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Winston Western 500

NASCAR Winston Cup/Winston West race
Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
January 13, 1980
119 laps on 2.62 mile road course; 311.78 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Darrell Waltrip	88	DiGard	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	119	24,700	running	56
2	5	Dale Earnhardt	2	Rod Osterlund	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	119	19,400	running	0
3	3	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	119	15,100	running	13
4	9	Joe Millikan	72	L.G. DeWitt	1978 Chevrolet	119	10,200	running	0
5	10	Bill Schmitt	73	Jim Schmitt	1978 Oldsmobile	119	7,455	running	0
6	13	Richard Childress	3	Richard Childress	1979 Chevrolet Caprice	118	5,280	running	0
7	15	Terry Labonte	44	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	118	4,810	running	0
8	28	Bill Whittington	40	D.K. Ulrich	1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	117	4,400	running	0
9	26	Don Whittington	55	DiGard	1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	117	2,300	running	0
10	14	Ronnie Thomas	25	Jabe Thomas	1977 Chevrolet	116	4,190	running	0
11	22	James Hylton	8	James Hylton	1978 Chevrolet	115	3,720	running	0
12	20	Harry Gant	75	Bob Rahilly	1977 Oldsmobile	115	1,800	running	0
13	34	Roy Smith	45	Baxter Price	1977 Chevrolet	114	1,700	running	0
14	16	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	1979 Dodge	114	3,260	running	0
15	17	J.D. McDuffie	70	J.D. McDuffie	1977 Chevrolet	113	3,050	running	0
16	35	Jody Ridley	90	Junie Donlavey	1976 Mercury	113	3,340	running	0
17	6	Dave Marcis	71	Dave Marcis	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	112	2,630	running	9
18	4	Bobby Allison	15	Bud Moore	1976 Mercury	109	5,750	engine	0
19	24	Don Puskarich	13	Matt Puskarich	1977 Chevrolet Chevelle	109	1,250	running	0
20	31	Vince Giamformaggio	19	Henley Gray	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	109	2,260	running	0
21	37	Jimmy Means	52	Jimmy Means	1977 Chevrolet	108	2,185	running	0
22	11	Dick Brooks	7	Nelson Malloch	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	104	2,150	sway bar	0
23	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Junior Johnson	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	103	5,530	engine	41
24	21	Jim Robinson	78	A.J. Kurten	1979 Chevrolet Caprice	103	1,580	running	0
25	23	Chuck Wahl	37	DuWayne Wahl	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	88	1,005	running	0
26	12	Hershel McGriff	93	Gary Athearn	1979 Dodge	82	955	engine	0
27	36	Steve Pfeifer	57	Don Guy	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	82	905	running	0
28	7	Dan Gurney	48	Rod Osterlund	1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	79	1,105	transmission	0
29	32	Lake Speed	24	Cecil Gordon	1977 Oldsmobile	79	1,305	engine	0
30	25	Randy Ogden	18	Jack Ogden	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	73	755	engine	0
31	18	John Borneman Jr.	81	John Borneman	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	72	700	transmission	0
32	30	Cecil Gordon  Dick May	79	Frank Warren	1979 Dodge	71	1,150	oil pump	0
33	8	Benny Parsons	27	M.C. Anderson	1977 Chevrolet	52	5,050	transmission	0
34	27	Neil Bonnett	21	Wood Brothers	1976 Mercury	35	1,050	oil line	0
35	29	Rick McCray	08	Rick McCray	1978 Chevrolet	34	500	engine	0
36	19	Chuck Bown	47		1979 Chevrolet Caprice	30	500	engine	0
37	33	Bill Osborne	97	Ivan Baldwin	1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo	20	500	rear end	0
38	38	Gary Mathews	97	Gil Brusuelas	1977 Chevrolet Chevelle	0		did not qualify	0
39	39	Dick Whalen	6		1977 Chevrolet Chevelle	0		did not qualify	0
40	40	Gene Thonesen	77		1977 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
41	41	St. James Davis	22	LaDonna Davis	1980 Dodge	0		did not qualify	0
42	42	Tim Williamson	5	Jerry Cracker	1977 Oldsmobile	0		deceased	0

Notes: Tim Williamson was killed in an accidenr during the Grand American race January 12. His car was withdrawn from qualifying.
The first 24 laps were run in the rain under caution on January 13 before the race was red-flagged.
The race was completed on January 19.
Cecil Gordon replaced Dick May for the completion of the race.
Time of race: 03:16:58
Average Speed: 94.974 MPH
Pole Speed: 83.172 seconds
2 cautions for 30 laps
Attendance: 22,000