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Lowe's Motor Speedway
October 05, 1980 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.5-Mile Superspeedway 334 Laps/501 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Chevrolet | 334 | 185 | 49,050 | Running | |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Chevrolet | 334 | 175 | 30,200 | Running | |
| 3 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks Buick | 334 | 170 | 21,850 | Running | |
| 4 | 2 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | LYF-TMY Building Supply Chevrolet | 334 | 165 | 15,350 | Running | |
| 5 | 11 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Ramey's Chevy City Chevrolet | 333 | 155 | 8,400 | Running | |
| 6 | 16 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Timing Components Mercury | 332 | 150 | 6,300 | Running | |
| 7 | 23 | 7 | Lake Speed | Sanyo Chevrolet | 330 | 146 | 21,225 | Running | |
| 8 | 22 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Mercury | 329 | 142 | 7,625 | Running | |
| 9 | 36 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Chevrolet | 328 | 138 | 4,310 | Running | |
| 10 | 39 | 41 | Dick Brooks | Chevrolet | 328 | 134 | 4,210 | Running | |
| 11 | 27 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Chevrolet | 328 | 135 | 13,805 | Running | |
| 12 | 21 | 40 | Tim Richmond | UNO / Apache Stove Chevrolet | 327 | 127 | 6,095 | Running | |
| 13 | 34 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 326 | 124 | 5,885 | Running | |
| 14 | 25 | 16 | Rusty Wallace | Norton / CAM2 / Gould Chevrolet | 325 | 121 | 8,510 | Running | |
| 15 | 37 | 77 | Kenny Hemphill | Warren Fabricating Chevrolet | 325 | 118 | 3,360 | Running | |
| 16 | 6 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Chevrolet | 324 | 115 | 5,905 | Running | |
| 17 | 15 | 82 | Dick May | Dick Brooks Honda Dodge | 323 | 112 | 3,700 | Running | |
| 18 | 5 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 322 | 114 | 8,050 | Engine | |
| 19 | 24 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission Oldsmobile | 318 | 106 | 4,995 | Running | |
| 21 | 32 | 19 | James Hylton | Belden Asphalt Chevrolet | 312 | 100 | 3,425 | Running | |
| 22 | 20 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 307 | 97 | 2,915 | Running | |
| 23 | 38 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Mitco Chevrolet | 301 | 94 | 1,400 | Running | |
| 24 | 33 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | South Hill Texaco Oldsmobile | 292 | 91 | 2,400 | Running | |
| 25 | 14 | 02 | Chuck Bown | Halpern Enterprises Chevrolet | 271 | 88 | 1,750 | Engine | |
| 26 | 29 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing Chevrolet | 259 | 85 | 2,315 | Running | |
| 27 | 19 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 252 | 87 | 7,375 | Engine | |
| 28 | 35 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn - Daytona Chevrolet | 195 | 79 | 1,730 | Valve | |
| 29 | 7 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Mercury | 190 | 81 | 6,075 | Ball Joint | |
| 30 | 8 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Mercury | 183 | 78 | 2,100 | Accident | |
| 31 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Stove Chevrolet | 183 | 75 | 5,975 | Accident | |
| 32 | 30 | 6 | Marty Robbins | Chevrolet | 171 | 67 | 1,000 | Accident | |
| 33 | 9 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Chevrolet | 168 | 69 | 6,185 | Accident | |
| 34 | 26 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza Chevrolet | 168 | 61 | 970 | Steering | |
| 35 | 18 | 75 | John Anderson | Chevrolet | 149 | 58 | 955 | Steering | |
| 36 | 28 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Buck Stove Chevrolet | 138 | 0 | 940 | Accident | |
| 37 | 12 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Florida Equipment & Service Chevrolet | 67 | 52 | 1,425 | Engine | |
| 38 | 17 | 1 | David Pearson | Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet | 66 | 49 | 910 | Ignition | |
| 39 | 13 | 96 | Mike Miller | Dairyland Transportation Ford | 53 | 46 | 1,405 | Head Gasket | |
| 40 | 40 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing Chevrolet | 42 | 43 | 900 | Cam | |
| 41 | 31 | 05 | Jim Sauter | Prototype Engines / Buck Stove Chevrolet | 33 | 40 | 900 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 42 Minutes 18 Seconds
Average Speed .:135.243
Margin of Victory .: 1.500 Seconds
