Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1980

Bobby Allison

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1980 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 63 of 160 laps. David Pearson finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	14	+13	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	160	—	Running	63	185
2	2	—	David Pearson	Ellington Racing		160	—	Running	3	175
3	7	+4	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		160	—	Running	44	170
4	4	—	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		160	—	Running	9	165
5	22	+17	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		160	—	Running	—	155
6	6	—	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		160	—	Running	1	155
7	15	+8	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	159	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		159	—	Running	—	142
9	21	+12	John Anderson	RahMoc Enterprises		158	—	Running	—	138
10	11	+1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	157	—	Running	—	134
11	26	+15	Lennie Pond	Ulrich Racing		156	—	Running	—	0
12	23	+11	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	156	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Ricky Rudd	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		155	—	Running	—	124
14	36	+22	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		155	—	Running	—	121
15	20	+5	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		154	—	Running	—	118
16	17	+1	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		154	—	Running	—	115
17	30	+13	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		153	—	Running	—	112
18	39	+21	Steve Moore	Willard Moore (Owner)		153	—	Running	—	109
19	10	-9	Donnie Allison	Kennie Childers (Owner)		153	—	Running	—	106
20	37	+17	Phil Finney	Finney Racing		152	—	DNF - Crash	—	103
21	13	-8	John Greenwood	Testa Racing		150	—	Running	—	0
22	32	+10	Don Whittington	Don Whittington (Owner)		150	—	Running	—	97
23	27	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		150	—	Running	—	94
24	34	+10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		149	—	Running	—	91
25	29	+4	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing		145	—	Running	—	88
26	33	+7	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		143	—	Running	—	85
27	25	-2	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		142	—	Running	—	82
28	35	+7	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		142	—	Running	—	79
29	40	+11	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		136	—	Running	—	76
30	31	+1	Marty Robbins	Warren Racing	Dodge	131	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	5	-26	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		110	—	DNF - Engine	32	75
32	8	-24	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		102	—	DNF	—	67
33	16	-17	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		88	—	DNF	—	64
34	3	-31	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	72	—	DNF	3	66
35	38	+3	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		57	—	DNF	—	58
36	19	-17	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		57	—	DNF	—	55
37	24	-13	Chuck Bown	Halpern Enterprises		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
38	18	-20	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	12	-27	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		17	—	DNF	—	46
40	1	-39	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		5	—	DNF - Engine	5	48