1980 Warner W. Hodgdon 400

Race 15 of 31

Riverside
95 laps
Time of race: 2:26:38
Average speed of winner: 101.846 mph
Margin of victory: 0.3 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 15 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-3, Waltrip 4-9, Earnhardt 10, Waltrip 11-14, Marcis 15, Smith 16, B. Allison 17-18, Earnhardt 19-21, B. Allison 22-28, Gant 29, Smith 30-31, Earnhardt 32-48, B. Allison 49-57, Bonnett 58, B. Allison 59-61, Bonnett 62-72, Waltrip 73-84, Bonnett 85-86, B. Allison 87-88, Bonnett 89-94, Waltrip 95

Race notes: Debut for Don Waterman. Finale for Ed Hale. Only start for Jim Hopkinson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard			95	4	23	running	22100	185
2	7	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		95	4	20	running	10950	175
3	8	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		95	0	0	running	10950	165
4	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter	113.792	95	1	3	running	9650	165
5	5	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Richert		95	3	21	running	9100	160
6	9	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson/Buck Stove	Chevrolet	Marcis			94	1	1	running	5180	155
7	14	Harry Gant	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		94	1	1	running	3930	151
8	6	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		93	0	0	running	8000	142
9	18	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			93	0	0	running	3960	138
10	25	Cecil Gordon	24	Reliable RV	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			93	0	0	running	3900	134
11	33	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			92	0	0	running	3990	130
12	20	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			92	0	0	running	3270	127
13	4	Bill Schmitt	73	Fluro Cote	Oldsmobile	Schmitt			92	0	0	running	3650	124
14	12	Buddy Arrington	67	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment	Dodge	Arrington			92	0	0	running	2850	121
15	3	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Mike Curb	Ford	Moore	Moore		91	5	23	valve	5875	128
16	16	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			91	0	0	running	2465	115
17	30	Don Puskarich	13	Oil Field Construction	Chevrolet	Puskarich			90	0	0	running	1780	112
18	11	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			89	0	0	running	2040	109
19	32	Joe Booher	79	Warren Racing	Dodge	Frank Warren			83	0	0	running	2005	106
20	23	Jim Robinson	78	Sun Valley Lumber	Chevrolet	Kurten			82	0	0	running	1470	103
21	34	Steve Pfeifer	94	K-P Racing	Chevrolet	Pfeifer			75	0	0	transmission	900	100
22	29	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Buick	Wawak			73	0	0	engine	875	97
23	31	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			69	0	0	brakes	850	94
24	22	Hershel McGriff	29	Tropical Rent-A-Car	Chevrolet	Midgley			67	0	0	running	825	91
25	28	Don Waterman	38	St. John's Auto Parts	Oldsmobile	Waterman			64	0	0	engine	1325	88
26	19	Lake Speed	66	Speed Investments	Chevrolet	Speed			62	0	0	engine	775	85
27	36	Jim Hopkinson	57	Bill's Custom Machine	Chevrolet				42	0	0	oil leak	750	82
28	15	Roy Smith	45	Aircraft Standards	Oldsmobile	Robert Beadle			39	2	3	throttle	1225	84
29	35	Ed Hale	52	Hale Racing	Chevrolet	Ed Hale			37	0	0	transmission	1200	76
30	13	Donnie Allison	12	Kencoal	Chevrolet	Childers			26	0	0	engine	675	0
31	27	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			25	0	0	engine	1150	70
32	26	Rick McCray	08	McCray Racing	Buick	McCray			17	0	0	transmission	625	67
33	10	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			12	0	0	oil leak	1100	64
34	24	John Borneman	81	Borneman	Chevrolet	Borneman			12	0	0	engine	550	61
35	21	Don Whittington	64	Sun Systems	Chevrolet				11	0	0	transmission	1000	58
36	17	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			0	0	0	mechanical	1000	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	2255	15	0	2	8	12
2	Richard Petty	2219	15	0	2	9	12
3	Cale Yarborough	2174	15	6	2	7	9
4	Darrell Waltrip	2159	15	4	4	10	10
5	Bobby Allison	2027	15	1	1	8	9
6	Benny Parsons	2009	15	1	1	8	9
7	Jody Ridley	1908	15	0	0	0	8
8	Harry Gant	1861	15	0	0	3	8
9	Dave Marcis	1842	15	0	0	2	7
10	Richard Childress	1791	15	0	0	0	3
11	Terry Labonte	1788	15	0	0	3	8
12	James Hylton	1696	15	0	0	0	2
13	Ronnie Thomas	1600	15	0	0	0	1
14	Buddy Arrington	1594	15	0	0	0	3
15	Dick Brooks	1500	15	0	0	2	3
16	J.D. McDuffie	1404	15	0	0	0	3
17	Jimmy Means	1375	13	0	0	0	0
18	Cecil Gordon	1312	13	0	0	0	3
19	Tommy Gale	1291	13	0	0	0	0
20	Neil Bonnett	1162	10	0	0	3	5
21	Bobby Wawak	1159	12	0	0	0	1
22	Roger Hamby	1118	11	0	0	0	0
23	Baxter Price	1055	11	0	0	0	0
24	Joe Millikan	1029	9	0	0	2	5
25	Slick Johnson	1010	10	0	0	0	3