Mason-Dixon 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1980

Bobby Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1980 Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 126 of 500 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		500	—	Running	126	180
2	9	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		500	—	Running	11	175
3	4	+1	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		497	—	Running	—	165
4	6	+2	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		495	—	Running	—	160
5	19	+14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		494	—	Running	—	155
6	18	+12	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		492	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	Dick May	Ulrich Racing		488	—	Running	—	146
8	20	+12	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		488	—	Running	—	142
9	25	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		476	—	Running	—	138
10	16	+6	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		475	—	DNF - Engine	—	134
11	12	+1	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		472	—	Running	—	130
12	17	+5	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		468	—	Running	—	127
13	23	+10	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		464	—	Running	—	124
14	28	+14	Baxter Price	Price Racing		457	—	Running	—	121
15	33	+18	Jim Ingram	Ingram Racing		437	—	Running	—	118
16	1	-15	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		411	—	Running	137	125
17	7	-10	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		390	—	DNF - Crash	—	112
18	5	-13	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	376	—	DNF - Engine	95	114
19	22	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		360	—	Running	—	106
20	2	-18	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		339	—	DNF - Engine	98	108
21	13	-8	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		290	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
22	3	-19	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		283	—	DNF - Crash	33	102
23	11	-12	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		279	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
24	32	+8	Jocko Maggiacomo	Jockos Racing		278	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	14	-11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		264	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	26	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	264	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	31	+4	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		224	—	DNF	—	82
28	34	+6	Nestor Peles	Peles Racing		207	—	DNF	—	79
29	30	+1	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		206	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	10	-20	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises		109	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	24	-7	Junior Miller	Warren Racing		106	—	DNF	—	70
32	27	-5	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		61	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	21	-12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		26	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	29	-5	D.K. Ulrich	Hollar Racing		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	61