Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1980

Cale Yarborough

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1980 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 41 of 200 laps. Neil Bonnett finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	41	180
2	3	+1	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	—	170
3	21	+18	Donnie Allison	Kennie Childers (Owner)		200	—	Running	4	170
4	11	+7	Darrell Waltrip	Halpern Enterprises		200	—	Running	67	170
5	12	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		200	—	Running	4	160
6	1	-5	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		200	—	Running	—	150
7	4	-3	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	199	—	Running	27	151
8	10	+2	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		199	—	Running	54	147
9	5	-4	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	199	—	Running	1	143
10	16	+6	Kenny Hemphill	John Rebhan (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	134
11	9	-2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		198	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		198	—	Running	—	127
13	23	+10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	196	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		195	—	Running	—	121
15	28	+13	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		195	—	Running	—	118
16	13	-3	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		194	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	Billie Harvey	Billie Harvey (Owner)		194	—	Running	—	0
18	6	-12	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	194	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Dick May	Gray Racing		194	—	Running	—	0
20	37	+17	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		193	—	Running	—	103
21	19	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		193	—	Running	—	100
22	18	-4	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		190	—	Running	—	97
23	36	+13	Bruce Jacobi	Spohn Racing		189	—	Running	—	94
24	33	+9	Wayne Watercutter			183	—	Running	—	91
25	26	+1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		182	—	Running	—	88
26	15	-11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		182	—	DNF - Engine	1	90
27	17	-10	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		180	—	Running	—	82
28	35	+7	Stuart Huffman			177	—	Running	—	79
29	24	-5	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		172	—	Running	—	76
30	29	-1	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		150	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	31	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	150	—	Running	—	70
32	34	+2	Baxter Price	Jim Norris (Owner)		125	—	Running	—	67
33	32	-1	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		114	—	DNF	—	64
34	25	-9	Ricky Rudd	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		88	—	DNF	—	61
35	8	-27	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		79	—	DNF - Engine	1	63
36	14	-22	John Anderson	RahMoc Enterprises		12	—	DNF	—	55
37	7	-30	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	52