Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1980

Cale Yarborough

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1980 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 269 of 328 laps. Neil Bonnett finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

13 drivers

Sort by

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