1980 Northwestern Bank 400

Race 8 of 31

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:37:04
Average speed of winner: 95.501 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap + 5 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 32 laps
Lap leaders: Allison pole, Waltrip 1-10, Allison 11-36, R. Petty 37-147, Parsons 148-181, R. Petty 182, Parsons 183, R. Petty 184-371, Parsons 372-373, R. Petty 374-400

Race notes: Debut for Jeff McDuffie.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		400	4	327	running	18925	185
2	5	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			399	0	0	running	9160	170
3	1	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Mike Curb	Ford	Moore	Moore	113.797	399	1	26	running	13675	170
4	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter	114.057	397	0	0	running	8475	160
5	6	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		397	3	37	running	5925	160
6	4	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		395	0	0	running	6525	150
7	31	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			393	0	0	running	3910	146
8	18	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Chevrolet	Petty			392	0	0	running	1450	142
9	14	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			391	0	0	running	1300	138
10	8	Joe Millikan	72	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			390	0	0	running	4675	134
11	15	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			388	0	0	running	2590	130
12	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		387	1	10	running	4625	132
13	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			384	0	0	running	2480	124
14	21	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			382	0	0	running	2310	121
15	22	Dick May	99	Hollar Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Hollar			378	0	0	running	950	0
16	28	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			377	0	0	running	875	115
17	17	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			376	0	0	running	2100	112
18	20	Jeff McDuffie	07	Bailey Excavating	Buick	McDuffie			365	0	0	running	750	109
19	30	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			363	0	0	running	750	106
20	23	Rick Newsom	20	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	Newsom			354	0	0	running	750	103
21	16	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Transmission	Chevrolet	Marcis			334	0	0	running	1915	100
22	27	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			325	0	0	accident	1765	97
23	11	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			269	0	0	accident	1580	94
24	25	Bill Elswick	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		211	0	0	oil line	595	91
25	19	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			179	0	0	engine	1245	88
26	10	D.K. Ulrich	40	Mastin Pool Co.	Chevrolet	Ulrich			172	0	0	engine	1310	85
27	9	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			153	0	0	rear end	1200	82
28	29	John Anderson	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			149	0	0	engine	820	0
29	26	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			115	0	0	oil pressure	760	76
30	12	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			88	0	0	camshaft	750	73
31	13	Tommy Houston	95	Carpenter Designs	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			9	0	0	oil leak	550	70

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1256	8	0	2	6	7
2	Bobby Allison	1183	8	1	0	5	6
3	Richard Petty	1147	8	0	1	4	6
4	Darrell Waltrip	1134	8	3	2	5	5
5	Cale Yarborough	1087	8	1	1	3	4
6	Harry Gant	1039	8	0	0	2	4
7	Dave Marcis	1019	8	0	0	2	4
8	Jody Ridley	994	8	0	0	0	4
9	Benny Parsons	971	8	1	0	4	4
10	Terry Labonte	942	8	0	0	0	4
11	Richard Childress	922	8	0	0	0	1
12	Joe Millikan	874	8	0	0	1	4
13	James Hylton	873	8	0	0	0	1
14	Buddy Arrington	850	8	0	0	0	1
15	J.D. McDuffie	837	8	0	0	0	2
16	Ronnie Thomas	828	8	0	0	0	1
17	Dick Brooks	817	8	0	0	2	2
18	Jimmy Means	812	8	0	0	0	0
19	Tommy Gale	703	7	0	0	0	0
20	Slick Johnson	639	6	0	0	0	2
21	Bill Elswick	603	6	0	0	0	0
22	Roger Hamby	597	6	0	0	0	0
23	Cecil Gordon	555	6	0	0	0	1
24	Bobby Wawak	555	5	0	0	0	1
25	Baxter Price	522	6	0	0	0	0