1980 CRC Chemicals 500

Race 25 of 31

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:18:34
Average speed of winner: 116.024 mph
Margin of victory: 0.47 sec.
Lead changes: 29 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 39 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-4, Waltrip 5-37, R. Petty 38, Gant 39-42, Yarborough 43-68, Baker 69, Hemphill 70-73, Earnhardt 74, D. Allison 75-77, Waltrip 78-116, Baker 117, Waltrip 118-144, R. Petty 145, Gant 146, B. Allison 147, Waltrip 148-185, Gant 186, R. Petty 187, Waltrip 188-206, R. Petty 207, Bonnett 208-212, D. Allison 213-215, Waltrip 216-270, Parsons 271, Baker 272-284, D. Allison 285-312, Gant 313-441, Baker 442, Gant 443-447, Waltrip 448-500

Race notes: Debut for John Callis and Joel Stowe. Finale for Eddie Dickerson and Frank Warren.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Elder		500	7	264	running	22900	185
2	10	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			500	5	140	running	12930	175
3	3	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA Regal Ride Shocks	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		500	4	16	running	8150	170
4	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter	137.583	499	2	30	running	10700	165
5	6	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		499	1	1	running	8425	160
6	8	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		499	1	5	running	3175	155
7	13	Donnie Allison	12	Ramey's Chevy City	Chevrolet	Childers			498	3	34	running	2325	151
8	5	Lennie Pond	68	King Mountain Truck	Chevrolet	Testa			493	0	0	running	2175	0
9	16	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			491	0	0	running	4980	138
10	21	Ronnie Thomas	25	Carl Shelton Construction	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			489	0	0	running	4235	134
11	15	Lake Speed	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			488	0	0	running	3750	0
12	11	Dave Marcis	71	Buck Stove/Hudson Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Marcis			486	0	0	running	3580	127
13	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			485	0	0	running	3375	124
14	22	Dave Dion	29	Merrimack Lincoln-Mercury	Ford	Dave Dion			481	0	0	running	1520	121
15	32	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			472	0	0	running	3095	118
16	38	Joe Booher	74	Booher Farms	Chevrolet	Wawak			469	0	0	running	1350	0
17	12	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		468	4	4	engine	7465	117
18	33	Joel Stowe	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			460	0	0	running	2730	109
19	26	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			455	0	0	running	2560	106
20	18	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			453	0	0	running	1790	103
21	36	John Callis	80	Bo Law Automotive	Ford	Callis			449	0	0	running	900	100
22	40	Eddie Dickerson	97	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			448	0	0	running	850	97
23	24	Kyle Petty	75	RahMoc Racing/STP	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		416	0	0	running	775	94
24	35	Dick May	99	Booher Farms	Chevrolet	Hollar			415	0	0	valve	700	0
25	34	Frank Warren	9	Countain Press	Dodge	Frank Warren	Elliott		405	0	0	engine	675	0
26	27	Travis Tiller	46	Ring Enterprises	Oldsmobile	Tiller			403	0	0	engine	650	85
27	19	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			386	0	0	engine	1690	82
28	4	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Classic Stove	Chevrolet	Hagan			357	0	0	rear end	5050	79
29	29	Junior Miller	79	Junior Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			336	0	0	valve	1630	76
30	7	Bobby Allison	15	Warner Hodgdon-Mike Curb	Ford	Moore	Moore		264	1	1	cylinder head	5000	78
31	17	Tim Richmond	40	UNO	Chevrolet	Ulrich			258	0	0	oil pump	1585	70
32	23	John Anderson	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			248	0	0	accident	1555	67
33	20	Kenny Hemphill	77	Warren Fabricating	Chevrolet	Rebhan			179	1	4	engine	520	0
34	9	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Richert		151	1	1	rear axle	6210	66
35	39	Bub Strickler	61	Dura Bond	Chevrolet	Norris			149	0	0	engine	500	0
36	31	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			115	0	0	engine	990	55
37	14	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			66	0	0	engine	980	52
38	25	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			65	0	0	engine	970	49
39	30	Bob Riley	4	Atlantic Interstate Messenger	Chevrolet				55	0	0	oil leak	460	0
40	37	Steve Gray	1	Belden Asphalt	Buick	Henley Gray			35	0	0	head gasket	450	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3692	25	0	3	14	19
2	Richard Petty	3632	25	0	2	15	19
3	Cale Yarborough	3618	25	12	4	14	16
4	Benny Parsons	3558	25	2	2	14	18
5	Darrell Waltrip	3487	25	5	5	14	15
6	Bobby Allison	3352	25	1	3	10	16
7	Jody Ridley	3135	25	0	0	1	13
8	Harry Gant	3082	25	0	0	7	12
9	Richard Childress	3019	25	0	0	0	8
10	Terry Labonte	2937	25	0	1	4	11
11	Dave Marcis	2929	25	0	0	2	11
12	James Hylton	2747	25	0	0	0	2
13	Buddy Arrington	2719	25	0	0	0	5
14	Ronnie Thomas	2544	25	0	0	0	2
15	Jimmy Means	2450	23	0	0	0	0
16	J.D. McDuffie	2356	25	0	0	0	3
17	Cecil Gordon	2339	23	0	0	0	3
18	Neil Bonnett	2238	17	0	2	8	11
19	Tommy Gale	2219	23	0	0	0	0
20	Roger Hamby	2070	21	0	0	0	0
21	Buddy Baker	2006	15	4	2	7	9
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