The1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 32nd season ofprofessionalstock car racing in the United States and the 9th modern-era NASCAR Cup season. It was the final year with the Gen 2 car. The season began on Sunday, January 13 and ended on Sunday, November 15.Dale Earnhardt won his first Winston Cup championship in his first full-season after missing couple races in 1979, winning by 19 points overCale Yarborough.Jody Ridley was crownedNASCAR Rookie of the Year.
TheWinston Western 500 was held on January 13 atRiverside International Raceway.Darrell Waltrip won the pole, and would claim his second straight win in Riverside's NASCAR season-opener. He took the win with crew chiefBuddy Parrott, who had been fired from DiGard Racing immediately following theLos Angeles Times 500 the previous November but rehired at the start of January.
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The 22ndDaytona 500 was held on February 17 atDaytona International Speedway.Buddy Baker won the pole. Baker ended a career-long drought in the 500 as he dominated, winning in his 18th attempt.Darrell Waltrip blew his engine early and angrily ripped theDiGard Racing team in postrace interviews. With an average speed of 177.602 mph, the 1980 race remains the fastest Daytona 500 in history.
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TheRichmond 400 was held on February 24 atRichmond Fairgrounds Raceway.Darrell Waltrip won the pole. Waltrip, Bobby Allison, and Richard Petty combined to lead 345 laps. Petty rallied from a mid-race spin to lead until Waltrip grabbed the lead for the final nineteen laps.
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TheCarolina 500 was held on March 9 atNorth Carolina Motor Speedway.Darrell Waltrip won the pole.Cale Yarborough drove a backup Oldsmobile to the win, whileBenny Parsons survived a hard crash in Turn One.
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TheAtlanta 500 was held on March 16 atAtlanta International Raceway.Buddy Baker won the pole.Cale Yarborough,Bobby Allison, andDonnie Allison dominated the first 300 miles of the race as sophomoreDale Earnhardt clawed from 31st into contention; Allison and Earnhardt were side by side for the lead when Donnie was hit byTerry Labonte and hit the wall in Turn Three. Cale broke in the final 60 laps as Earnhardt took the win; finishing second was rookieRusty Wallace in his first career race.
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TheSoutheastern 500 was held on March 30 atBristol International Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole. Earnhardt passed Yarborough and led the final 135 laps for his second straight win.
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TheRebel 500 was held on April 13 atDarlington Raceway.Benny Parsons won the pole. Rain shortened the race after halfway asDavid Pearson, replacingDonnie Allison inHoss Ellington's car, took his 105th and final career win.Neil Bonnett crashed out on the opening lap andDale Earnhardt led fifteen laps but fell out with engine failure.
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TheNorthwestern Bank 400 was held on April 10 atNorth Wilkesboro Speedway.Bobby Allison won the pole.
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TheVirginia 500 was held on April 27 atMartinsville Speedway.Darrell Waltrip won the pole. In an effort to save money for race teams, NASCAR banned tire changes under caution on short tracks. Waltrip led 303 laps from the pole to the win.
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TheWinston 500 was held on May 4 atAlabama International Motor Speedway.David Pearson won the pole. On a newly repaved surface,Buddy Baker ran downDale Earnhardt with two laps to go for the win, but was informed on his way to postrace interviews he would be replaced in the Ranier Racing car in 1981.
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TheMusic City 420 was held on May 10 atNashville Fairgrounds Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole. Yarborough cut a tire but could not pit under yellow to change it; as a resultRichard Petty took his eighth win at the Nashville Fairgrounds. Petty and Cale were critical of NASCAR's new rule for short tracks banning tire changes under yellow. Petty's win was also Chevrolet's 100th manufacturer win in NASCAR.
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TheMason-Dixon 500 was held on May 18 atDover Downs International Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole.Bobby Allison won after leading 126 laps, edgingRichard Petty for his first win of the season. Allison was critical of the Ford racecars he was running, saying "We still need a Chevy for the other tracks."
