Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1980

Terry Labonte

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Terry Labonte won the 1980 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1980, leading 2 of 367 laps. David Pearson finished second; Harry Gant rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1980

Winner

Terry Labonte

Leaders

12 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		367	—	Running	2	180
2	6	+4	David Pearson	Ellington Racing		367	—	Running	30	175
3	9	+6	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		367	—	Running	7	170
4	3	-1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		367	—	Running	72	165
5	5	—	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	367	—	Running	23	160
6	12	+6	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		366	—	Running	2	155
7	8	+1	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		366	—	Running	27	151
8	14	+6	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		365	—	Running	—	142
9	15	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		365	—	Running	2	143
10	21	+11	Dick Brooks	Matthews Racing		364	—	Running	—	0
11	19	+8	Chuck Bown	RahMoc Enterprises		364	—	Running	—	0
12	26	+14	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		362	—	Running	1	132
13	27	+14	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		360	—	Running	—	124
14	22	+8	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		355	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
15	24	+9	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		355	—	Running	—	118
16	33	+17	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		353	—	Running	—	115
17	32	+15	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	353	—	Running	—	112
18	40	+22	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		351	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		348	—	Running	—	106
20	38	+18	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	342	—	Running	—	0
21	30	+9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		342	—	Running	—	100
22	25	+3	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		339	—	Running	—	97
23	29	+6	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	339	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	34	+10	Ralph Jones	Spohn Racing		334	—	Running	—	91
25	1	-24	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		329	—	DNF	196	98
26	4	-22	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		324	—	DNF - Engine	4	90
27	17	-10	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		316	—	Running	—	82
28	36	+8	Dick May	Oswald Racing		304	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	2	-27	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		277	—	Running	—	76
30	13	-17	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		271	—	DNF	—	73
31	31	—	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		266	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	7	-25	Donnie Allison	Kennie Childers (Owner)		237	—	DNF	—	67
33	11	-22	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	236	—	DNF	1	69
34	16	-18	Ricky Rudd	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		201	—	DNF	—	61
35	41	+6	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		151	—	DNF	—	58
36	28	-8	John Anderson	Gray Racing		127	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	39	+2	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	111	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	23	-15	Don Whittington	Scott Smith Racing		87	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	37	-2	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		56	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	18	-22	Lennie Pond	Testa Racing		31	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	20	-21	Kenny Hemphill	John Rebhan (Owner)		21	—	DNF - Engine	—	0