Gabriel 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1980

Benny Parsons

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1980 Gabriel 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 75 of 200 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		200	—	Running	75	185
2	2	—	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	37	175
3	11	+8	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		200	—	Running	30	170
4	4	—	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	—	160
5	8	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		199	—	Running	—	155
6	13	+7	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		199	—	Running	—	150
7	10	+3	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		199	—	Running	—	146
8	14	+6	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		199	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	198	—	Running	—	138
10	27	+17	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		198	—	Running	—	134
11	9	-2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		197	—	Running	—	130
12	3	-9	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		197	—	Running	55	132
13	25	+12	John Anderson	Gray Racing		196	—	Running	—	124
14	18	+4	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		196	—	Running	—	121
15	21	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		195	—	Running	—	118
16	34	+18	Wayne Watercutter			195	—	Running	—	115
17	20	+3	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		194	—	Running	—	112
18	32	+14	Mike Potter	Potter Racing		194	—	Running	—	109
19	24	+5	Tommy Gale	Ulrich Racing		194	—	Running	—	106
20	33	+13	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		191	—	Running	—	103
21	30	+9	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		191	—	Running	—	100
22	19	-3	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		188	—	Running	—	97
23	37	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	181	—	DNF	—	94
24	31	+7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		179	—	Running	—	91
25	15	-10	David Pearson	Ellington Racing		173	—	DNF - Engine	3	93
26	6	-20	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		165	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	35	+8	Baxter Price	Price Racing		165	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	17	-11	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		146	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	26	-3	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		146	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	29	-1	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		132	—	Running	—	73
31	5	-26	Chuck Bown	Halpern Enterprises		130	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	22	-10	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		111	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	16	-17	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		108	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	28	-6	Junior Miller	Warren Racing		88	—	DNF	—	61
35	23	-12	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		69	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	12	-24	Donnie Allison	Kennie Childers (Owner)		55	—	DNF	—	0
37	36	-1	Henry Jones	Mike Kempton (Owner)		10	—	DNF	—	0