1980 Winston 500

Race 10 of 31

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 2:56:00
Average speed of winner: 170.481 mph
Margin of victory: 3 feet
Lead changes: 40 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 28 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson pole, Baker 1, Earnhardt 2-3, Bonnett 4-7, Baker 8-12, Earnhardt 13, Marcis 14, Scott 15-18, Earnhardt 19, Yarborough 20-26, Parsons 27, Earnhardt 28-35, Parsons 36, Yarborough 37-39, Pond 40, Yarborough 41-42, Earnhardt 43-45, Pearson 46-60, Bonnett 61, Elliott 62, Speed 63-64, Earnhardt 65-66, Pearson 67, Yarborough 68-72, Earnhardt 73, Baker 74-79, Childress 80-81, Pearson 82-84, Parsons 85, Baker 86-99, Pearson 100, Baker 101-106, Yarborough 107-108, Earnhardt 109-114, Yarborough 115-127, Baker 128-151, Earnhardt 152, Baker 153-154, Pearson 155, Earnhardt 156-185, Baker 186-188

Race notes: Finale for Buck Simmons. Only start for Gary Baker.

Video links: Finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA/Regal Ride	Oldsmobile	Ranier	Wilson		188	8	61	running	32150	185
2	4	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Oldsmobile	Osterlund	Elder		188	10	55	running	28700	175
3	1	David Pearson	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Oldsmobile	Ellington	Pittman	197.704	188	5	21	running	23150	170
4	7	Lennie Pond	68	King Mountain Truck	Oldsmobile	Testa			187	1	1	running	10600	165
5	9	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Oldsmobile	Ballard	Hyde		186	1	4	running	9200	160
6	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		186	6	32	running	14300	155
7	20	Lake Speed	66	Dozie & Company	Chevrolet	Speed			185	1	2	running	8075	151
8	6	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Oldsmobile	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		185	3	3	running	11750	147
9	31	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Oldsmobile	Malloch			184	0	0	running	8350	138
10	17	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Mercury	Donlavey			183	0	0	running	9165	134
11	32	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Marlin Racing	Chevrolet	Marlin			181	0	0	running	4390	130
12	18	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Childress			180	1	2	running	7775	132
13	42	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			178	0	0	running	6355	124
14	34	Steve Moore	73	Tuesday's Tavern	Chevrolet	Steve Moore			178	0	0	running	3760	121
15	35	Dick May	82	Dick Brooks Honda	Dodge	Norman Negre			178	0	0	running	3550	0
16	40	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			176	0	0	running	5615	115
17	25	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			173	0	0	running	4885	112
18	12	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			166	0	0	running	6115	109
19	27	Frank Warren	79	Fellowship Baptist Church	Dodge	Frank Warren			158	0	0	running	4745	106
20	41	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Buick	Don Robertson			156	0	0	running	4275	103
21	16	Bill Elliott	9	Elliott Racing	Mercury	George Elliott	Elliott		154	1	1	ignition	3545	105
22	15	Gary Baker	4	Waylon Jennings	Chevrolet	G.C. Spencer			145	0	0	oil pump	3440	0
23	38	Cecil Gordon	24	Sadler Motors/Smith Used Cars	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			137	0	0	overheating	3675	94
24	26	Buck Simmons	12	Kencoal	Oldsmobile	Childers			127	0	0	running	2180	91
25	37	Donnie Allison	02	Halpern Racing	Oldsmobile	Halpern			127	0	0	oil pump	2125	88
26	39	John Anderson	19	Belden Asphalt	Buick	Henley Gray			120	0	0	engine	2905	85
27	5	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		99	2	5	engine	3450	87
28	22	Dick Skillen	40	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			76	0	0	engine	2785	79
29	8	Dave Marcis	71	Buck Stove	Oldsmobile	Marcis			72	1	1	engine	3720	81
30	33	Bobby Wawak	74	The Protector	Dodge	Wawak			58	0	0	engine	1585	73
31	10	Richard Petty	43	STP	Oldsmobile	Petty	Inman		57	0	0	engine	8730	70
32	19	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Oldsmobile	Hagan			57	0	0	engine	3560	67
33	36	Marty Robbins	6	Marty Robbins Racing	Dodge	Robbins			54	0	0	engine	1470	64
34	14	Don Whittington	51	Sun Systems	Oldsmobile	Whittington			46	0	0	accident	2435	61
35	23	Bill Elswick	75	Performer Boats	Oldsmobile	RahMoc	Rahilly		43	0	0	engine	1405	58
36	28	Bruce Hill	50	Global Heat Exchange	Oldsmobile	Ballard			42	0	0	engine	1375	55
37	24	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Oldsmobile	Jack Beebe			36	0	0	engine	1345	52
38	30	Phil Finney	04	Ashville Savings Bank	Oldsmobile	Finney			36	0	0	engine	1315	49
39	29	Jim Vandiver	89	Vandiver Racing	Oldsmobile	O.L. Nixon			33	0	0	ignition	1285	46
40	11	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Mike Curb	Mercury	Moore	Moore		28	0	0	clutch	6705	43
41	21	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Buick	McDuffie			19	0	0	engine	1755	40
42	13	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Oldsmobile	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		4	0	0	camshaft	6955	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1555	10	0	2	7	8
2	Cale Yarborough	1407	10	1	1	4	6
3	Richard Petty	1387	10	0	1	5	7
4	Darrell Waltrip	1356	10	4	3	6	6
5	Bobby Allison	1314	10	1	0	5	6
6	Benny Parsons	1293	10	1	0	5	6
7	Jody Ridley	1274	10	0	0	0	6
8	Dave Marcis	1242	10	0	0	2	5
9	Harry Gant	1191	10	0	0	2	4
10	Richard Childress	1184	10	0	0	0	1
11	James Hylton	1106	10	0	0	0	1
12	Terry Labonte	1103	10	0	0	0	4
13	Buddy Arrington	1093	10	0	0	0	2
14	Dick Brooks	1040	10	0	0	2	3
15	Joe Millikan	1029	9	0	0	2	5
16	Ronnie Thomas	1028	10	0	0	0	1
17	J.D. McDuffie	950	10	0	0	0	2
18	Jimmy Means	939	9	0	0	0	0
19	Tommy Gale	894	9	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Baker	798	6	2	2	2	3
21	Slick Johnson	777	7	0	0	0	3
22	Cecil Gordon	761	8	0	0	0	1
23	Bill Elswick	743	8	0	0	0	0
24	Neil Bonnett	713	7	0	0	1	3
25	Roger Hamby	709	7	0	0	0	0