Music City 420

Nashville Speedway — January 1, 1980

Richard Petty

Winner

420

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1980 Music City 420 at Nashville Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 96 of 420 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Nashville Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		420	—	Running	96	180
2	2	—	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		420	—	Running	—	170
3	1	-2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		420	—	Running	279	175
4	5	+1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		419	—	Running	18	165
5	3	-2	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		418	—	Running	—	155
6	7	+1	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		418	—	Running	27	155
7	11	+4	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		414	—	Running	—	146
8	17	+9	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		413	—	Running	—	142
9	4	-5	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		411	—	Running	—	138
10	12	+2	Mike Alexander	Ulrich Racing		409	—	Running	—	0
11	8	-3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		405	—	Running	—	130
12	22	+10	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		401	—	Running	—	127
13	23	+10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		399	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Don Sprouse	Rogers Racing		399	—	Running	—	0
15	21	+6	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		396	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing		392	—	Running	—	115
17	29	+12	Dick May	Hollar Racing		382	—	Running	—	0
18	25	+7	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		382	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		380	—	Running	—	106
20	14	-6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		376	—	Running	—	103
21	27	+6	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		374	—	Running	—	100
22	19	-3	Baxter Price	Price Racing		373	—	Running	—	97
23	15	-8	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		370	—	Running	—	94
24	9	-15	John Anderson	RahMoc Enterprises		367	—	Running	—	91
25	16	-9	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		348	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	18	-8	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		326	—	Running	—	85
27	20	-7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	295	—	DNF	—	82
28	26	-2	Steve Spencer	Gray Racing		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
29	13	-16	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		148	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	10	-20	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		46	—	DNF	—	73