Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1980

Cale Yarborough

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1980 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 256 of 492 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	21	+20	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		492	—	Running	256	185
2	9	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		492	—	Running	39	175
3	7	+4	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		491	—	Running	6	170
4	1	-3	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		491	—	Running	77	165
5	12	+7	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		491	—	Running	—	155
6	6	—	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	490	—	Running	—	150
7	4	-3	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		489	—	Running	—	146
8	23	+15	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		489	—	Running	—	142
9	8	-1	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		486	—	Running	—	138
10	16	+6	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		483	—	Running	—	134
11	28	+17	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		476	—	Running	—	130
12	11	-1	Ricky Rudd	Ulrich Racing		472	—	Running	—	127
13	18	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		469	—	Running	—	124
14	19	+5	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		462	—	Running	—	121
15	3	-12	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		458	—	DNF - Crash	111	123
16	15	-1	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		455	—	DNF	—	115
17	37	+20	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		453	—	Running	—	112
18	33	+15	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		440	—	Running	—	109
19	38	+19	Dick May	Warren Racing	Dodge	431	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		422	—	Running	—	103
21	5	-16	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		411	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
22	13	-9	Buck Simmons	Kennie Childers (Owner)		411	—	DNF	—	97
23	22	-1	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises		403	—	Running	—	94
24	24	—	John Anderson	Phil Howard (Owner)		353	—	DNF - Crash	—	91
25	27	+2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	346	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	31	+5	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		332	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	25	-2	Baxter Price	Price Racing		326	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	2	-26	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		259	—	DNF - Engine	3	84
29	20	-9	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		256	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	14	-16	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		205	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	32	+1	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		125	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	10	-22	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		112	—	DNF	—	67
33	29	-4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		73	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	17	-17	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing		49	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	34	-1	Bill Osborne	Bill Osborne (Owner)		22	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	36	—	Mike Potter	Potter Racing		21	—	DNF	—	55
37	26	-11	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		10	—	DNF	—	52
38	35	-3	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing		10	—	DNF - Engine	—	49