1980 Coca-Cola 500

Auto race held at Pocono International Raceway in 1980 February 2025 CUST Race 19 of 31 in the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season Coca-Cola 500 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/PA/Long%20Pond/1980-07-27 1980 Coca-Cola 500 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2012-03-10 1980 07 27 1980 19 31 1980CocaCola500NeilBonnett.jpg Neil Bonnett in the winner's circle after winning the 1980 Coca-Cola 500 Coca-Cola 500 Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania Warm with temperatures of 79 F C; wind speeds of 6.6 mph km/h 2.500 3.400 200 500 804 124.395 mi/h 75,000 Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates less than 60.000 seconds Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing 59 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing ABC Chris Economaki Jackie Stewart The 1980 Coca-Cola 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on July 27, 1980, at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1980_Coca-Cola_500/W 1980 Coca-Cola 500 racing information Racing Reference 2012-03-09 Background Pocono Raceway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races; the others are Daytona International Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.NASCAR Race Tracks http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ December 20, 2011 NASCAR Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20130101145548/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ January 1, 2013 The standard track at Pocono Raceway is a three-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 mi km long.http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/poc/ Pocono Raceway NASCAR Turner Sports June 6, 2012 The track's turns are banked differently; the first is banked at 14°, the second turn at 8° and the final turn with 6°. However, each of the three straightaways are banked at 2°. Summary It took four hours and one minute to complete 200 laps; Neil Bonnett defeated Buddy Baker by six-tenths of a second. http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1980&race=19&series_id=2 1980 Coca-Cola 500 racing information Race Database 2012-03-09 This was the only NASCAR oval where typical lap times for the race were over a minute, although qualifying times for this track were less than 60 seconds. There were 19 lead changes in the final 56 laps, with nearly all the lead changes occurring between Baker and Bonnett. The two drivers exchanged the lead nine times in the last 22 laps before Bonnett took the lead for good with four laps remaining. https://www.woodbrothersracing.com/news/classic-memories/2010/06/02/bonnett-weaved-way-1980-win-pocono/ Bonnett Weaved His Way to a 1980 Win at Pocono Wood Brothers Racing 2018-09-10 Bonnett's victory would mark both his first victory of the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the penultimate one for Mercury as a brand in NASCAR Cup competition. There were forty American born drivers in the race. Travis Tiller achieved the last-place finish of the race due to a problem in the ignition system during the pace laps of the race. Five cautions slowed the race for 26 laps while 49 lead changes took place from the green flag to the checkered flag. The other drivers who finished in the top ten were: Cale Yarborough, Dale Earnhardt, Harry Gant, Terry Labonte, Kyle Petty, Dave Marcis, Richard Childress (now the owner of Richard Childress Racing), and Ricky Rudd. Most of the drivers competed with the Chevrolets. Kenny Hemphill, Tim Richmond (12th-place finish), and Bob Riley would start their NASCAR Cup Series careers at this race while Janet Guthrie and Nelson Oswald would make this their last races. Guthrie was forced out of the race when her engine failed after 134 laps. http://thetimes-tribune.com/sports/pocono-look-back-1980-coca-cola-500-1.832930#axzz1ogfdp6az POCONO LOOK BACK: 1980 Coca-Cola 500 5 June 2010 The Times-Tribune 2012-03-10 Richard Petty broke his neck as a result of a crash on lap 57. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfrUCKRP2Tw 1980 Coca-Cola 500 - Richard Petty Crash YouTube 2012-03-09 He managed to successfully rehab from this injury. Notable crew chiefs in this race were Junie Donlavey, Joey Arrington, Darel Dieringer, Dale Inman, Darrell Bryant, D.K. Ulrich, Harry Hyde, Waddell Wilson, and Kirk Shelmerdine. https://www.racing-reference.info/entrylist/1980-19/W/C 1980 Coca-Cola 500 crew chiefs information Racing Reference 2018-08-27 Standings after the race Pos Driver Points 1 10px Dale Earnhardt 2902 2 10px Richard Petty 2758 3 10px Cale Yarborough 2724 4 10px Benny Parsons 2627 5 Darrell Waltrip 2574 6 Bobby Allison 2570 7 10px Jody Ridley 2455 8 10px Richard Childress 2330 9 10px Harry Gant 2291 10 Terry Labonte 2237 References 1980 Busch Nashville 420 1980 Talladega 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season 1980 1979 none Coca-Cola 500 races 1980 Coca-Cola 500 Coca-Cola 500 Category:NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway