1980 Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1980 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Dale Earnhardt	31	42	21	3	11	50	328	499.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	31	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	328	50	running	180
2	7	16	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South	Chevrolet	328		running	170
3	9	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	328	32	running	170
4	6	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Oldsmobile	327	4	running	165
5	24	7	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Chevrolet	325		running	155
6	15	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	325		running	150
7	1	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Oldsmobile	325	2	running	151
8	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	324	183	running	152
9	32	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	324		running	138
10	27	53	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	320		running	134
11	25	66	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	Chevrolet	320		running	130
12	30	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	320		running	127
13	28	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Oldsmobile	318		running	124
14	39	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	317		running	121
15	13	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	316	7	running	123
16	16	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Chevrolet	313		running	115
17	21	8	Kevin Housby	Housby Racing	Oldsmobile	311		running	112
18	19	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	303		running	109
19	36	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	303		running	106
20	41	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	302		running	103
21	40	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Oldsmobile	261		running	100
22	26	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	253		broken valve	97
23	18	75	Lennie Pond	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	244		engine	94
24	42	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	240		engine	91
25	33	65	Ralph Jones	Spohn Racing	Ford	213		head gasket	88
26	4	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	208	33	rear end	90
27	29	50	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing	Oldsmobile	204		engine	82
28	11	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	192	7	oil seal	84
29	23	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	181	1	engine	81
30	12	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	162		clutch	73
31	5	40	Ricky Rudd	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	147	6	accident	75
32	14	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Buick	130		axle housing	67
33	8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	117	3	engine	69
34	22	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	99		engine	61
35	35	74	Joe Booher	Joe Booher	Buick	81		accident	58
36	38	20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	Oldsmobile	78		accident	55
37	20	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	72		engine	52
38	10	51	Don Whittington	A.J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	61		accident	49
39	34	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	46		dropped valve	46
40	17	12	Buck Simmons	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Chevrolet	30		engine	43
41	2	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	30		rear end	40
42	37	18	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing	Chevrolet	0		did not start	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	183	55.8%	P8
2	Dale Earnhardt	50	15.2%	P1
3	Donnie Allison	33	10.1%	P26
4	Bobby Allison	32	9.8%	P3
5	Terry Labonte	7	2.1%	P15
6	Darrell Waltrip	7	2.1%	P28
7	Ricky Rudd	6	1.8%	P31
8	Dave Marcis	4	1.2%	P4
9	Richard Petty	3	0.9%	P33
10	Buddy Baker	2	0.6%	P7
11	Bill Elliott	1	0.3%	P29

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