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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

American 500

North Carolina Speedway

October 19th, 1980

Race #29 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 114.159 mph
  • Cautions: 9
  • Caution Laps: 61
  • Lead Changes: 35
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 185 175 10 492 167 Running
2 12 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 175 170 5 492 68 Running
3 3 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 490 93 Running
4 18 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 160 160 0 487 0 Running
5 14 90 Jody Ridley Ford 155 155 0 486 0 Running
6 22 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 155 150 5 483 3 Running
7 21 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 151 146 5 479 1 Running
8 19 53 Slick Johnson Chevrolet 147 142 5 478 4 Running
9 25 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 138 138 0 474 0 Running
10 28 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 134 134 0 473 0 Running
11 17 40 Stan Barrett Chevrolet 130 130 0 472 0 Running
12 26 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 127 127 0 468 0 Running
13 33 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 124 124 0 467 0 Running
14 13 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 126 121 5 461 10 Running
15 31 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 118 118 0 460 0 Running
16 36 19 Dick May Chevrolet 115 115 0 458 0 Running
17 30 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 112 112 0 451 0 Running
18 11 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 114 109 5 443 3 Running
19 34 07 Jeff McDuffie Buick 106 106 0 402 0 Engine
20 20 64 Tommy Gale Ford 103 103 0 299 0 Engine
21 29 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 100 100 0 295 0 Engine
22 1 12 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 102 97 5 291 111 Clutch
23 8 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 94 94 0 220 0 Quit
24 9 75 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 91 91 0 201 0 Crash
25 4 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 93 88 5 201 28 Crash
26 10 15 Bobby Allison Ford 85 85 0 189 0 Crash
27 7 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 87 82 5 178 1 Engine
28 16 7 Lake Speed Chevrolet 79 79 0 138 0 Crash
29 5 68 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 81 76 5 121 3 Crash
30 35 95 Ernie Cline Chevrolet 73 73 0 74 0 Crash
31 15 41 Dick Brooks Chevrolet 70 70 0 50 0 Crash
32 6 77 John Anderson Chevrolet 67 67 0 40 0 Crash
33 27 79 Junior Miller Chevrolet 64 64 0 19 0 Overheating
34 32 84 Glenn Jarrett Chevrolet 61 61 0 14 0 Valve
35 23 42 Kyle Petty Chevrolet 58 58 0 10 0 Engine
36 24 05 Bill Elswick Oldsmobile 55 55 0 9 0 Crash