Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1980

Buddy Baker

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1980 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1980, leading 61 of 188 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1980

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

12 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		188	—	Running	61	185
2	4	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		188	—	Running	55	175
3	1	-2	David Pearson	Ellington Racing		188	—	Running	21	170
4	7	+3	Lennie Pond	Testa Racing		187	—	Running	1	165
5	9	+4	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		186	—	Running	4	160
6	3	-3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		186	—	Running	32	155
7	20	+13	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		185	—	Running	2	151
8	6	-2	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		185	—	Running	3	147
9	31	+22	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	138
10	17	+7	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	183	—	Running	—	134
11	32	+21	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		181	—	Running	—	130
12	18	+6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		180	—	Running	2	132
13	42	+29	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		178	—	Running	—	124
14	34	+20	Steve Moore	Willard Moore (Owner)		178	—	Running	—	121
15	35	+20	Dick May	Negre Racing	Dodge	178	—	Running	—	0
16	40	+24	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		176	—	Running	—	115
17	25	+8	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		173	—	Running	—	112
18	12	-6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	166	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	158	—	Running	—	106
20	41	+21	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		156	—	Running	—	103
21	16	-5	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	154	—	DNF	1	105
22	15	-7	Gary Baker	GC Spencer Racing		145	—	DNF	—	0
23	38	+15	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		137	—	DNF	—	94
24	26	+2	Buck Simmons	Kennie Childers (Owner)		127	—	Running	—	91
25	37	+12	Donnie Allison	Halpern Enterprises		127	—	DNF	—	88
26	39	+13	John Anderson	Gray Racing		120	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	5	-22	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	99	—	DNF - Engine	5	87
28	22	-6	Dick Skillen	Ulrich Racing		76	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	8	-21	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		72	—	DNF - Engine	1	81
30	33	+3	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Dodge	58	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	10	-21	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		57	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	19	-13	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		57	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	36	+3	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	54	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	14	-20	Don Whittington	Don Whittington (Owner)		46	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	23	-12	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises		43	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	28	-8	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		42	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	24	-13	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	30	-8	Phil Finney	Finney Racing		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	29	-10	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing		33	—	DNF	—	46
40	11	-29	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	28	—	DNF	—	43
41	21	-20	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		19	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	13	-29	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		4	—	DNF	—	37