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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway

August 17th, 1980

Race #21 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 400.0
  • Average Speed: 145.352 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 17
  • Lead Changes: 31
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 180 175 5 200 41 Running
2 3 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 170 170 0 200 0 Running
3 21 12 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 170 165 5 200 4 Running
4 11 02 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 160 10 200 67 Running
5 12 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 160 155 5 200 4 Running
6 1 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 150 150 0 200 0 Running
7 4 15 Bobby Allison Mercury 151 146 5 199 27 Running
8 10 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 147 142 5 199 54 Running
9 5 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 143 138 5 199 1 Running
10 16 77 Kenny Hemphill Chevrolet 134 134 0 199 0 Running
11 9 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 130 130 0 198 0 Running
12 20 42 Kyle Petty Chevrolet 127 127 0 198 0 Running
13 23 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 124 124 0 196 0 Running
14 27 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 121 121 0 195 0 Running
15 28 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 118 118 0 195 0 Running
16 13 66 Lake Speed Chevrolet 115 115 0 194 0 Running
17 22 87 Billie Harvey Chevrolet 112 112 0 194 0 Running
18 6 90 Jody Ridley Mercury 109 109 0 194 0 Running
19 30 19 Dick May Chevrolet 106 106 0 194 0 Running
20 37 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 103 103 0 193 0 Running
21 19 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 100 100 0 193 0 Running
22 18 64 Tommy Gale Ford 97 97 0 190 0 Running
23 36 65 Bruce Jacobi Ford 94 94 0 189 0 Running
24 33 85 Wayne Watercutter Oldsmobile 91 91 0 183 0 Running
25 26 48 James Hylton Oldsmobile 88 88 0 182 0 Running
26 15 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 90 85 5 182 1 Engine
27 17 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 82 82 0 180 0 Running
28 35 41 Stuart Huffman Buick 79 79 0 177 0 Running
29 24 25 Ronnie Thomas Buick 76 76 0 172 0 Running
30 29 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 73 73 0 150 0 Engine
31 31 79 Frank Warren Dodge 70 70 0 150 0 Running
32 34 61 Baxter Price Oldsmobile 67 67 0 125 0 Running
33 32 74 Bobby Wawak Buick 64 64 0 114 0 Ignition
34 25 7 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 61 61 0 88 0 Transmission
35 8 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 63 58 5 79 1 Engine
36 14 75 John Anderson Chevrolet 55 55 0 12 0 Oil pump
37 7 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 52 52 0 4 0 Engine