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Carolina 500 Race Results
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North Carolina Speedway
March 09, 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 | 21 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Oldsmobile | 492 | 185 | 19,280 | Running | |
| 2 | 9 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 492 | 175 | 18,720 | Running | |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 491 | 170 | 14,420 | Running | |
| 4 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 491 | 165 | 11,270 | Running | |
| 5 | 12 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet | 491 | 155 | 6,750 | Running | |
| 6 | 6 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Mercury | 490 | 150 | 3,770 | Running | |
| 7 | 4 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Ford | 489 | 146 | 7,320 | Running | |
| 8 | 23 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Chevrolet | 488 | 142 | 4,625 | Running | |
| 9 | 8 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Transmission Chevrolet | 486 | 138 | 4,630 | Running | |
| 10 | 16 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Chevrolet | 483 | 134 | 4,370 | Running | |
| 11 | 28 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria Chevrolet | 476 | 130 | 3,960 | Running | |
| 12 | 11 | 40 | Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto Parts Chevrolet | 472 | 127 | 3,640 | Running | |
| 13 | 18 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet | 469 | 124 | 3,360 | Running | |
| 14 | 19 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Chevrolet | 462 | 121 | 3,120 | Running | |
| 15 | 3 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Chevrolet | 458 | 123 | 2,070 | Accident | |
| 16 | 15 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo Chevrolet | 455 | 115 | 2,760 | Rear End | |
| 17 | 37 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Chevrolet | 453 | 112 | 1,220 | Running | |
| 18 | 33 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Chevrolet | 440 | 109 | 1,900 | Running | |
| 19 | 38 | 79 | Dick May | Native Tan Dodge | 431 | 106 | 2,085 | Running | |
| 20 | 30 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission Chevrolet | 422 | 103 | 2,005 | Running | |
| 21 | 5 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Chevrolet | 411 | 100 | 6,020 | Accident | |
| 22 | 13 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Kencoal Mining Chevrolet | 411 | 97 | 800 | Overheating | |
| 23 | 22 | 75 | Bill Elswick | Chevrolet | 403 | 94 | 1,325 | Running | |
| 24 | 24 | 33 | John Anderson | Draime Race Engines Chevrolet | 353 | 91 | 750 | Accident | |
| 25 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 346 | 88 | 1,770 | Engine | |
| 26 | 31 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 332 | 85 | 1,725 | Valve | |
| 27 | 25 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers Oldsmobile | 326 | 82 | 675 | Engine | |
| 28 | 2 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Hayes Jewelers Oldsmobile | 259 | 84 | 5,350 | Engine | |
| 29 | 20 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Ford | 256 | 76 | 2,125 | Accident | |
| 30 | 14 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Chevrolet | 205 | 73 | 600 | Engine | |
| 31 | 32 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Chevrolet | 125 | 70 | 595 | Engine | |
| 33 | 29 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | 73 | 64 | 1,085 | Accident | |
| 34 | 17 | 18 | Randy Ogden | Chevrolet | 49 | 61 | 580 | Accident | |
| 35 | 34 | 92 | Bill Osborne | Chevrolet | 22 | 58 | 575 | Accident | |
| 36 | 36 | 76 | Mike Potter | Chevrolet | 21 | 55 | 570 | Piston | |
| 37 | 26 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs Buick | 10 | 52 | 570 | Piston | |
| 38 | 35 | 29 | Junior Miller | Pleasure Island Chevrolet | 10 | 49 | 570 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 36 Minutes 6 Seconds
Average Speed .:108.735
Margin of Victory .: 3.000 Seconds
