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Richmond International Raceway
February 24, 1980 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.75-Mile Short Track 400 Laps/300 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 400 | 185 | 17,800 | Running | |
| 2 | 5 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Ford | 400 | 175 | 10,975 | Running | |
| 3 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 400 | 170 | 9,375 | Running | |
| 4 | 10 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Transmission Chevrolet | 400 | 165 | 4,310 | Running | |
| 5 | 11 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 398 | 155 | 6,550 | Running | |
| 6 | 15 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 392 | 150 | 3,360 | Running | |
| 7 | 31 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet | 385 | 146 | 2,940 | Running | |
| 8 | 14 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars Oldsmobile | 382 | 142 | 2,780 | Running | |
| 10 | 20 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Chevrolet | 377 | 134 | 1,150 | Running | |
| 11 | 30 | 40 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms Chevrolet | 376 | 130 | 2,350 | Running | |
| 12 | 2 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Chevrolet | 373 | 132 | 2,040 | Running | |
| 13 | 27 | 79 | Joey Arrington | Buddy's Used Cars Dodge | 368 | 124 | 2,030 | Running | |
| 14 | 25 | 37 | Bub Strickler | Chevrolet | 367 | 0 | 925 | Running | |
| 15 | 24 | 75 | Bill Elswick | Chevrolet | 366 | 118 | 1,375 | Running | |
| 16 | 18 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn - Daytona Chevrolet | 363 | 115 | 1,520 | Running | |
| 17 | 21 | 95 | Tommy Houston | Carpenter Designs Chevrolet | 354 | 117 | 810 | Running | |
| 18 | 17 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 342 | 109 | 1,585 | Running | |
| 19 | 29 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Louise Smith Chevrolet | 330 | 106 | 700 | Running | |
| 20 | 23 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt Chevrolet | 318 | 103 | 1,450 | Running | |
| 21 | 16 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 295 | 100 | 1,300 | Running | |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Oldsmobile | 292 | 97 | 875 | Running | |
| 23 | 26 | 99 | Bill Hollar | Hollar Auto Parts Chevrolet | 281 | 94 | 600 | Ignition | |
| 24 | 8 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Chevrolet | 197 | 91 | 835 | Axle | |
| 25 | 9 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Chevrolet | 193 | 88 | 4,025 | Accident | |
| 26 | 22 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria Chevrolet | 125 | 85 | 840 | Valve | |
| 27 | 6 | 72 | Joe Millikan | DeWitt Trucking Chevrolet | 101 | 87 | 4,225 | Accident | |
| 28 | 4 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Chevrolet | 63 | 79 | 3,975 | Oil Pump | |
| 29 | 13 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo Chevrolet | 47 | 76 | 725 | Accident | |
| 30 | 28 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission Chevrolet | 46 | 73 | 700 | Accident | |
| 31 | 19 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers Chevrolet | 45 | 70 | 450 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 12 Minutes 8 Seconds
Average Speed .:67.703
Margin of Victory .: 1.200 Seconds