Northwestern Bank 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1980

Richard Petty

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1980 Northwestern Bank 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 327 of 400 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		400	—	Running	327	185
2	5	+3	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		399	—	Running	—	170
3	1	-2	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		399	—	Running	26	170
4	3	-1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		397	—	Running	—	160
5	6	+1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		397	—	Running	37	160
6	4	-2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		395	—	Running	—	150
7	31	+24	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		393	—	Running	—	146
8	18	+10	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		392	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		391	—	Running	—	138
10	8	-2	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		390	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		388	—	Running	—	130
12	2	-10	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		387	—	Running	10	132
13	24	+11	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	384	—	Running	—	124
14	21	+7	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		382	—	Running	—	121
15	22	+7	Dick May	Hollar Racing		378	—	Running	—	0
16	28	+12	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		377	—	Running	—	115
17	17	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		376	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Jeff McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		365	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Baxter Price	Price Racing		363	—	Running	—	106
20	23	+3	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		354	—	Running	—	103
21	16	-5	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		334	—	Running	—	100
22	27	+5	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		325	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	11	-12	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		269	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
24	25	+1	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises		211	—	DNF	—	91
25	19	-6	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		179	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	10	-16	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		172	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	9	-18	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		153	—	DNF	—	82
28	29	+1	John Anderson	Gray Racing		149	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
29	26	-3	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		115	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	12	-18	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		88	—	DNF	—	73
31	13	-18	Tommy Houston	Junior Miller Racing		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	70