Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1980

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

119

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1980 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1980, leading 56 of 119 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1980

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		119	—	Running	56	185
2	5	+3	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		119	—	Running	—	170
3	3	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		119	—	Running	13	170
4	9	+5	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		119	—	Running	—	160
5	10	+5	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		119	—	Running	—	155
6	13	+7	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		118	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		118	—	Running	—	146
8	28	+20	Bill Whittington	Ulrich Racing		117	—	Running	—	0
9	26	+17	Don Whittington	DiGard Motorsports		117	—	Running	—	0
10	14	+4	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		116	—	Running	—	134
11	22	+11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		115	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	Harry Gant	RahMoc Enterprises		115	—	Running	—	127
13	34	+21	Roy Smith	Price Racing		114	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	114	—	Running	—	121
15	17	+2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		113	—	Running	—	118
16	35	+19	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		113	—	Running	—	115
17	6	-11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		112	—	Running	9	117
18	4	-14	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		109	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	24	+5	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing		109	—	Running	—	106
20	31	+11	Vince Giamformaggio	Gray Racing		109	—	Running	—	103
21	37	+16	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		108	—	Running	—	100
22	11	-11	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		104	—	DNF	—	97
23	2	-21	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		103	—	DNF - Engine	41	99
24	21	-3	Jim Robinson	A.J. Kurten (Owner)		103	—	Running	—	91
25	23	-2	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)		88	—	Running	—	88
26	12	-14	Hershel McGriff		Dodge	82	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	36	+9	Steve Pfeifer	Don Guy (Owner)		82	—	Running	—	82
28	7	-21	Dan Gurney	Osterlund Motorsports		79	—	DNF	—	0
29	32	+3	Lake Speed	Gordon Racing		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	25	-5	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	18	-13	John Borneman	Borneman Motorsports		72	—	DNF	—	70
32	30	-2	Dick May	Warren Racing	Dodge	71	—	DNF	—	67
33	8	-25	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		52	—	DNF	—	64
34	27	-7	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	35	—	DNF	—	61
35	29	-6	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	19	-17	Chuck Bown			30	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	33	-4	Bill Osborne	Ivan Baldwin Engineering		20	—	DNF	—	52