Race Results
NASCAR Cup Series
American 500
North Carolina Speedway
October 19th, 1980
Race #29 of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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| 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 |