1980 Atlanta 500

Race 5 of 31

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:42:32
Average speed of winner: 134.808 mph
Margin of victory: 9.55 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 45 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-2, Yarborough 3-33, Marcis 34, R. Petty 35, B. Allison 36-38, Waltrip 39-41, Earnhardt 42-51, Yarborough 52-66, Marcis 67, Elliott 68, Yarborough 69-86, R. Petty 87-88, Rudd 89-94, Yarborough 95-138, Labonte 139, Marcis 140-141, Yarborough 142-151, Labonte 152-154, Earnhardt 155-161, Labonte 162-164, Waltrip 165-168, D. Allison 169-200, Earnhardt 201-202, D. Allison 203, Yarborough 204-268, Earnhardt 269-270, B. Allison 271-299, Earnhardt 300-328

Race notes: Debut for Rusty Wallace.

Video links: Finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	31	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		328	5	50	running	36200	180
2	7	Rusty Wallace	16	Penske	Chevrolet	Penske			328	0	0	running	14250	170
3	9	Bobby Allison	15	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Ford	Moore	Moore		328	2	32	running	16250	170
4	6	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Transmission	Oldsmobile	Marcis			327	3	4	running	13600	165
5	24	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			325	0	0	running	9490	155
6	15	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Mercury	Donlavey			325	0	0	running	8390	150
7	1	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA/Regal Ride	Oldsmobile	Ranier	Wilson	166.212	325	1	2	running	6695	151
8	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		324	6	183	running	18145	152
9	32	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			324	0	0	running	5580	138
10	27	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			320	0	0	running	3285	134
11	25	Lake Speed	66	Speed	Chevrolet	Speed			320	0	0	running	2455	130
12	30	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			320	0	0	running	4605	127
13	28	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Childress			318	0	0	running	4360	124
14	38	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Chevrolet	Petty			317	0	0	running	2080	121
15	13	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			316	3	7	running	3940	123
16	16	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			313	0	0	running	2955	115
17	21	Kevin Housby	8	Taylor & Martin	Oldsmobile	Taylor and Martin			311	0	0	running	1665	112
18	19	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			303	0	0	running	3135	109
19	36	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			303	0	0	running	2920	106
20	40	Frank Warren	79	Warren	Dodge	Frank Warren			302	0	0	running	2700	103
21	39	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Oldsmobile	Baxter Price			261	0	0	running	1245	100
22	26	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			253	0	0	valve	2310	97
23	18	Lennie Pond	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		244	0	0	engine	1195	94
24	41	Cecil Gordon	24	Sadler Motors/Smith Used Cars	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			240	0	0	engine	2250	91
25	33	Ralph Jones	65	Spohn's Body Shop	Ford	Spohn			213	0	0	head gasket	1145	88
26	4	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		208	2	33	rear end	2375	90
27	29	Bruce Hill	50	Global Heat Exchange	Oldsmobile	Ballard			204	0	0	engine	1040	82
28	11	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		192	2	7	oil seal	5465	84
29	23	Bill Elliott	9	Evans Toyota-GMC	Mercury	George Elliott	Elliott		181	1	1	engine	990	81
30	12	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		162	0	0	clutch	5415	73
31	5	Ricky Rudd	40	Howard Johnson	Chevrolet	Ulrich			147	1	6	accident	1420	75
32	14	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Buick	Ballard	Hyde		130	0	0	axle housing	910	67
33	8	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		117	2	3	engine	7100	69
34	22	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			99	0	0	engine	890	61
35	35	Joe Booher	74	Booher Farms	Buick	Wawak			81	0	0	accident	880	58
36	37	Rick Newsom	20	Louise Smith	Oldsmobile	Newsom			78	0	0	accident	850	55
37	20	Joe Millikan	72	Hayes Jewelers	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			72	0	0	engine	5290	52
38	10	Don Whittington	51	Road Atlanta	Oldsmobile	Foyt			61	0	0	accident	830	49
39	34	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			46	0	0	valve	1320	46
40	17	Buck Simmons	12	Ramey's Chevy City	Chevrolet	Childers			30	0	0	engine	810	43
41	2	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		30	0	0	rear end	1310	40
42	37	Randy Ogden	18	Ogden Racing	Chevrolet	Randy Ogden			0	0	0	did not start	810	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	840	5	0	1	5	5
2	Bobby Allison	775	5	0	0	3	4
3	Dave Marcis	682	5	0	0	2	3
4	Richard Petty	677	5	0	0	3	3
5	Darrell Waltrip	662	5	3	2	3	3
6	Terry Labonte	644	5	0	0	0	3
7	Cale Yarborough	635	5	0	1	1	2
8	Richard Childress	616	5	0	0	0	1
9	Jody Ridley	584	5	0	0	0	2
10	Harry Gant	553	5	0	0	0	1
11	J.D. McDuffie	543	5	0	0	0	2
12	James Hylton	531	5	0	0	0	1
13	Ronnie Thomas	522	5	0	0	0	1
14	Jimmy Means	521	5	0	0	0	0
15	Buddy Arrington	505	5	0	0	0	1
16	Dick Brooks	498	5	0	0	1	1
17	Benny Parsons	471	5	0	0	1	1
18	Buddy Baker	459	3	2	1	1	2
19	Joe Millikan	444	5	0	0	1	1
20	Neil Bonnett	421	4	0	0	1	2
21	Cecil Gordon	397	4	0	0	0	1
22	Tommy Gale	397	4	0	0	0	0
23	Donnie Allison	396	3	0	0	1	2
24	Slick Johnson	328	3	0	0	0	1
25	Bill Elswick	303	3	0	0	0	0