1980 Capital City 400

Race 24 of 31

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:43:10
Average speed of winner: 79.722 mph
Margin of victory: 2 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 31 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-46, Childress 47-51, Waltrip 52, Childress 53, Waltrip 54-59, Yarborough 60, Gant 61, Waltrip 62-81, Allison 82-132, Earnhardt 133-158, Petty 159, Earnhardt 160-165, Allison 166-181, Earnhardt 182-188, Allison 189-203, Parsons 204-271, Allison 272-297, Petty 298, Allison 299-400

Race notes: Debut for Eddie Dickerson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Mike Curb	Ford	Moore	Moore		400	5	210	running	17175	185
2	9	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		400	2	2	running	13350	175
3	7	Lennie Pond	68	King Mountain Truck	Chevrolet	Testa			400	0	0	running	5150	165
4	5	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Richert		399	3	39	running	7575	165
5	11	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			398	0	0	running	4710	155
6	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Elder		397	3	27	running	5575	155
7	8	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson/Buck Stove	Chevrolet	Marcis			396	0	0	running	3260	146
8	14	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove	Chevrolet	Hagan			395	0	0	running	4925	142
9	21	Dave Dion	29	Merrimack Lincoln-Mercury	Ford	Dave Dion			393	0	0	running	1410	138
10	4	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		392	1	68	running	4675	139
11	13	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			391	2	6	running	2640	135
12	19	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			388	0	0	running	2530	127
13	16	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			383	0	0	running	2360	124
14	20	Bill Elswick	75	Performer Boats	Oldsmobile	RahMoc	Rahilly		378	0	0	running	965	121
15	10	Don Sprouse	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Chevrolet	Bob Rogers			378	0	0	running	940	118
16	25	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			377	0	0	running	1965	115
17	18	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			374	0	0	running	2080	112
18	22	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			373	0	0	running	1895	109
19	23	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			359	0	0	running	1800	106
20	6	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			355	1	1	running	1875	108
21	29	Eddie Dickerson	77	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			339	0	0	running	740	100
22	15	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			323	0	0	battery	1465	97
23	17	Junior Miller	79	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			307	0	0	rear end	1340	94
24	24	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers/McWhirter	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			200	0	0	rear end	940	91
25	12	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			162	0	0	transmission	905	88
26	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter	93.466	145	2	47	cylinder head	5585	90
27	27	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			140	0	0	rocker arm	615	82
28	26	Bub Strickler	61	Duro Bond	Chevrolet	Norris			63	0	0	engine	615	0
29	28	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			44	0	0	cylinder head	815	76

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3626	24	0	3	14	19
2	Richard Petty	3515	24	0	2	15	19
3	Cale Yarborough	3453	24	11	4	13	15
4	Benny Parsons	3398	24	2	2	13	17
5	Darrell Waltrip	3302	24	5	4	13	14
6	Bobby Allison	3274	24	1	3	10	16
7	Jody Ridley	2997	24	0	0	1	12
8	Richard Childress	2967	24	0	0	0	8
9	Harry Gant	2907	24	0	0	6	11
10	Terry Labonte	2858	24	0	1	4	11
11	Dave Marcis	2802	24	0	0	2	11
12	James Hylton	2641	24	0	0	0	2
13	Buddy Arrington	2595	24	0	0	0	5
14	Ronnie Thomas	2410	24	0	0	0	1
15	Jimmy Means	2368	22	0	0	0	0
16	J.D. McDuffie	2307	24	0	0	0	3
17	Cecil Gordon	2221	22	0	0	0	3
18	Tommy Gale	2164	22	0	0	0	0
19	Neil Bonnett	2083	16	0	2	8	10
20	Roger Hamby	1967	20	0	0	0	0
21	Buddy Baker	1836	14	4	2	6	8
22	Baxter Price	1689	18	0	0	0	0
23	Bobby Wawak	1612	18	0	0	0	1
24	Dick Brooks	1564	17	0	0	2	4
25	Slick Johnson	1428	14	0	0	0	3