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Dover International Speedway
September 14, 1980 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1-Mile Superspeedway 500 Laps/500 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 500 | 185 | 22,900 | Running | |
| 2 | 10 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Chevrolet | 500 | 175 | 12,930 | Running | |
| 3 | 3 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks Chevrolet | 500 | 170 | 8,150 | Running | |
| 4 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Chevrolet | 499 | 165 | 10,700 | Running | |
| 5 | 6 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Chevrolet | 499 | 160 | 8,425 | Running | |
| 6 | 8 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Mercury | 499 | 155 | 3,175 | Running | |
| 7 | 13 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Ramey's Chevy City Chevrolet | 498 | 151 | 2,325 | Running | |
| 8 | 5 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza Chevrolet | 493 | 0 | 2,175 | Running | |
| 9 | 16 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 491 | 138 | 4,980 | Running | |
| 10 | 21 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Carl Shelton Construction Chevrolet | 489 | 134 | 4,235 | Running | |
| 11 | 15 | 7 | Lake Speed | Sanyo Chevrolet | 488 | 0 | 3,750 | Running | |
| 12 | 11 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission Chevrolet | 486 | 127 | 3,580 | Running | |
| 13 | 28 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing Dodge | 485 | 124 | 3,375 | Running | |
| 14 | 22 | 29 | Dave Dion | Merrimack Lincoln-Mercury Ford | 481 | 121 | 1,520 | Running | |
| 15 | 32 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | South Hill Texaco Oldsmobile | 472 | 118 | 3,095 | Running | |
| 16 | 38 | 74 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms Chevrolet | 469 | 0 | 1,350 | Running | |
| 17 | 12 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 468 | 117 | 7,465 | Engine | |
| 18 | 33 | 45 | Joel Stowe | Iron Peddlers Chevrolet | 460 | 109 | 2,730 | Running | |
| 19 | 26 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet | 455 | 106 | 2,560 | Running | |
| 20 | 18 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn - Daytona Chevrolet | 453 | 103 | 1,790 | Running | |
| 21 | 36 | 80 | John Callis | Bo Laws Automotive Ford | 449 | 100 | 900 | Running | |
| 22 | 40 | 97 | Eddie Dickerson | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 448 | 97 | 850 | Running | |
| 23 | 24 | 75 | Kyle Petty | STP Chevrolet | 416 | 94 | 775 | Running | |
| 24 | 35 | 99 | Dick May | Booher Farms Chevrolet | 415 | 0 | 700 | Valve | |
| 25 | 34 | 9 | Frank Warren | Countian Press Dodge | 405 | 0 | 675 | Engine | |
| 26 | 27 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises Oldsmobile | 403 | 85 | 650 | Engine | |
| 27 | 19 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries Chevrolet | 386 | 82 | 1,690 | Engine | |
| 28 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Classic Stove Chevrolet | 357 | 79 | 5,050 | Engine | |
| 29 | 29 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing Chevrolet | 336 | 76 | 1,630 | Rear End | |
| 30 | 7 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Ford | 264 | 78 | 5,000 | Valve | |
| 31 | 17 | 40 | Tim Richmond | UNO Chevrolet | 258 | 70 | 1,585 | Cylinder Head | |
| 32 | 23 | 19 | John Anderson | Belden Asphalt Chevrolet | 248 | 67 | 1,555 | Oil Pump | |
| 33 | 20 | 77 | Kenny Hemphill | Warren Fabricating Chevrolet | 179 | 0 | 520 | Accident | |
| 34 | 9 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Chevrolet | 151 | 66 | 6,210 | Engine | |
| 35 | 39 | 61 | Bub Strickler | Duro-Bond Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | 500 | Axle | |
| 36 | 31 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 115 | 55 | 990 | Engine | |
| 37 | 14 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Chevrolet | 66 | 52 | 980 | Engine | |
| 39 | 30 | 4 | Bob Riley | Atlantic Interstate Messenger Chevrolet | 55 | 0 | 460 | Oil Leak | |
| 40 | 37 | 1 | Steve Gray | Belden Asphalt Buick | 35 | 0 | 450 | Head Gasket |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 18 Minutes 34 Seconds
Average Speed .:116.024
Margin of Victory .: 0.470 Second