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TheWorld 600 was held on May 25 atCharlotte Motor Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole. The race ran over seven hours thanks to fourteen yellows for crashes on the newly paved surface and two rain delays lasting two hours. The lead changed 47 times asBenny Parsons out-dueledDarrell Waltrip; they swapped the lead eight times in the final twenty laps.Dale Earnhardt's crash at Lap 275 withDavid Pearson andCale Yarborough combined withRichard Petty's fourth cut Earnhardt's point lead to under 50; crew chiefJake Elder quit the team after the race, citing an attitude change with Earnhardt and also conflict withRod Osterlund and team managerRoland Wlodyka ("Rod tells me one thing and Roland another. I tell Roland what we need and he says we can't do that.....I had no authority to get the people I need.")[1]
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TheNASCAR 400 was held on June 1 atTexas World Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole. Yarborough led 110 laps from the pole and edgedRichard Petty, while point leaderDale Earnhardt led 54 laps but finished a distant ninth in his first race withDoug Richert as crew chief.Benny Parsons led 30 laps but overheated and fell out.
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TheWarner W. Hodgdon 400 was held on June 8 atRiverside International Raceway.Cale Yarborough won the pole for the fifth consecutive race.
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TheGabriel 400 was held on June 15 atMichigan International Speedway.Benny Parsons won the pole. Parsons, who grew up in the Detroit area, won at Michigan for the only time in his career.Darrell Waltrip fell out with engine failure, and following the race crew chiefBuddy Parrott was fired; a fight ensued between Parrott andRobert Yates at theDiGard shop when the team returned home. Parrott publicly blamed Waltrip for his firing, saying "I'll die before I ever turn another wrench on a Darrell Waltrip car." Parrott was promptly hired to Ranier Racing.
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TheFirecracker 400 was held on July 4 atDaytona International Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole.Bobby Allison edged Earnhardt and Pearson before a scary crash erupted off Turn Four asPhil Finney plowed into an earthen bank and flew twenty feet into the air before landing at the pit road entrance. The lead changed 41 times.
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TheBusch Nashville 420 was held on July 12 atNashville Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole.
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TheCoca-Cola 500 was held on July 27 atPocono Raceway.Cale Yarborough won the pole, his eighth pole in the last nine races.Neil Bonnett survived a physical last lap withBuddy Baker and Yarborough. The lead changed 50 times, but the story of the race was a bad wreck on Lap 57 asRichard Petty, holding the lead, broke a wheel entering the track's Tunnel Turn, shot into the wall, and bounced into the path of traffic, where he was hit in the driver's side door byDarrell Waltrip. Petty suffered a broken neck and his title chances effectively ended.
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TheTalladega 500 was held on August 3 atAlabama International Motor Speedway.Buddy Baker won the pole.Neil Bonnett fought off a last-lap challenge fromDale Earnhardt,Cale Yarborough, andBenny Parsons for the win, the second in a row forWood Brothers Racing and the final win for the Mercury automobile brand.
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TheChampion Spark Plug 400 was held on August 17 atMichigan International Speedway.Buddy Baker won the pole.Darrell Waltrip crashed during practice and had to purchase theJoel Halpern Chevrolet to run the 400 atMichigan International Speedway; it was the second time in two seasons Waltrip had to drive another car after his primaryDiGard entry was knocked out before the race; Waltrip led 67 laps but a late caution allowedCale Yarborough to catch up and storm to the win. Following the race Waltrip stated he was "fed up" with the DiGard situation, saying "I fight the same battles every day."Richard Petty ran the entire race despite his broken neck and finished fifth.
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TheBusch Volunteer 500 was held on August 23 atBristol International Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole.
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The 31stSouthern 500 was held on September 1 atDarlington Raceway.Darrell Waltrip won the pole. In a wild final five lapsDavid Pearson rocketed from midpack into the lead and held offDale Earnhardt andBenny Parsons, then with two to go all three crashed in Turn Two in oil from a blown engine; Pearson limped to the race-deciding yellow, butTerry Labonte edged Pearson by a bumper to score his first career victory.
