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Bristol Motor Speedway
August 23, 1980 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Chevrolet | 500 | 185 | 16,550 | Running | |
| 2 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Chevrolet | 500 | 175 | 11,450 | Running | |
| 3 | 4 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 500 | 170 | 7,500 | Running | |
| 4 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 499 | 165 | 7,700 | Running | |
| 5 | 6 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Chevrolet | 499 | 160 | 5,450 | Running | |
| 6 | 11 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Ford | 498 | 155 | 5,100 | Running | |
| 7 | 10 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission Chevrolet | 496 | 146 | 4,860 | Running | |
| 8 | 12 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Valleydale Meats Oldsmobile | 496 | 142 | 2,065 | Running | |
| 9 | 14 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Chevrolet | 487 | 138 | 3,960 | Running | |
| 12 | 15 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Mercury | 477 | 127 | 3,410 | Engine | |
| 13 | 18 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 474 | 124 | 2,900 | Running | |
| 14 | 2 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Chevrolet | 468 | 126 | 2,665 | Engine | |
| 15 | 16 | 75 | John Anderson | Chevrolet | 468 | 118 | 700 | Running | |
| 16 | 22 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn - Daytona Chevrolet | 465 | 115 | 1,705 | Running | |
| 17 | 20 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet | 456 | 112 | 1,820 | Engine | |
| 18 | 28 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers Chevrolet | 452 | 109 | 1,635 | Running | |
| 19 | 26 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | South Hill Texaco Oldsmobile | 403 | 106 | 1,300 | Running | |
| 20 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 402 | 103 | 1,275 | Engine | |
| 21 | 27 | 61 | Bub Strickler | Duro-Bond Oldsmobile | 396 | 0 | 550 | Accident | |
| 22 | 17 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries Chevrolet | 364 | 97 | 785 | Engine | |
| 23 | 8 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Stove Chevrolet | 343 | 99 | 1,020 | Accident | |
| 24 | 29 | 74 | Stuart Huffman | Bluegrass Express Buick | 340 | 0 | 510 | Transmission | |
| 25 | 24 | 19 | Steve Spencer | Belden Asphalt Chevrolet | 204 | 0 | 750 | Accident | |
| 26 | 25 | 09 | Dick May | Pokeys of Doylestown Buick | 204 | 85 | 490 | Battery | |
| 27 | 13 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing Chevrolet | 165 | 82 | 730 | Engine | |
| 28 | 9 | 7 | Ricky Rudd | Sanyo Chevrolet | 135 | 79 | 720 | Did Not Finish | |
| 29 | 21 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria Chevrolet | 17 | 76 | 810 | Engine | |
| 30 | 30 | 84 | Bobby Sands | Sands Racing Chevrolet | 2 | 73 | 450 | Transmission |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 3 Minutes 51 Seconds
Average Speed .:86.973
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds