Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1980

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1980 Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 303 of 500 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		500	—	Running	303	185
2	3	+1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		500	—	Running	5	175
3	8	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		500	—	Running	72	170
4	5	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		500	—	Running	58	165
5	7	+2	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		496	—	Running	—	155
6	6	—	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	495	—	Running	—	150
7	17	+10	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		492	—	Running	—	146
8	12	+4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		490	—	Running	—	142
9	27	+18	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		490	—	Running	—	138
10	25	+15	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	487	—	Running	—	134
11	23	+12	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		486	—	Running	—	130
12	32	+20	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		485	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		484	—	Running	—	124
14	28	+14	Junior Miller	Warren Racing		478	—	DNF - Engine	—	121
15	15	—	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		478	—	Running	—	118
16	20	+4	Buck Simmons	Kennie Childers (Owner)		474	—	Running	—	115
17	24	+7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		466	—	Running	—	112
18	14	-4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		466	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	Baxter Price	Price Racing		462	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	Dick May	Hollar Racing		461	—	Running	—	0
21	9	-12	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		437	—	Running	—	100
22	21	-1	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		420	—	Running	—	97
23	13	-10	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		385	—	DNF	—	94
24	2	-22	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		344	—	DNF - Engine	62	96
25	4	-21	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		342	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	10	-16	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		332	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	16	-11	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises		308	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	18	-10	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		124	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	30	+1	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		118	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	19	-11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	29	-2	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		45	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	22	-10	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		30	—	DNF - Engine	—	67