Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1980

Buddy Baker

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1980 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 143 of 200 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Neil Bonnett rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		200	—	Running	143	185
2	9	+7	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	200	—	Running	9	175
3	3	—	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	199	—	Running	8	170
4	32	+28	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		199	—	Running	10	165
5	14	+9	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		197	—	Running	—	155
6	17	+11	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		197	—	Running	—	150
7	2	-5	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		195	—	Running	2	151
8	36	+28	Sterling Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		194	—	Running	—	142
9	12	+3	Lennie Pond	RahMoc Enterprises		194	—	Running	—	138
10	27	+17	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	194	—	Running	—	134
11	18	+7	Janet Guthrie	Osterlund Motorsports		193	—	Running	—	130
12	24	+12	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	192	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		190	—	Running	—	124
14	39	+25	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		189	—	Running	—	121
15	26	+11	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		188	—	Running	—	118
16	23	+7	Don Whittington	Hamby Racing		187	—	Running	—	115
17	28	+11	Joe Booher	Wawak Racing		186	—	Running	—	0
18	6	-12	John Anderson	Russ Draime (Owner)		183	—	DNF	—	109
19	5	-14	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		183	—	Running	24	111
20	29	+9	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		176	—	Running	—	103
21	19	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		176	—	Running	—	100
22	13	-9	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		174	—	Running	—	97
23	20	-3	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		172	—	DNF	—	94
24	38	+14	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises		161	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	4	-21	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		157	—	DNF	4	93
26	37	+11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		155	—	Running	—	85
27	25	-2	J.D. McDuffie	Gray Racing		150	—	DNF	—	82
28	34	+6	John A. Utsman	Wellrich Motorsports		149	—	Running	—	79
29	33	+4	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		134	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	21	-9	Kevin Housby	Housby Racing		80	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	11	-20	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		69	—	DNF	—	70
32	42	+10	Bill Whittington	Ulrich Racing		66	—	DNF	—	67
33	35	+2	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		57	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	8	-26	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		52	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	15	-20	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing		50	—	DNF	—	58
36	41	+5	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		44	—	DNF	—	55
37	40	+3	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing		38	—	DNF	—	52
38	30	-8	James Hurlbert	Warren Racing	Dodge	33	—	DNF	—	49
39	16	-23	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		24	—	DNF	—	46
40	7	-33	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		20	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	31	-10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	17	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	10	-32	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	37