas 2313   -1148   15   Jimmy Means 2244   -1217   16   J.D. McDuffie 2231   -1230   17   Cecil Gordon 2112   -1349   18   Neil Bonnett 2083   -1378   19   Tommy Gale 2058   -1403   20   Roger Hamby 1852   -1609   21   Buddy Baker 1836   -1625