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TheCapital City 400 was held on September 7 atRichmond Fairgrounds Raceway.Cale Yarborough won the pole.
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TheCRC Chemicals 500 was held on September 14 atDover Downs International Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole.
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TheHolly Farms 400 was held on September 21 atNorth Wilkesboro Speedway.Cale Yarborough won the pole.
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TheOld Dominion 500 was held on September 28 atMartinsville Speedway.Buddy Baker won the pole.
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TheNational 500 was held on October 5 atCharlotte Motor Speedway.Buddy Baker won the pole.Dale Earnhardt edgedCale Yarborough and Baker amid an increasingly bitter public contract battle betweenDarrell Waltrip and his team owner,Bill Gardner, a battle that also involvedJunior Johnson, who asserted DiGard had attempted to hire several of Johnson's crewmen out from under him. Waltrip fought for the lead in the first 100 laps but lost a lap when a sway bar bolt broke off an A arm; he kept battling to get his lap back but crashed withBenny Parsons, who was eligible for a $100,000 bonus for winning the race.
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TheAmerican 500 was held on October 19 atNorth Carolina Motor Speedway.Donnie Allison won the pole.Cale Yarborough led 167 laps en route to his fifth win of the season, but the key development of the race wasDale Earnhardt, who's 18th place finish reduced his point lead to just 44 with two races to go.
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TheAtlanta Journal 500 was held on November 2 atAtlanta International Raceway.Bobby Allison won the pole. An early accident eliminated the Allison brothers andCale Yarborough dominated to the win.Dale Earnhardt lost a lap and crowded Cale for a prolonged stretch; his point lead over Yarborough was now just 29 points.
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TheLos Angeles Times 500 was held on November 15 atOntario Motor Speedway.Cale Yarborough won his 14th pole of the season, the most in NASCAR's modern era. Earnhardt lost a lap but made it up and despite taking off from a late green-flag stop with unsecured lug nuts on his tires finished fifth with Yarborough third andBenny Parsons the race winner. The race was switched from Sunday to Saturday to accommodate liveCBS Sports coverage. Earnhardt's 5th-place finish allowed him to win the championship by 19 points over Yarborough. Following the race Waltrip succeeded in buying out his contract with DiGard Racing while Yarborough announced he would not run the full season in 1981, taking over the M. C. Anderson #27 team driven by race winner Parsons; Waltrip was then hired by Junior Johnson.
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(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.
| Pos. | Driver | RIV | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | DAR | NWS | MAR | TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT | TWS | RIV | MCH | DAY | NSV | POC | TAL | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | NWS | MAR | CLT | CAR | ATL | ONT | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1* | 29 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 1* | 1* | 18 | 3 | 5 | 4661 |
| 2 | Cale Yarborough | 23 | 19 | 25 | 1* | 8* | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3* | 16* | 17 | 1* | 4 | 2 | 40 | 2* | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 29 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 3 | 4642 |
| 3 | Benny Parsons | 33 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1* | 6 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 4278 |
| 4 | Richard Petty | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 9 | 1* | 3 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 27 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 4255 |
| 5 | Darrell Waltrip | 1* | 40 | 1* | 4 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1* | 42 | 4 | 20 | 2* | 4 | 1* | 26 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 4* | 3 | 25* | 6 | 1* | 2 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 26 | 25* | 4239 |
| 6 | Bobby Allison | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 15* | 8 | 1* | 6 | 34 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1* | 30 | 1* | 22 | 29 | 26 | 38 | 4 | 4019 |
| 7 | Jody Ridley(R) | 16 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3972 |
| 8 | Terry Labonte | 7 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 11 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 31 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3766 |
| 9 | Dave Marcis | 17 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 3745 |
| 10 | Richard Childress | 6 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 3742 |
| 11 | Harry Gant | 12 | 42 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 36 | 41 | 3703 |
| 12 | Buddy Arrington | 14 | 41 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3461 |
| 13 | James Hylton | 11 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 3449 |
| 14 | Ronnie Thomas | 10 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 3066 | |
| 15 | Cecil Gordon | 21 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 34 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 2993 | ||
| 16 | J. D. McDuffie | 15 | 27 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 41 | 20 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 36 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 38 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 2968 |
| 17 | Jimmy Means | 21 | 15 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 2947 | |||
| 18 | Tommy Gale | 20 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 33 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 31 | 19 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 2885 | ||
| 19 | Neil Bonnett | 34 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 36 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 1* | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2865 | |||||||||
