| 1980 Richmond 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 3 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $98,185 | Race Date: | Feb 24, 1980 | Richmond Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.200 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 12Min 8Sec. | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 19 | Average Speed: | 67.703 MPH | .750 Mile D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 31 | No. of Cautions: | 9 For 72 Laps | richmondraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip | Driver: | Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #88 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #88 Chevrolet | Ford: | 6 | |||
| Team: | DiGard Racing | Team: | DiGard Racing | Dodge: | 4 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Buddy Parrott | Crew Chief: | Jake Elder | Oldsmobile: | 3 | |||
| Laps Led: | 148 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 93.695 MPH | |||||
| Official 1980 Richmond 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade | Running |  | 185 | 400 | 148 |
| 2 | 5 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Warner Hodgdon / Mike Curb | Running |  | 175 | 400 | 127 |
| 3 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 170 | 400 | 70 |
| 4 | 10 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Transmission | Running | | 165 | 400 | 16 |
| 5 | 13 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Racing | Running | | 155 | 398 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales | Running |  | 150 | 392 | 0 |
| 7 | 31 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Running | | 146 | 385 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars | Running |  | 142 | 382 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Running | | 138 | 380 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Running | | 134 | 377 | 0 |
| 11 | 30 | 40 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms | Running | | 130 | 376 | 0 |
| 12 | 2 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 132 | 373 | 28 |
| 13 | 27 | 79 | Joey Arrington | Buddy's Used Cars | Running | | 124 | 368 | 0 |
| 14 | 25 | 37 | Bub Strickler | Bub Strickler (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 367 | 0 |
| 15 | 24 | 75 | Bill Elswick | Rahmoc Racing | Running | | 118 | 366 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona | Running | | 115 | 363 | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | 95 | Tommy Houston | Carpenter Designs | Running | | 117 | 354 | 10 |
| 18 | 17 | 90 | Jody Ridley (R) | Truxmore Industries / Sunny King Ford | Running | | 109 | 342 | 0 |
| 19 | 29 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Louise Smith Special | Running | | 106 | 330 | 0 |
| 20 | 23 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt | Running | | 103 | 318 | 0 |
| 21 | 16 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 100 | 295 | 0 |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals | Running | | 97 | 292 | 0 |
| 23 | 26 | 99 | Bill Hollar | Hollar Auto Parts | Ignition | | 94 | 281 | 0 |
| 24 | 8 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Incorporated | | 91 | 197 | 0 | |
| 25 | 9 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch | Accident | | 88 | 193 | 0 |
| 26 | 22 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria | Valves | | 85 | 125 | 0 |
| 27 | 6 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Dewitt Trucking | Accident | | 87 | 101 | 1 |
| 28 | 4 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Company | Oil Pump | | 79 | 63 | 0 |
| 29 | 13 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo Electronics | Accident | | 76 | 47 | 0 |
| 30 | 28 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission | Accident | | 73 | 46 | 0 |
| 31 | 19 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers | Accident | | 70 | 45 | 0 |
