Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1980

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1980 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 50 of 328 laps. Rusty Wallace finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	31	+30	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		328	—	Running	50	180
2	7	+5	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South		328	—	Running	—	170
3	9	+6	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		328	—	Running	32	170
4	6	+2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		327	—	Running	4	165
5	24	+19	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		325	—	Running	—	155
6	15	+9	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	325	—	Running	—	150
7	1	-6	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		325	—	Running	2	151
8	3	-5	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		324	—	Running	183	152
9	32	+23	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		324	—	Running	—	138
10	27	+17	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		320	—	Running	—	134
11	25	+14	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		320	—	Running	—	130
12	30	+18	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		320	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		318	—	Running	—	124
14	39	+25	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		317	—	Running	—	121
15	13	-2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		316	—	Running	7	123
16	16	—	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		313	—	Running	—	115
17	21	+4	Kevin Housby	Housby Racing		311	—	Running	—	112
18	19	+1	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		303	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	303	—	Running	—	106
20	41	+21	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	302	—	Running	—	103
21	40	+19	Baxter Price	Price Racing		261	—	Running	—	100
22	26	+4	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		253	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	18	-5	Lennie Pond	RahMoc Enterprises		244	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	42	+18	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		240	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	33	+8	Ralph Jones	Spohn Racing		213	—	DNF	—	88
26	4	-22	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		208	—	DNF	33	90
27	29	+2	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		204	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	11	-17	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		192	—	DNF	7	84
29	23	-6	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	181	—	DNF - Engine	1	81
30	12	-18	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		162	—	DNF	—	73
31	5	-26	Ricky Rudd	Ulrich Racing		147	—	DNF - Crash	6	75
32	14	-18	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		130	—	DNF	—	67
33	8	-25	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		117	—	DNF - Engine	3	69
34	22	-12	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		99	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	35	—	Joe Booher	Joe Booher		81	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	38	+2	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		78	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	20	-17	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		72	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	10	-28	Don Whittington	A.J. Foyt Racing		61	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	34	-5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		46	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	17	-23	Buck Simmons	Kennie Childers (Owner)		30	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	2	-39	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	30	—	DNF	—	40
42	37	-5	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing		0	—	DNF	—	0