1980 Music City USA 420

Race 11 of 31

Nashville
420 laps
Time of race: 2:47:52
Average speed of winner: 89.471 mph
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 11 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 29 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-90, Waltrip 91, Earnhardt 92-118, Yarborough 119-154, Petty 155-170, Yarborough 171-203, Petty 204-234, Yarborough 235-311, Petty 312-315, Yarborough 316-358, Waltrip 359-375, Petty 376-420

Race notes: Debut for Mike Alexander and Don Sprouse.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		420	4	96	running	15350	180
2	2	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		420	0	0	running	10310	170
3	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter	106.591	420	5	279	running	8660	175
4	5	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		419	2	18	running	5750	165
5	3	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Mike Curb	Ford	Moore	Moore		418	0	0	running	5130	155
6	7	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		418	1	27	running	5825	155
7	11	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			414	0	0	running	4035	146
8	17	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			413	0	0	running	4185	142
9	4	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			411	0	0	running	3315	138
10	12	Mike Alexander	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			409	0	0	running	3130	0
11	8	Dave Marcis	71	Buck Stove/Hudson Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Marcis			405	0	0	running	2735	130
12	22	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			401	0	0	running	2775	127
13	23	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			399	0	0	running	1940	124
14	24	Don Sprouse	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Chevrolet	Bob Rogers			399	0	0	running	750	0
15	21	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			396	0	0	running	1680	118
16	28	Junior Miller	79	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			392	0	0	running	1520	115
17	29	Dick May	99	Hollar Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Hollar			382	0	0	running	520	0
18	25	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			382	0	0	running	500	109
19	30	Cecil Gordon	24	Sadler Motors/Smith Used Cars	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			380	0	0	running	1340	106
20	14	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			376	0	0	running	1215	103
21	27	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			374	0	0	running	1100	100
22	19	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers/McWhirter	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			373	0	0	running	440	97
23	15	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			370	0	0	running	430	94
24	9	John Anderson	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		367	0	0	running	420	91
25	16	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			348	0	0	accident	660	88
26	18	Rick Newsom	20	Louise Smith	Oldsmobile	Newsom			326	0	0	running	400	85
27	20	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			295	0	0	transmission	645	82
28	26	Steve Spencer	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			153	0	0	engine	640	0
29	13	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			148	0	0	engine	635	76
30	10	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			46	0	0	rear end	630	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1710	11	0	2	7	9
2	Cale Yarborough	1582	11	2	1	5	7
3	Richard Petty	1567	11	0	2	6	8
4	Darrell Waltrip	1521	11	4	3	7	7
5	Bobby Allison	1469	11	1	0	6	7
6	Benny Parsons	1463	11	1	0	6	7
7	Jody Ridley	1416	11	0	0	0	7
8	Dave Marcis	1372	11	0	0	2	5
9	Harry Gant	1329	11	0	0	2	5
10	Richard Childress	1260	11	0	0	0	1
11	Terry Labonte	1249	11	0	0	0	5
12	James Hylton	1230	11	0	0	0	1
13	Buddy Arrington	1175	11	0	0	0	2
14	Ronnie Thomas	1128	11	0	0	0	1
15	Dick Brooks	1113	11	0	0	2	3
16	Jimmy Means	1066	10	0	0	0	0
17	J.D. McDuffie	1053	11	0	0	0	2
18	Joe Millikan	1029	9	0	0	2	5
19	Tommy Gale	1012	10	0	0	0	0
20	Cecil Gordon	867	9	0	0	0	1
21	Slick Johnson	865	8	0	0	0	3
22	Bobby Wawak	807	8	0	0	0	1
23	Roger Hamby	803	8	0	0	0	0
24	Buddy Baker	798	6	2	2	2	3
25	Bill Elswick	743	8	0	0	0	0