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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

November 2nd, 1980

Race #30 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 131.190 mph
  • Cautions: 6
  • Caution Laps: 49
  • Lead Changes: 28
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 12 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 185 175 10 328 269 Running
2 3 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 175 170 5 328 9 Running
3 13 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 170 165 5 327 1 Running
4 10 28 Buddy Baker Buick 165 160 5 327 14 Running
5 11 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 160 155 5 327 4 Running
6 25 90 Jody Ridley Ford 155 150 5 326 1 Running
7 20 68 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 146 146 0 326 0 Running
8 27 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 142 142 0 323 0 Running
9 29 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 143 138 5 322 10 Running
10 24 40 Stan Barrett Chevrolet 134 134 0 321 0 Running
11 28 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 130 130 0 320 0 Running
12 23 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 127 127 0 319 0 Running
13 17 73 Steve Moore Chevrolet 124 124 0 318 0 Running
14 36 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 121 121 0 317 0 Running
15 19 64 Tommy Gale Ford 118 118 0 313 0 Running
16 35 45 Charlie Chamblee Buick 115 115 0 298 0 Running
17 30 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 112 112 0 289 0 Running
18 2 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 109 109 0 268 0 Running
19 40 5 Clay Young Oldsmobile 106 106 0 265 0 Crash
20 37 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 103 103 0 264 0 Hub
21 15 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 105 100 5 256 1 Engine
22 16 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 102 97 5 255 2 Running
23 33 75 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 99 94 5 224 1 Cam
24 14 7 Lake Speed Chevrolet 91 91 0 209 0 Flywheel
25 34 19 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 88 88 0 166 0 Hub
26 7 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 90 85 5 147 1 Overheating
27 21 4 Connie Saylor Chevrolet 87 82 5 131 1 Engine
28 18 96 Mike Miller Ford 79 79 0 123 0 Overheating
29 32 6 Tim Richmond Chevrolet 76 76 0 110 0 Clutch
30 39 46 Travis Tiller Oldsmobile 73 73 0 104 0 Radiator
31 5 1 David Pearson Oldsmobile 70 70 0 93 0 Quit
32 6 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 67 67 0 71 0 Engine
33 22 77 John Anderson Chevrolet 64 64 0 52 0 Oil line
34 38 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 61 61 0 51 0 Valve
35 31 79 Junior Miller Chevrolet 58 58 0 50 0 Engine
36 9 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 55 55 0 17 0 Crash
37 4 12 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 52 52 0 17 0 Crash
38 1 15 Bobby Allison Mercury 54 49 5 16 14 Crash
39 8 87 Gary Balough Chevrolet 46 46 0 16 0 Crash
40 26 80 John Callis Ford 43 43 0 15 0 Engine