Winston Cup Series Series by Race
The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1980 - Daytona 500 Race Results
Race Name - Daytona 500Date - 2/17/1980Race Track - Daytona International SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 2.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 500 milesPole Speed - 194.009 mphNumber of Cautions - 5Caution Laps - 15Average Race Speed - 177.6 mphLead Changes - 29Total Race Purse - $604,875Race Number - 2 | More Races from 1980 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Buddy Baker | 28 | NAPA Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) | 200 | Oldsmobile | 143 | $102,175 |
2 | 9 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Mike Curb Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | 200 | Mercury | 9 | $54,450 |
3 | 3 | Neil Bonnett | 21 | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | 199 | Mercury | 8 | $51,100 |
4 | 32 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Mike Curb Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | 199 | Oldsmobile | 10 | $36,350 |
5 | 14 | Benny Parsons | 27 | Melling Tool (MC Anderson) | 197 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $32,375 |
6 | 17 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | 197 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $26,475 |
7 | 2 | Donnie Allison | 1 | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | 195 | Oldsmobile | 2 | $35,160 |
8 | 36 | Sterling Marlin | 14 | CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) | 194 | Chevrolet | 0 | $17,810 |
9 | 12 | Lennie Pond | 75 | Burger King (RahMoc Enterprises) | 194 | Buick | 0 | $18,000 |
10 | 27 | Jody Ridley | 90 | Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | 194 | Mercury | 0 | $20,305 |
11 | 18 | Janet Guthrie | 82 | Texaco Star (Rod Osterlund) | 193 | Chevrolet | 0 | $13,925 |
12 | 24 | Bill Elliott | 9 | Knutsons RV (George Elliott) | 192 | Mercury | 0 | $12,390 |
13 | 22 | Richard Childress | 3 | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | 190 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $13,540 |
14 | 39 | Slick Johnson | 53 | JD Johnson | 189 | Chevrolet | 0 | $9,055 |
15 | 26 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) | 188 | Buick | 0 | $11,310 |
16 | 23 | Don Whittington | 17 | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | 187 | Chevrolet | 0 | $9,510 |
17 | 28 | Joe Booher | 74 | Booher Farms (Bobby Wawak) | 186 | Buick | 0 | $7,920 |
18 | 6 | John Anderson | 33 | Draime Race Engines (Russ Draime) | 183 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $9,135 |
19 | 5 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Busch (Junior Johnson) | 183 | Oldsmobile | 24 | $17,150 |
20 | 29 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 176 | Ford | 0 | $7,340 |
21 | 19 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Sadler Motors Smith Used Cars (Cecil Gordon) | 176 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $6,425 |
22 | 13 | Dave Marcis | 71 | Buck Stove Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | 174 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $6,285 |
23 | 20 | Bill Schmitt | 73 | Olympus Mahogany Hot Tubs (Bill Schmitt) | 172 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $5,120 |
24 | 38 | Bill Elswick | 5 | RahMoc Enterprises | 161 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $3,515 |
25 | 4 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 157 | Oldsmobile | 4 | $15,100 |
26 | 37 | James Hylton | 48 | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | 155 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $4,155 |
27 | 25 | JD McDuffie | 19 | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | 150 | Buick | 0 | $4,290 |
28 | 34 | John Utsman | 0 | Kingsport Speedway (Ed Whitaker) | 149 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,695 |
29 | 33 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | 134 | Buick | 0 | $3,080 |
30 | 21 | Kevin Housby | 8 | Taylor Martin Marina Inn (Jack Housby) | 80 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $3,150 |
31 | 11 | AJ Foyt | 51 | Valvoline Gilmore (AJ Foyt) | 69 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $3,575 |
32 | 42 | Bill Whittington | 40 | Jim Morrison (DK Ulrich) | 66 | Buick | 0 | $2,985 |
33 | 35 | Bruce Hill | 50 | Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) | 57 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,725 |
34 | 8 | Joe Millikan | 72 | Hayes Jewelers (LG DeWitt) | 52 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $8,800 |
35 | 15 | Chuck Bown | 68 | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | 50 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $3,350 |
36 | 41 | Dick Brooks | 7 | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | 44 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $3,080 |
37 | 40 | Jim Vandiver | 89 | OL Nixon | 38 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $2,215 |
38 | 30 | Jim Hurlbert | 79 | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | 33 | Dodge | 0 | $2,950 |
39 | 16 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | 24 | Buick | 0 | $2,900 |
40 | 7 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 20 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $8,750 |
41 | 31 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | 17 | Dodge | 0 | $2,230 |
42 | 10 | Harry Gant | 47 | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | 15 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $3,025 |