| 20 | Roger Hamby | QL | 16 | 18 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 35 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 2606 | ||||
| 21 | Buddy Baker | 1* | 15 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 1* | 3 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 32* | 6 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 2603 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Lake Speed(R) | 29 | DNQ | 11 | 8 | 7 | DNQ | 12 | 26 | 17 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 1853 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Slick Johnson(R) | 14 | 30 | 10 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 40 | 8 | DNQ | 1851 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | John Anderson | 18 | 24 | 17 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 15 | 36 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 9 | 1805 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Bobby Wawak | 10 | 17 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 1742 | ||||||||||||
| 26 | Donnie Allison | 7 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 37 | 39 | 1730 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | Dick Brooks | 22 | 36 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 1698 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Kyle Petty(R) | DNQ | 31 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 1690 | |||||||||||||||
| 29 | Baxter Price | DNQ | 31 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 24 | 1689 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Lennie Pond | 9 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 29 | 1558 | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | Junior Miller | 38 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 31 | 34 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 33 | 35 | 1402 | |||||||||||||||
| 32 | Dick May | 32 | DNQ | 20 | 19 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 1323 | |||||||||
| 33 | Joe Millikan | 4 | 34 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 1274 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Bill Elliott | 12 | 29 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 1232 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | Ricky Rudd | 12 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 32 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 4 | 1213 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | Bill Elswick | 24 | 15 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 35 | 30 | 34 | 14 | 36 | 1053 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | David Pearson | 1* | 3 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 38 | 31 | 1004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38 | D. K. Ulrich | 26 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 30 | 37 | 935 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Tighe Scott | 39 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 791 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Frank Warren | QL | 20 | 19 | 17 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 559 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Tim Richmond | 12 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 42 | Bill Schmitt | 5 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 503 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | Buck Simmons | DNQ | 22 | 40 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 24 | 495 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44 | Rick Newsom | DNQ | 19 | 36 | 20 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 45 | Dave Dion | 17 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 441 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 46 | Don Whittington | 9 | 16 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 22 | 38 | 429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47 | Steve Moore | 14 | 35 | 18 | QL | 13 | 412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 48 | Tommy Houston | 17 | 15 | 31 | 24 | 396 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Sterling Marlin | 8 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 36 | 387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Bruce Hill | 33 | 27 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 41 | 348 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Chuck Bown | 36 | 35 | 31 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 329 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 52 | Jim Vandiver | 37 | 39 | 8 | 25 | 328 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 53 | Jeff McDuffie | 18 | 17 | 19 | 327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 54 | Coo Coo Marlin | QL | 11 | 14 | 37 | 303 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Don Sprouse | 14 | 24 | 15 | 23 | 303 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 56 | Joe Booher | 17 | 11 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 34 | 294 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 57 | Rusty Wallace | 2 | 14 | 291 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 58 | Jim Robinson | 24 | 20 | 28 | 273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 59 | Hershel McGriff | 26 | 24 | 23 | 270 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60 | Roy Smith | 13 | 28 | 36 | 263 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 61 | Don Puskarich | 19 | 17 | 42 | 255 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 62 | Kenny Hemphill | 25 | 10 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 252 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 63 | Blackie Wangerin | DNQ | 13 | 37 | 34 | 237 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 64 | Mike Potter | 36 | 30 | 18 | 237 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65 | Travis Tiller | 28 | 40 | 26 | 30 | 237 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 66 | Rick McCray | 35 | 32 | 19 | 231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 67 | Connie Saylor | 19 | 39 | 14 | 23 | 27 | 227 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 68 | Rick Wilson | 15 | 36 | 37 | 225 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 69 | Janet Guthrie | 11 | 28 | 209 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 70 | Wayne Watercutter | DNQ | 16 | 24 | 206 