Coca-Cola 500

Pocono Raceway — January 1, 1980

Neil Bonnett

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Neil Bonnett won the 1980 Coca-Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway on January 1, 1980, leading 59 of 200 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1980

Winner

Neil Bonnett

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	59	185
2	4	+2	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		200	—	Running	41	175
3	1	-2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	54	170
4	11	+7	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		200	—	Running	6	165
5	6	+1	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		200	—	Running	4	160
6	8	+2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		200	—	Running	3	155
7	13	+6	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		199	—	Running	—	146
8	12	+4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		198	—	Running	1	147
9	16	+7	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		197	—	Running	—	138
10	10	—	Ricky Rudd	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	134
11	26	+15	Billie Harvey	Billie Harvey (Owner)		195	—	Running	—	0
12	23	+11	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing		195	—	Running	—	127
13	27	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	194	—	Running	—	124
14	29	+15	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		193	—	Running	—	121
15	32	+17	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		193	—	Running	—	118
16	18	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		190	—	Running	—	115
17	37	+20	Dave Dion	Dion Racing		188	—	Running	—	112
18	15	-3	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		188	—	Running	—	109
19	25	+6	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		197	—	Running	—	106
20	9	-11	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		184	—	DNF - Engine	3	108
21	31	+10	Junior Miller	Warren Racing		184	—	Running	—	100
22	33	+11	Baxter Price	Price Racing		175	—	Running	—	97
23	19	-4	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		174	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	24	—	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		162	—	DNF - Crash	—	91
25	22	-3	Kenny Hemphill	John Rebhan (Owner)		160	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
26	7	-19	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		158	—	Running	10	90
27	36	+9	Bob Riley	Wawak Racing		141	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
28	21	-7	Janet Guthrie	McClure Motors		134	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	35	+6	Dick May	Gray Racing		119	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	14	-16	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		86	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	28	-3	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		85	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	20	-12	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		57	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	3	-30	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		56	—	DNF - Crash	18	69
34	5	-29	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		54	—	DNF	1	66
35	17	-18	Chuck Bown	Halpern Enterprises		54	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	30	-6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		26	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	40	+3	Henry Jones	Mike Kempton (Owner)		18	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	34	-4	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing		11	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	38	-1	Jocko Maggiacomo	Jockos Racing		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	39	-1	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure		0	—	DNF	—	0