Official NASCAR Race Results
Cale Yarborough won the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Busch Volunteer 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
08-23-1980 | Busch Volunteer 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway
Table initially ordered on Finish Position. Click a column header to re-sort by that value.
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts | Laps | Led | Status | Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | Busch | 185 | 500 | 379 | Running | 16,550 |
| 2 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | Mike Curb / Hodgdon | 175 | 500 | 24 | Running | 11,450 |
| 3 | 4 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | Gatorade | 170 | 500 | 55 | Running | 7,500 |
| 4 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | Chevrolet | STP | 165 | 499 | 10 | Running | 7,700 |
| 5 | 6 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | Melling Tool | 160 | 499 | 3 | Running | 5,450 |
| 6 | 11 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Ford | Mike Curb / Hodgdon | 155 | 498 | 5 | Running | 5,100 |
| 7 | 10 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Chevrolet | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission | 146 | 496 | 0 | Running | 4,860 |
| 8 | 12 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Oldsmobile | Valleydale Meats | 142 | 496 | 0 | Running | 2,065 |
| 9 | 14 | 3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | CRC Chemicals | 138 | 487 | 0 | Running | 3,960 |
| 10 | 5 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Chevrolet | Ulrich Racing | 134 | 483 | 0 | Running | 3,490 |
| 11 | 19 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | Bailey Excavating | 130 | 479 | 0 | Running | 3,130 |
| 12 | 15 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Mercury | Truxmore / Sunny King | 127 | 477 | 0 | Engine | 3,410 |
| 13 | 18 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | Sunny King Ford & Honda | 124 | 474 | 0 | Running | 2,900 |
| 14 | 2 | 47 | Harry Gant | Chevrolet | Race Hill Farm | 126 | 468 | 5 | Engine | 2,665 |
| 15 | 16 | 75 | John Anderson | Chevrolet | RahMoc Enterprises | 118 | 468 | 0 | Running | 700 |
| 16 | 22 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Chevrolet | Kings Inn Daytona | 115 | 465 | 0 | Running | 1,705 |
| 17 | 20 | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | Palatine Automotive Parts | 112 | 456 | 0 | Engine | 1,820 |
| 18 | 28 | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | Iron Peddlers | 109 | 452 | 0 | Running | 1,635 |
| 19 | 26 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | South Hill Texaco | 106 | 403 | 0 | Running | 1,300 |
| 20 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | Reid Trailer Sales | 103 | 402 | 0 | Engine | 1,275 |
| 21 | 27 | 61 | Bub Strickler | Oldsmobile | Duro-Bond | 0 | 396 | 0 | Crash | 550 |
| 22 | 17 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | Thompson Industries | 97 | 364 | 0 | Engine | 785 |
| 23 | 8 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | Apache Stove | 99 | 343 | 19 | Crash | 1,020 |
| 24 | 29 | 74 | Stuart Huffman | Buick | Bluegrass Express | 0 | 340 | 0 | Transmission | 510 |
| 25 | 24 | 19 | Steve Spencer | Chevrolet | Belden Asphalt | 0 | 204 | 0 | Crash | 750 |
| 26 | 25 | 09 | Dick May | Buick | Pokeys of Doylestown | 85 | 204 | 0 | Battery | 490 |
| 27 | 13 | 79 | Junior Miller | Chevrolet | Miller Roofing | 82 | 165 | 0 | Engine | 730 |
| 28 | 9 | 7 | Ricky Rudd | Chevrolet | Sanyo | 79 | 135 | 0 | Strut rod | 720 |
| 29 | 21 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Chevrolet | Stone's Cafeteria | 76 | 17 | 0 | Engine | 810 |
| 30 | 30 | 84 | Bobby Sands | Chevrolet | Sands Racing | 73 | 2 | 0 | Transmission | 450 |
Race Recap
- Date: 08-23-1980
- Track: Bristol Motor Speedway
- Race: Busch Volunteer 500
- Race #: 22
- Cars: 30
- Winner: Cale Yarborough
- Start Position: 1st
- Car Make: Chevrolet
- Avg Speed: 86.973 mph
- Distance: 267 miles
- Purse: $95,480
- Cautions: 10
- Caution Laps: 57
- Lead Changes: 19
- Pole: 110.990 mph
