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American 500 Race Results
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North Carolina Speedway
October 19, 1980 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.02-Mile paved track 492 Laps/502 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Chevrolet | 492 | 185 | 20,160 | Running | |
| 2 | 12 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Chevrolet | 492 | 175 | 14,030 | Running | |
| 3 | 3 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 490 | 170 | 12,700 | Running | |
| 4 | 18 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Stove Chevrolet | 487 | 160 | 9,400 | Running | |
| 5 | 14 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 486 | 155 | 7,030 | Running | |
| 6 | 22 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited Chevrolet | 483 | 155 | 5,460 | Running | |
| 7 | 21 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Chevrolet | 479 | 151 | 4,925 | Running | |
| 8 | 19 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing Chevrolet | 478 | 147 | 2,700 | Running | |
| 9 | 25 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet | 474 | 138 | 4,390 | Running | |
| 10 | 28 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria Chevrolet | 473 | 134 | 4,070 | Running | |
| 11 | 17 | 40 | Stan Barrett | Ulrich / Reynolds / Needham Chevrolet | 472 | 0 | 3,760 | Running | |
| 12 | 26 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 468 | 127 | 3,450 | Running | |
| 13 | 33 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries Chevrolet | 467 | 124 | 3,420 | Running | |
| 14 | 13 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 461 | 126 | 7,800 | Running | |
| 15 | 31 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | South Hill Texaco Oldsmobile | 460 | 118 | 2,780 | Running | |
| 16 | 36 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt Chevrolet | 458 | 0 | 2,715 | Running | |
| 17 | 30 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona Chevrolet | 451 | 112 | 1,855 | Running | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Chevrolet | 443 | 114 | 6,650 | Running | |
| 19 | 34 | 07 | Jeff McDuffie | Bailey Excavating Buick | 402 | 106 | 1,100 | Engine | |
| 20 | 20 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 299 | 103 | 2,045 | Engine | |
| 22 | 1 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Ramey's Chevy City Chevrolet | 291 | 102 | 2,550 | Clutch | |
| 23 | 8 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Chevrolet | 220 | 94 | 5,225 | Cylinder Head | |
| 24 | 9 | 75 | Joe Millikan | Chevrolet | 201 | 0 | 750 | Accident | |
| 25 | 4 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Mercury | 201 | 93 | 1,225 | Accident | |
| 26 | 10 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Ford | 189 | 85 | 5,150 | Accident | |
| 27 | 7 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks Chevrolet | 178 | 87 | 1,175 | Engine | |
| 28 | 16 | 7 | Lake Speed | Sanyo Chevrolet | 138 | 79 | 1,150 | Accident | |
| 29 | 5 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza Chevrolet | 121 | 81 | 625 | Accident | |
| 30 | 35 | 95 | Ernie Cline | Cline Racing Chevrolet | 74 | 0 | 610 | Accident | |
| 31 | 15 | 41 | Dick Brooks | Steve's Corvette / Brooks Honda Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | 600 | Accident | |
| 32 | 6 | 77 | John Anderson | Warren Fabricating Chevrolet | 40 | 67 | 595 | Accident | |
| 33 | 27 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing Chevrolet | 19 | 64 | 1,090 | Overheating | |
| 34 | 32 | 84 | Glenn Jarrett | Busch Breakthrough Chevrolet | 14 | 0 | 585 | Valve | |
| 35 | 23 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Chevrolet | 10 | 58 | 630 | Engine | |
| 36 | 24 | 05 | Bill Elswick | Performer Boats Oldsmobile | 9 | 55 | 600 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 22 Minutes 59 Seconds
Average Speed .:114.159
Margin of Victory .: 3.000 Seconds
