1980 Carolina 500

Race 4 of 31

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:36:06
Average speed of winner: 108.735 mph
Margin of victory: 3 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 93 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole (but crashed in practice and started 21st, thus handing pole to Waltrip), Waltrip 1-58, Millikan 59, Waltrip 60-78, R. Petty 79, Baker 80-131, Millikan 132, R. Petty 133-140, Baker 141-199, Earnhardt 200, R. Petty 201-209, Yarborough 210-235, Earnhardt 236-240, Yarborough 241-252, Millikan 253, Yarborough 254-352, R. Petty 353-365, Yarborough 366, R. Petty 367-374, Yarborough 375-492

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	21	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter	139.905	492	5	256	running	19280	185
2	9	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		492	5	39	running	18720	175
3	7	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		491	2	6	running	14420	170
4	1	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott	136.765	491	2	77	running	11270	165
5	12	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		491	0	0	running	6750	155
6	6	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		490	0	0	running	3770	150
7	4	Bobby Allison	15	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Ford	Moore	Moore		489	0	0	running	7320	146
8	23	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			488	0	0	running	4625	142
9	8	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Transmission	Chevrolet	Marcis			486	0	0	running	4630	138
10	16	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			483	0	0	running	4370	134
11	28	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			476	0	0	running	3960	130
12	11	Ricky Rudd	40	Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Ulrich			472	0	0	running	3640	127
13	18	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			469	0	0	running	3360	124
14	19	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			462	0	0	running	3120	121
15	3	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA/Regal Ride	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		458	2	111	accident	2070	123
16	15	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			455	0	0	rear end	2760	115
17	37	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak	Chevrolet	Wawak			453	0	0	running	1220	112
18	33	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn	Chevrolet	Hamby			440	0	0	running	1900	109
19	38	Dick May	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			431	0	0	running	2085	106
20	30	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			422	0	0	running	2005	103
21	5	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		411	0	0	accident	6020	100
22	13	Buck Simmons	12	Kencoal	Chevrolet	Childers			411	0	0	overheating	800	97
23	22	Bill Elswick	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		403	0	0	running	1325	94
24	24	John Anderson	33	Draime Race Engines	Chevrolet	Draime			353	0	0	accident	750	91
25	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			346	0	0	engine	1770	88
26	31	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			332	0	0	valve	1725	85
27	25	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Oldsmobile	Baxter Price			326	0	0	engine	675	82
28	2	Joe Millikan	72	Hayes Jewelers	Oldsmobile	L.G. DeWitt			259	3	3	engine	5350	84
29	20	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			256	0	0	accident	2125	76
30	14	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			205	0	0	engine	600	73
31	32	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Chevrolet	Petty			125	0	0	engine	595	70
32	10	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			112	0	0	cam shaft	1090	67
33	29	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			73	0	0	accident	1085	64
34	17	Randy Ogden	18	Ogden Racing	Chevrolet	Randy Ogden			49	0	0	accident	580	61
35	34	Bill Osborne	92	Osborne	Chevrolet	Osborne			22	0	0	accident	575	58
36	36	Mike Potter	76	Potter Racing	Chevrolet	Potter			21	0	0	engine	570	55
37	26	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Buick	Ballard	Hyde		10	0	0	engine	570	52
38	35	Junior Miller	29	Pleasure Island	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			10	0	0	engine	570	49

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	660	4	0	0	4	4
2	Richard Petty	608	4	0	0	3	3
3	Bobby Allison	605	4	0	0	2	3
4	Darrell Waltrip	578	4	3	2	3	3
5	Terry Labonte	521	4	0	0	0	3
6	Dave Marcis	517	4	0	0	1	2
7	Richard Childress	492	4	0	0	0	1
8	James Hylton	485	4	0	0	0	1
9	Cale Yarborough	483	4	0	1	1	1
10	Harry Gant	438	4	0	0	0	1
11	Jody Ridley	434	4	0	0	0	1
12	Ronnie Thomas	425	4	0	0	0	1
13	J.D. McDuffie	405	4	0	0	0	1
14	Buddy Arrington	399	4	0	0	0	1
15	Benny Parsons	398	4	0	0	1	1
16	Jimmy Means	394	4	0	0	0	0
17	Joe Millikan	392	4	0	0	1	1
18	Neil Bonnett	381	3	0	0	1	2
19	Dick Brooks	343	4	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Baker	308	2	1	1	1	1
21	Donnie Allison	306	2	0	0	1	2
22	Cecil Gordon	306	3	0	0	0	1
23	Bill Elswick	303	3	0	0	0	0
24	Tommy Gale	288	3	0	0	0	0
25	Dick May	276	3	0	0	0	0