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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 16th, 1980

Race #5 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 134.808 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 45
  • Lead Changes: 27
#19 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 31 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 180 175 5 328 50 Running
2 7 16 Rusty Wallace Chevrolet 170 170 0 328 0 Running
3 9 15 Bobby Allison Ford 170 165 5 328 32 Running
4 6 71 Dave Marcis Oldsmobile 165 160 5 327 4 Running
5 24 7 Dick Brooks Chevrolet 155 155 0 325 0 Running
6 15 90 Jody Ridley Mercury 150 150 0 325 0 Running
7 1 28 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 151 146 5 325 2 Running
8 3 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 152 142 10 324 183 Running
9 32 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 138 138 0 324 0 Running
10 27 53 Slick Johnson Chevrolet 134 134 0 320 0 Running
11 25 66 Lake Speed Chevrolet 130 130 0 320 0 Running
12 30 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 127 127 0 320 0 Running
13 28 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 124 124 0 318 0 Running
14 38 42 Kyle Petty Chevrolet 121 121 0 317 0 Running
15 13 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 123 118 5 316 7 Running
16 16 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 115 115 0 313 0 Running
17 21 8 Kevin Housby Oldsmobile 112 112 0 311 0 Running
18 19 64 Tommy Gale Ford 109 109 0 303 0 Running
19 36 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 106 106 0 303 0 Running
20 40 79 Frank Warren Dodge 103 103 0 302 0 Running
21 39 45 Baxter Price Oldsmobile 100 100 0 261 0 Running
22 26 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 97 97 0 253 0 Engine
23 18 75 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 94 94 0 244 0 Engine
24 41 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 91 91 0 240 0 Engine
25 33 65 Ralph Jones Ford 88 88 0 213 0 Engine
26 4 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 90 85 5 208 33 Rear end
27 29 50 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 82 82 0 204 0 Engine
28 11 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 84 79 5 192 7 Oil seal
29 23 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 81 76 5 181 1 Engine
30 12 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 73 73 0 162 0 Clutch
31 5 40 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 75 70 5 147 6 Crash
32 14 30 Tighe Scott Buick 67 67 0 130 0 Axle
33 8 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 69 64 5 117 3 Engine
34 22 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 61 61 0 99 0 Engine
35 35 74 Joe Booher Buick 58 58 0 81 0 Crash
36 37 20 Rick Newsom Oldsmobile 55 55 0 78 0 Crash
37 20 72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 52 52 0 72 0 Engine
38 10 51 Don Whittington Oldsmobile 49 49 0 61 0 Crash
39 34 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 46 46 0 46 0 Engine
40 17 12 Buck Simmons Chevrolet 43 43 0 30 0 Engine
41 2 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 40 40 0 30 0 Rear end