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 71 | Marty Robbins | 33 | 30 | 13 | 32 | 204 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 72 | Randy Ogden | 30 | Wth | 34 | 31 | 204 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 73 | Eddie Dickerson | 21 | 22 | 197 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 74 | Don Waterman | 25 | 20 | 191 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 75 | Kevin Housby | 30 | 17 | DNQ | 26 | 185 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 76 | John Utsman | 28 | 20 | 182 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 77 | Steve Pfeifer | 27 | 21 | 182 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 78 | Phil Finney | DNQ | 38 | 20 | 152 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 79 | Nelson Oswald | DNQ | 20 | 38 | 152 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 80 | Jocko Maggiacomo | DNQ | 24 | 39 | 137 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 81 | John Borneman | 31 | 34 | 131 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 82 | Harry Dinwiddie | 12 | 127 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 83 | Mike Miller | 39 | 28 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 84 | Joey Arrington | 13 | 124 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 85 | Jimmy Finger | 13 | 124 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 86 | Jimmy Ingram | 15 | DNQ | DNQ | 118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 87 | Billie Harvey | 27 | 11 | 16 | 17 | DNQ | 115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 88 | Bill Osborne | 37 | 35 | 110 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 89 | Joel Stowe | 18 | 16 | 109 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 90 | Vince Giamformaggio | 20 | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 91 | John Callis | 21 | 40 | DNQ | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 92 | Bill Hollar | 23 | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 93 | Bruce Jacobi | 23 | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 94 | Ralph Jones | DNQ | 25 | 24 | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 95 | Jim Hopkinson | 27 | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 96 | Stuart Huffman | 28 | 24 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 97 | Nestor Peles | 28 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 98 | Dick Skillen | 28 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 99 | Ed Hale | 29 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 | Bobby Sands | 30 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101 | A. J. Foyt | 31 | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 102 | Bill Whittington | 8 | 32 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 103 | Glenn Francis | 32 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 104 | Melvin Revis | 33 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 105 | Glen Ward | 35 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 106 | Henry Jones | 21 | 37 | 37 | 22 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 107 | Jim Hurlbert | 38 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 108 | Gary Balough | 39 | DNQ | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 109 | Jim Sauter | 41 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 110 | Bub Strickler | DNQ | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 111 | Stan Barrett | 11 | 10 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 112 | Steve Spencer | 28 | 25 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 113 | Glenn Jarrett | 34 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 114 | Ferrel Harris | 40 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 115 | John Greenwood | 40 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 116 | Bob Riley | DNQ | 27 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 117 | Mike Alexander | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 118 | Charlie Chamblee | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 119 | Clay Young | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 120 | Gary Baker | DNQ | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 121 | Chuck Wahl | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 122 | Dan Gurney | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 123 | Ernie Cline | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 124 | Steve Gray | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 125 | Joe Ruttman | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 126 | Gary Matthews | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 127 | Dick Whalen | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 128 | Gene Thoneson | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 129 | St. James Davis | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 130 | Jim Hurtubise | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 131 | Ricky Knotts | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 132 | Steve Peles | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 133 | Ricky Otts | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 134 | Bill Green | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 135 | Bob Switzer | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 136 | Terry Ryan | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 137 | Jerry Hansen | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 138 | Frank Freda | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 139 | Dick Kranzler | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 140 | Harry Goularte | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 141 | Don Stanley | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 142 | Ron O'Dell | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 143 | Tim McMillan | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 144 | Tim Williamson | Wth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 145 | Bill Dennis | QL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | RIV | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | DAR | NWS | MAR | TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT | TWS | RIV | MCH | DAY | NSV | POC | TAL | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | ATL | ONT | Pts |