Valleydale Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — January 1, 1980

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1980 Valleydale Southeastern 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on January 1, 1980, leading 208 of 500 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1980

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1980

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		500	—	Running	208	185
2	2	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		500	—	Running	31	175
3	8	+5	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		500	—	Running	—	165
4	5	+1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		499	—	Running	65	165
5	1	-4	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		498	—	Running	187	160
6	10	+4	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		496	—	Running	—	150
7	3	-4	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		494	—	Running	8	151
8	7	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		492	—	Running	1	147
9	13	+4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		491	—	Running	—	138
10	6	-4	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		490	—	Running	—	134
11	11	—	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		483	—	Running	—	130
12	17	+5	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		478	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		477	—	Running	—	124
14	21	+7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		475	—	Running	—	121
15	12	-3	Tommy Houston	Junior Miller Racing		475	—	Running	—	118
16	16	—	Dick May	Ulrich Racing		474	—	Running	—	115
17	14	-3	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		469	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		466	—	Running	—	109
19	32	+13	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises		465	—	Running	—	106
20	22	+2	John A. Utsman	Gray Racing		464	—	Running	—	103
21	24	+3	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	460	—	Running	—	100
22	31	+9	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		454	—	Running	—	97
23	23	—	Baxter Price	Price Racing		446	—	Running	—	94
24	18	-6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		414	—	DNF	—	91
25	26	+1	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing		387	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	15	-11	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		385	—	DNF	—	85
27	25	-2	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		336	—	Running	—	82
28	27	-1	Travis Tiller	Warren Racing	Dodge	323	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	19	-10	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		319	—	DNF	—	76
30	30	—	Mike Potter	Potter Racing		235	—	DNF	—	73
31	29	-2	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		172	—	DNF	—	70
32	9	-23	Buck Simmons	Kennie Childers (Owner)		168	—	DNF	—	67