American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1980

Cale Yarborough

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1980 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 167 of 492 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

12 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		492	—	Running	167	185
2	12	+10	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		492	—	Running	68	175
3	3	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		490	—	Running	93	170
4	18	+14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		487	—	Running	—	160
5	14	+9	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		486	—	Running	—	155
6	22	+16	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		483	—	Running	3	155
7	21	+14	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		479	—	Running	1	151
8	19	+11	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		478	—	Running	4	147
9	25	+16	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		474	—	Running	—	138
10	28	+18	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		473	—	Running	—	134
11	17	+6	Stan Barrett	Ulrich Racing		472	—	Running	—	0
12	26	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	468	—	Running	—	127
13	33	+20	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		467	—	Running	—	124
14	13	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		461	—	Running	10	126
15	31	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		460	—	Running	—	118
16	36	+20	Dick May	Gray Racing		458	—	Running	—	0
17	30	+13	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		451	—	Running	—	112
18	11	-7	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		443	—	Running	3	114
19	34	+15	Jeff McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		402	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	20	—	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		299	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	29	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		295	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	1	-21	Donnie Allison	Kennie Childers (Owner)		291	—	DNF	111	102
23	8	-15	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		220	—	DNF	—	94
24	9	-15	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises		201	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
25	4	-21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	201	—	DNF - Crash	28	93
26	10	-16	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		189	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	7	-20	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		178	—	DNF - Engine	1	87
28	16	-12	Lake Speed	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		138	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	5	-24	Lennie Pond	Testa Racing		121	—	DNF - Crash	3	81
30	35	+5	Ernie Cline	Cline Racing		74	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
31	15	-16	Dick Brooks	Matthews Racing		50	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
32	6	-26	John Anderson	John Rebhan (Owner)		40	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	27	-6	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing		19	—	DNF	—	64
34	32	-2	Glenn Jarrett			14	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	23	-12	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		10	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	24	-12	Bill Elswick			9	—	DNF - Crash	—	55