1980 Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1980 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	12	40	19	2	13	269	328	499.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	12	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	328	269	running	185
2	3	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	9	running	175
3	13	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	327	1	running	170
4	10	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Buick	327	14	running	165
5	11	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	327	4	running	160
6	25	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	326	1	running	155
7	20	68	Lennie Pond	Testa Racing	Chevrolet	326		running	146
8	27	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	323		running	142
9	29	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	322	10	running	143
10	24	40	Stan Barrett	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	321		running	0
11	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	320		running	130
12	23	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	319		running	127
13	17	73	Steve Moore	Willard Moore (Owner)	Chevrolet	318		running	124
14	36	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	317		running	121
15	19	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	313		running	118
16	35	45	Charlie Chamblee	Price Racing	Buick	298		running	0
17	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	289		running	112
18	2	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	268		running	109
19	40	5	Clay Young		Oldsmobile	265		accident	0
20	37	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	264		broken hub	103
21	15	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	256	1	engine	105
22	16	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	255	2	running	102
23	33	75	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	224	1	camshaft	99
24	14	7	Lake Speed	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Chevrolet	209		fly wheel	91
25	34	19	Cecil Gordon	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	166		broken hub	88
26	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	147	1	overheating	90
27	21	4	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	131	1	engine	87
28	18	96	Mike Miller	Mike Miller (Owner)	Ford	123		overheating	79
29	32	6	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	110		clutch	76
30	39	46	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Oldsmobile	104		radiator	73
31	5	1	David Pearson	Ellington Racing	Oldsmobile	93		withdrew	70
32	6	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	71		engine	67
33	22	77	John Anderson	John Rebhan (Owner)	Chevrolet	52		oil line	64
34	38	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	51		broken valve	61
35	31	79	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing	Chevrolet	50		engine	58
36	9	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Chevrolet	17		accident	55
37	4	12	Donnie Allison	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Chevrolet	17		accident	52
38	1	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	16	14	accident	54
39	8	87	Gary Balough	Billie Harvey (Owner)	Chevrolet	16		accident	46
40	26	80	John Callis	John Callis (Owner)	Ford	15		engine	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	269	82.0%	P1
2	Buddy Baker	14	4.3%	P4
3	Bobby Allison	14	4.3%	P38
4	Richard Childress	10	3.0%	P9
5	Neil Bonnett	9	2.7%	P2
6	Terry Labonte	4	1.2%	P5
7	Dave Marcis	2	0.6%	P22
8	Dale Earnhardt	1	0.3%	P3
9	Jody Ridley	1	0.3%	P6
10	Richard Petty	1	0.3%	P21
11	Joe Millikan	1	0.3%	P23
12	Darrell Waltrip	1	0.3%	P26
13	Connie Saylor	1	0.3%	P27

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