World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1980

Benny Parsons

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1980 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 31 of 400 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Terry Labonte rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

12 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		400	—	Running	31	180
2	7	+5	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		400	—	Running	157	180
3	11	+8	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		398	—	Running	—	165
4	9	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		397	—	Running	3	165
5	5	—	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	397	—	Running	5	160
6	2	-4	David Pearson	Ellington Racing		396	—	Running	13	155
7	27	+20	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		395	—	Running	—	146
8	35	+27	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing		394	—	Running	—	142
9	13	+4	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		394	—	Running	—	138
10	22	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	392	—	Running	—	134
11	29	+18	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		390	—	Running	—	130
12	12	—	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	388	—	Running	—	127
13	32	+19	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	386	—	Running	—	124
14	36	+22	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		385	—	Running	—	121
15	24	+9	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		384	—	Running	6	123
16	38	+22	Sterling Marlin	Jim Stacy Racing		382	—	Running	—	115
17	1	-16	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		379	—	Running	43	117
18	30	+12	John Anderson	Gray Racing		373	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	19	—	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		367	—	DNF	4	0
20	4	-16	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		367	—	Running	105	108
21	40	+19	Baxter Price	Price Racing		350	—	Running	—	100
22	42	+20	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		343	—	Running	—	97
23	18	-5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		341	—	Running	26	99
24	28	+4	Tommy Houston	Junior Miller Racing		332	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	41	+16	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		307	—	DNF	—	88
26	8	-18	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	275	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	37	+10	Billie Harvey	Billie Harvey (Owner)		251	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
28	16	-12	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		203	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	20	-9	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		152	—	DNF	4	81
30	23	-7	J.D. McDuffie	Ulrich Racing		145	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	17	-14	Donnie Allison	Ogden Racing		134	—	DNF	—	70
32	21	-11	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		120	—	DNF - Engine	3	72
33	31	-2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		101	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	25	-9	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises		94	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	39	+4	Steve Moore	Willard Moore (Owner)		86	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	15	-21	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		75	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	34	-3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		72	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	26	-12	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		46	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	3	-36	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		40	—	DNF	—	46
40	33	-7	John Greenwood	Testa Racing		24	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	14	-27	Lennie Pond	Kennie Childers (Owner)		12	—	DNF	—	40
42	10	-32	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	6	—	DNF - Crash	—	37