1980 Busch Volunteer 500

Race 22 of 31

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:03:51
Average speed of winner: 86.973 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 19 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 57 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-38, Gant 39-43, Yarborough 44-201, Parsons 202-204, Labonte 205-214, Waltrip 215, Labonte 216, Allison 217-221, Waltrip 222-270, Petty 271, Labonte 272-279, Yarborough 280-346, Petty 347, Yarborough 348-380, Petty 381-388, Yarborough 389-396, Earnhardt 397-420, Yarborough 421-472, Waltrip 473-477, Yarborough 478-500

Race notes: Finale for Stuart Huffman. Only start for Bobby Sands.

Video links: Pre-race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter	110.990	500	7	379	running	16550	185
2	7	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Richert		500	1	24	running	11450	175
3	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Elder		500	3	55	running	7500	170
4	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		499	3	10	running	7700	165
5	6	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		499	1	3	running	5450	160
6	11	Bobby Allison	15	Warner Hodgdon-Curb	Ford	Moore	Moore		498	1	5	running	5100	155
7	10	Dave Marcis	71	Buck Stove/Hudson Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Marcis			496	0	0	running	4860	146
8	12	Lennie Pond	68	Valleydale Meats	Oldsmobile	Testa			496	0	0	running	2065	142
9	14	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			487	0	0	running	3960	138
10	5	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			483	0	0	running	3490	134
11	19	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			479	0	0	running	3130	130
12	15	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Mercury	Donlavey			477	0	0	engine	3410	127
13	18	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			474	0	0	running	2900	124
14	2	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			468	1	5	engine	2665	126
15	16	John Anderson	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		468	0	0	running	700	118
16	22	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			465	0	0	running	1705	115
17	20	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			456	0	0	engine	1820	112
18	28	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			452	0	0	running	1635	109
19	26	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			403	0	0	running	1300	106
20	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			402	0	0	engine	1275	103
21	27	Bub Strickler	61	Duro Bond	Oldsmobile	Norris			396	0	0	accident	550	0
22	17	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			364	0	0	engine	785	97
23	8	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove	Chevrolet	Hagan			343	3	19	accident	1020	99
24	29	Stuart Huffman	74	Bluegrass Express	Buick	Wawak			340	0	0	transmission	510	0
25	24	Steve Spencer	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			204	0	0	accident	750	0
26	25	Dick May	09	Pokey's of Doyletown	Buick	Oswald			204	0	0	battery	490	85
27	13	Junior Miller	79	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			165	0	0	engine	730	82
28	9	Ricky Rudd	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			135	0	0	strut rod	720	79
29	21	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			17	0	0	engine	810	76
30	30	Bobby Sands	84	Sands Racing	Chevrolet	Sands			2	0	0	transmission	450	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3310	22	0	3	13	17
2	Cale Yarborough	3287	22	10	4	13	15
3	Richard Petty	3197	22	0	2	14	17
4	Benny Parsons	3094	22	2	2	12	15
5	Darrell Waltrip	3049	22	4	4	13	13
6	Bobby Allison	2934	22	1	2	9	14
7	Jody Ridley	2769	22	0	0	0	11
8	Richard Childress	2700	22	0	0	0	8
9	Harry Gant	2629	22	0	0	5	10
10	Terry Labonte	2536	22	0	0	3	9
11	Dave Marcis	2514	22	0	0	2	9
12	James Hylton	2429	22	0	0	0	2
13	Buddy Arrington	2356	22	0	0	0	5
14	Ronnie Thomas	2216	22	0	0	0	1
15	Jimmy Means	2129	20	0	0	0	0
16	J.D. McDuffie	2122	22	0	0	0	3
17	Cecil Gordon	2006	20	0	0	0	3
18	Tommy Gale	1988	20	0	0	0	0
19	Neil Bonnett	1923	15	0	2	7	9
20	Roger Hamby	1794	18	0	0	0	0
21	Buddy Baker	1746	13	4	2	6	8
22	Baxter Price	1598	17	0	0	0	0
23	Dick Brooks	1564	16	0	0	2	3
24	Bobby Wawak	1484	16	0	0	0	1
25	Slick Johnson	1310	13	0	0	0	3