National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1980

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1980 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 148 of 334 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		334	—	Running	148	185
2	3	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		334	—	Running	47	175
3	1	-2	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		334	—	Running	48	170
4	2	-2	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		334	—	Running	1	165
5	11	+6	Donnie Allison	Kennie Childers (Owner)		333	—	Running	—	155
6	16	+10	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	332	—	Running	—	150
7	23	+16	Lake Speed	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		330	—	Running	—	146
8	22	+14	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	329	—	Running	—	142
9	36	+27	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		328	—	Running	—	138
10	39	+29	Dick Brooks	Matthews Racing		328	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		328	—	Running	1	135
12	21	+9	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing		327	—	Running	—	127
13	34	+21	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	326	—	Running	—	124
14	25	+11	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing South		325	—	Running	—	121
15	37	+22	Kenny Hemphill	John Rebhan (Owner)		325	—	Running	—	118
16	6	-10	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		324	—	Running	—	115
17	15	-2	Dick May	Harris Racing	Dodge	323	—	Running	—	112
18	5	-13	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		322	—	DNF - Engine	29	114
19	24	+5	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		318	—	Running	—	106
20	41	+21	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		318	—	Running	—	103
21	32	+11	James Hylton	Gray Racing		312	—	Running	—	100
22	20	-2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		307	—	Running	—	97
23	38	+15	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		301	—	Running	—	94
24	33	+9	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		292	—	Running	—	91
25	14	-11	Chuck Bown	Halpern Enterprises		271	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	29	+3	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing		259	—	Running	—	85
27	19	-8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		252	—	DNF - Engine	1	87
28	35	+7	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		195	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	7	-22	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	190	—	DNF	35	81
30	8	-22	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	183	—	DNF - Crash	10	78
31	10	-21	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		183	—	DNF - Crash	11	75
32	30	-2	Marty Robbins	M.C. Anderson Racing		171	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	9	-24	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		168	—	DNF - Crash	3	69
34	26	-8	Lennie Pond	Testa Racing		168	—	DNF	—	61
35	18	-17	John Anderson	RahMoc Enterprises		149	—	DNF	—	58
36	28	-8	Sterling Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		138	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
37	12	-25	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		67	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	17	-21	David Pearson	Ellington Racing		66	—	DNF	—	49
39	13	-26	Mike Miller	Mike Miller (Owner)		53	—	DNF	—	46
40	40	—	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		42	—	DNF	—	43
41	31	-10	Jim Sauter	RahMoc Enterprises		33	—	DNF - Engine	—	40