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Atlanta 500 Race Results
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Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 16, 1980 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.54-Mile Oval 328 Laps/505 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 328 | 180 | 36,200 | Running | |
| 2 | 7 | 16 | Rusty Wallace | Chevrolet | 328 | 170 | 14,250 | Running | |
| 3 | 9 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon Ford | 328 | 170 | 16,250 | Running | |
| 4 | 6 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Transmission Oldsmobile | 327 | 165 | 13,600 | Running | |
| 5 | 24 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo Chevrolet | 325 | 155 | 9,490 | Running | |
| 6 | 15 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King Mercury | 325 | 150 | 8,390 | Running | |
| 7 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Oldsmobile | 325 | 151 | 6,695 | Running | |
| 8 | 3 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Chevrolet | 324 | 152 | 18,145 | Running | |
| 10 | 27 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Chevrolet | 320 | 134 | 3,285 | Running | |
| 11 | 25 | 66 | Lake Speed | Chevrolet | 320 | 130 | 2,445 | Running | |
| 12 | 30 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Chevrolet | 320 | 127 | 4,605 | Running | |
| 13 | 28 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Oldsmobile | 318 | 124 | 4,360 | Running | |
| 14 | 38 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Chevrolet | 317 | 121 | 2,060 | Running | |
| 15 | 13 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Chevrolet | 316 | 123 | 3,940 | Running | |
| 16 | 16 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Chevrolet | 313 | 115 | 2,955 | Running | |
| 17 | 21 | 8 | Kevin Housby | Taylor & Martin Oldsmobile | 311 | 112 | 1,665 | Running | |
| 18 | 19 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 303 | 109 | 3,135 | Running | |
| 19 | 36 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 303 | 106 | 2,920 | Running | |
| 20 | 40 | 79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | 302 | 103 | 2,700 | Running | |
| 21 | 39 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers Oldsmobile | 261 | 100 | 1,245 | Running | |
| 22 | 26 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria Chevrolet | 253 | 97 | 2,310 | Valve | |
| 23 | 18 | 75 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet | 244 | 94 | 1,195 | Engine | |
| 24 | 41 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars Oldsmobile | 240 | 91 | 2,250 | Engine | |
| 25 | 33 | 65 | Ralph Jones | Spohn's Body Shop Ford | 213 | 88 | 1,145 | Head Gasket | |
| 26 | 4 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet | 208 | 90 | 2,375 | Rear End | |
| 27 | 29 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Global Heat Exchanger Oldsmobile | 204 | 82 | 1,040 | Engine | |
| 28 | 11 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 192 | 84 | 5,465 | Grease Seal | |
| 29 | 23 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Evans Toyota-GMC Mercury | 181 | 81 | 990 | Engine | |
| 30 | 12 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Chevrolet | 162 | 73 | 5,415 | Clutch | |
| 31 | 5 | 40 | Ricky Rudd | Howard Johnson Chevrolet | 147 | 75 | 1,420 | Accident | |
| 32 | 14 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs Buick | 130 | 67 | 910 | Axle | |
| 33 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 117 | 69 | 7,100 | Engine | |
| 34 | 22 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn - Daytona Chevrolet | 99 | 61 | 890 | Engine | |
| 35 | 35 | 74 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms Buick | 81 | 58 | 880 | Accident | |
| 36 | 37 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Louise Smith Oldsmobile | 78 | 55 | 850 | Accident | |
| 37 | 20 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Chevrolet | 72 | 52 | 5,290 | Engine | |
| 38 | 10 | 51 | Don Whittington | Road Atlanta Oldsmobile | 61 | 49 | 830 | Accident | |
| 39 | 34 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet | 46 | 46 | 1,320 | Valve | |
| 40 | 17 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Ramey's Chevy City Chevrolet | 30 | 43 | 810 | Engine | |
| 41 | 2 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Mercury | 30 | 40 | 1,310 | Rear End | |
| 42 | 42 | 18 | Randy Ogden | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 810 | Did Not Start |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 42 Minutes 32 Seconds
Average Speed .:134.808
Margin of Victory .: 9.000 Seconds
