During the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup season, unpolished sophomore driver Dale Earnhardt drove his way into the starry world of NASCAR racing with relative ease. Staving off challenges from Richard Petty and Cale Yarborough for the championship, Earnhardt emerged from obscurity to instant fame, fortune and headlines. The 1980 NASCAR series would also be the last for the behemoth full-size cars. After the 1980 campaign, NASCAR shifted to the smaller, more efficient cars saturating the American marketplace. In the chart below,
you will find the results for all of the 31 races that comprised the
1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Series Season.
 Bobby Allison powers his #15 Bud Moore Ford Thunderbird under the checkered flag to win the July 4 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway. In victory lane, Allison announced he would seek a new ride in 1981. "There are only a few tracks the Ford is competitive on," he said. See more pictures of NASCAR. |
| Number | Date | Site | Race Winner | Car | Speed |
| 1 | 1/13,19/80 | Riverside, CA | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 94.974 |
| 2 | 2/17/80 | Daytona Beach, FL | Buddy Baker | Olds | 177.602 |
| 3 | 2/24/80 | Richmond, VA | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 67.703 |
| 4 | 3/09/80 | Rockingham, NC | Cale Yarborough | Olds | 108.735 |
| 5 | 3/16/80 | Atlanta, GA | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 134.808 |
| 6 | 3/30/80 | Bristol, TN | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 96.977 |
| 7 | 4/13/80 | Darlington, SC | David Pearson | Chevrolet | 112.397 |
| 8 | 4/20/80 | N.Wilkesboro, NC | Richard Petty | Chevrolet | 95.501 |
| 9 | 4/27/80 | Martinsville, VA | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 69.049 |
| 10 | 5/04/80 | Talladega, AL | Buddy Baker | Olds | 170.481 |
| 11 | 5/10/80 | Nashville, TN | Richard Petty | Chevrolet | 89.471 |
| 12 | 5/18/80 | Dover, DE | Bobby Alison | Ford | 113.866 |
| 13 | 5/25/80 | Charlotte, NC | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 119.265 |
| 14 | 6/01/80 | College Station, TX | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 159.046 |
| 15 | 6/08/80 | Riverside, CA | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 101.846 |
| 16 | 6/15/80 | Brooklyn, MI | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 131.808 |
| 17 | 7/04/80 | Daytona Beach, FL | Bobby Allison | Ford | 173.473 |
| 18 | 7/12/80 | Nashville, TN | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 93.821 |
| 19 | 7/27/80 | Pocono, PA | Neil Bonnett | Mercury | 124.392 |
| 20 | 8/03/80 | Talladega, AL | Neil Bonnett | Mercury | 166.894 |
| 21 | 8/17/80 | Brooklyn, MI | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 145.352 |
| 22 | 8/23/80 | Bristol, TN | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 86.973 |
| 23 | 9/01/80 | Darlington, SC | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | 115.210 |
| 24 | 9/07/80 | Richmond, VA | Bobby Allison | Ford | 79.722 |
| 25 | 9/14/80 | Dover, DE | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 116.024 |
| 26 | 9/21/80 | N.Wilkesboro, NC | Bobby Allison | Ford | 75.510 |
| 27 | 9/28/80 | Martinsville, VA | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 69.654 |
| 28 | 10/05/80 | Charlotte, NC | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 135.243 |
| 29 | 10/19/80 | Rockingham, NC | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 114.159 |
| 30 | 11/02/80 | Atlanta, GA | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 131.190 |
| 31 | 11/15/80 | Ontario, CA | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 129.441 |
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