| 1980 Music City 420 NASCAR Cup Series Race 11 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $86,665 | Race Date: | May 10, 1980 | Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville | |
| Margin of Victory: | 42 Car Length | Race Duration: | 2Hr 47Min 52Sec. | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 11 | Average Speed: | 89.471 MPH | .5 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | 4 For 29 Laps | http | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Richard Petty R. Petty | Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #43 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Ford: | 6 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Oldsmobile: | 4 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Dale Inman | Crew Chief: | Tim Brewer | Dodge: | 3 | |||
| Laps Led: | 96 of 420 | Pole Speed: | 106.591 MPH | |||||
| Official 1980 Music City 420 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running |  | 180 | 420 | 96 |
| 2 | 2 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool Company | Running | | 170 | 420 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch | Running | | 175 | 420 | 279 |
| 4 | 5 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade | Running | | 165 | 419 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Warner Hodgdon / Mike Curb | Running |  | 155 | 418 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon | Running | | 155 | 418 | 27 |
| 7 | 11 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Incorporated | Running | | 146 | 414 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | 90 | Jody Ridley (R) | Truxmore Industries / Sunny King Ford | Running | | 142 | 413 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 138 | 411 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | 40 | Mike Alexander | Midwestern Farm Lines | Running | | 134 | 409 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Chevrolet | Running | | 130 | 405 | 0 |
| 12 | 22 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries | Running | | 127 | 401 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Running | | 124 | 399 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | 37 | Don Sprouse | Rogers Auto Leasing | Running | | 0 | 399 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 118 | 396 | 0 |
| 16 | 28 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing | Running | | 115 | 392 | 0 |
| 17 | 29 | 99 | Dick May | Hollar Auto Parts | Running | | 0 | 382 | 0 |
| 18 | 25 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Running | | 109 | 382 | 0 |
| 19 | 30 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars | Running |  | 106 | 380 | 0 |
| 20 | 14 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Running | | 103 | 376 | 0 |
| 21 | 27 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria | Running | | 100 | 374 | 0 |
| 22 | 19 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers / Mcwhirter | Running | | 97 | 373 | 0 |
| 23 | 15 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona | Running | | 94 | 370 | 0 |
| 24 | 9 | 75 | John Anderson | Rahmoc Racing | Running | | 91 | 367 | 0 |
| 25 | 16 | 53 | Slick Johnson (R) | Johnson Racing | Accident | | 88 | 348 | 0 |
| 26 | 18 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Louise Smith Special | Running | | 85 | 326 | 0 |
| 27 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales | Transmission |  | 82 | 295 | 0 |
| 28 | 26 | 19 | Steve Spencer | Belden Asphalt | Engine | | 0 | 153 | 0 |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals | Engine | | 76 | 148 | 0 |
| 30 | 10 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo Electronics | Rear Gear | | 73 | 46 | 0 |
