Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1980

Neil Bonnett

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Neil Bonnett won the 1980 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1980, leading 53 of 188 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1980

Winner

Neil Bonnett

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	—	Running	53	180
2	3	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		188	—	Running	25	175
3	16	+13	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		188	—	Running	3	170
4	8	+4	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		188	—	Running	—	160
5	15	+10	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		188	—	Running	1	160
6	18	+12	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		185	—	Running	—	150
7	19	+12	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	184	—	Running	—	146
8	22	+14	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		181	—	Running	—	142
9	39	+30	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		181	—	Running	—	138
10	33	+23	Dick May	Gray Racing		176	—	Running	—	134
11	7	-4	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		174	—	DNF - Engine	29	135
12	38	+26	Harry Dinwiddie	Ulrich Racing		173	—	Running	—	127
13	37	+24	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	173	—	Running	—	0
14	30	+16	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		171	—	Running	—	121
15	26	+11	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		169	—	Running	—	118
16	23	+7	Billie Harvey	Billie Harvey (Owner)		165	—	DNF - Crash	—	115
17	10	-7	David Pearson	Ellington Racing		155	—	DNF	3	117
18	5	-13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		154	—	DNF - Engine	5	114
19	35	+16	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		154	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Ricky Rudd	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		150	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		146	—	DNF	—	100
22	24	+2	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		141	—	Running	—	97
23	29	+6	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		131	—	Running	—	94
24	34	+10	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		122	—	Running	—	91
25	27	+2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		120	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	9	-17	Donnie Allison	Kennie Childers (Owner)		113	—	DNF - Engine	11	90
27	41	+14	Baxter Price	Price Racing		103	—	Running	—	82
28	6	-22	Lennie Pond	Testa Racing		95	—	DNF - Engine	1	84
29	32	+3	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		92	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	13	-17	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	83	—	DNF - Engine	1	78
31	12	-19	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		68	—	DNF	—	70
32	1	-31	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		60	—	DNF - Engine	56	77
33	14	-19	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	59	—	DNF	—	64
34	4	-30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	11	-24	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	44	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	20	-16	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		41	—	DNF	—	55
37	25	-12	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		41	—	DNF	—	52
38	40	+2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	33	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	17	-22	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	21	-19	Ferrel Harris	Willard Moore (Owner)		17	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
41	31	-10	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		12	—	DNF - Engine	—	40