1980 - Winston Cup Series - Champion Spark Plug 400 Race Results

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1980 - Champion Spark Plug 400 Race Results

Race Name - Champion Spark Plug 400
Date - 8/17/1980
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 162.693 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 17
Average Race Speed - 145.35 mph
Lead Changes - 31
Total Race Purse - $150,055
Race Number - 21

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	200	Chevrolet	41	$19,700
2	3	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	200	Mercury	0	$12,875
3	21	Donnie Allison	12	Rameys Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	200	Chevrolet	4	$9,050
4	11	Darrell Waltrip	2	Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern)	200	Chevrolet	67	$6,050
5	12	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	200	Chevrolet	4	$11,075
6	1	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier)	200	Chevrolet	0	$5,600
7	4	Bobby Allison	15	Mike Curb Hodgdon (Bud Moore)	199	Mercury	27	$7,675
8	10	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool (MC Anderson)	199	Chevrolet	54	$7,250
9	5	Bill Elliott	9	Jackson Special (George Elliott)	199	Mercury	1	$4,900
10	16	Kenny Hemphill	77	Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan)	199	Chevrolet	0	$2,650
11	9	Terry Labonte	44	Apache Stove (Billy Hagan)	198	Chevrolet	0	$5,475
12	20	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	198	Chevrolet	0	$2,700
13	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	196	Dodge	0	$4,590
14	27	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means)	195	Chevrolet	0	$4,170
15	28	DK Ulrich	40	Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich)	195	Chevrolet	0	$3,975
16	13	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing (Lake Speed)	194	Chevrolet	0	$1,480
17	22	Billie Harvey	87	Del Ray Marine Supply (Billie Harvey)	194	Chevrolet	0	$1,270
18	6	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	194	Mercury	0	$3,490
19	30	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	194	Chevrolet	0	$3,330
20	37	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	193	Chevrolet	0	$3,085
21	19	Cecil Gordon	24	South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon)	193	Oldsmobile	0	$2,790
22	18	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	190	Ford	0	$2,545
23	36	Bruce Jacobi	65	United Medical Supply (Ron Spohn)	189	Ford	0	$985
24	33	Wayne Watercutter	85	Ward Racing Enterprises	183	Oldsmobile	0	$925
25	26	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	182	Oldsmobile	0	$2,265
26	15	Dave Marcis	71	Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis)	182	Chevrolet	1	$1,975
27	17	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	180	Chevrolet	0	$1,940
28	35	Stuart Huffman	41	Bluegrass Express	177	Buick	0	$800
29	24	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	172	Buick	0	$1,865
30	29	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	150	Chevrolet	0	$765
31	31	Frank Warren	79	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	150	Dodge	0	$1,810
32	34	Baxter Price	61	DuroBond (Jim Norris)	125	Oldsmobile	0	$740
33	32	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	114	Buick	0	$730
34	25	Ricky Rudd	7	Sanyo (Nelson Malloch)	88	Chevrolet	0	$1,220
35	8	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund)	79	Chevrolet	1	$6,410
36	14	John Anderson	75	RahMoc Enterprises	12	Chevrolet	0	$700
37	7	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	4	Chevrolet	0	$1,200