1980 CRC Chemicals 500

Auto race held at Dover International Speedway in 1980 February 2025 CUST Race 25 of 31 in the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season CRC Chemicals 500 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/DE/Dover/1980-09-14 1980 CRC Chemicals 500 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2012-09-10 http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1980_CRC_Chemicals_500/W 1980 CRC Chemicals 500 racing information Racing Reference 2011-01-30 1980 09 14 1980 25 31 Dover International Speedway.PNG Layout of Dover International Speedway CRC Chemicals 500 Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, Delaware 1.000 1.609 500 500.0 804.6 116.024 mi/h Very hot with temperatures reaching up to 88 F C; wind speeds up to 7 mph km/h Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates Darrell Waltrip DiGard Motorsports 264 88 Darrell Waltrip DiGard Motorsports untelevised none The 1980 CRC Chemicals 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on September 14, 1980, at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, Delaware. The NASCAR Winston Cup Series was also plagued with top teams running big engines and finishing in third place to avoid inspection around the early-1980s. This would be the last of 26 wins for Darrell Waltrip at DiGard, Inc.. Darrell won many races but the team struggled with reliability issues which cost Darrell every year except 1979. Darrell had a contract with DiGard that ran through 1982 but with the help of his father-in-law, Junior Johnson, and sponsor Mountain Dew he was able to get out of the contract at the end of 1980 and finally win his first Winston Cup title in 1981. Background Dover Downs International Speedway, now called Dover International Speedway, is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Bristol Motor Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, and Phoenix International Raceway.NASCAR Race Tracks http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ 23 September 2010 NASCAR Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20100912133620/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ 12 September 2010 The NASCAR race makes use of the track's standard configuration, a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mi km long.NASCAR Tracks—The Dover International Speedway http://www.doverspeedway.com/track/records.php Dover International Speedway 23 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100921052901/http://doverspeedway.com/track/records.php 21 September 2010 The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, and both the front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the backstretch are banked at nine degrees. Race report Twenty-nine lead changes were noticed amongst 11 different drivers. Kenny Hemphill, in his penultimate start, leads a Cup race for the only time. A combination of racing veterans and relative newcomers to the sport made the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series racing amongst the closest ever seen within the 1970s and 1980s decades. http://www.doverspeedway.com/75Races/22_1980_Sept.pdf General summary of the 1980 NASCAR Cup Series season Dover Speedway 2011-01-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724221434/http://www.doverspeedway.com/75Races/22_1980_Sept.pdf 2011-07-24 dead The 1980 NASCAR season was also a rare period in time where the "little teams" could compete almost on a completely equal level against the "big organizations" of stock car racing. Today, independent organizations like NEMCO Motorsports and Robby Gordon Motorsports have a very harsh degree of difficulty to overcome when trying to overtake powerhouses like Hendrick Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing, and Joe Gibbs Racing. The approximate time it took to complete the race was four hours and fourteen minutes using 500 laps of racing. Eight yellow flags slowed the race for 39 laps while Darrell Waltrip defeated Harry Gant http://everythingstockcar.com/1794r-1980-crc-chemicals-500-nascar-race.html 1980 CRC Chemicals 500 racing information (second reference) Everything Stock Car 2011-01-31 2011-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205929/http://everythingstockcar.com/1794r-1980-crc-chemicals-500-nascar-race.html dead http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=10164 1980 CRC Chemicals 500 racing information (third reference) Ultimate Racing History 2011-01-31 by almost ½ of a second. The attendance for this paved oval track race was 35,500 live audience members. Waltrip would earn $22,900 just by winning this race ($ when adjusted for inflation). Frank Warren would retire from NASCAR after this race along with Eddie Dickerson. http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1980&race=25&series_id=2 People entering/exiting NSACAR after the 1980 CRC Chemicals 500 race w/ other information Race Database 2011-02-01 Meanwhile, John Callis and Joel Stowe used this racing event to make their respective NASCAR debuts. Steve Gray was the last-place driver with a head gasket incident; earning only a meager prize amount of $450 for his 35 laps of racing ($ when adjusted for inflation). Speeds for this race were: 116.024 mph km/h as the average racing speed and 137.583 mph km/h for the pole position winner Cale Yarborough. This would be one of the few races where Bobby Allison didn't win at the track that is now known as Dover International Speedway. Dale Earnhardt would have the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship after this race. http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=1980025 Dale Earnhardt's championship hopes Driver Averages 2011-01-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20111005053425/http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/race.php?sked_id=1980025 2011-10-05 dead This would eventually lead to his 1980 NASCAR championship. http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/year.php?yr_id=1980 Dale Earnhardt's 1980 Championship Win Driver Averages 2011-01-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20111005053353/http://www.driveraverages.com/nascar_stats/year.php?yr_id=1980 2011-10-05 dead Top 10 finishers Pos Grid No. Car number Driver Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Led Number of laps led Winnings Points Number of points earned towards championship standings Time/Status 1 2 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 500 264 $22,900 185 4:18:34 2 10 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 500 140 $12,930 175 +0.47 seconds 3 3 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 500 16 $8,150 170 Lead lap under green flag 4 1 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 499 30 $10,700 165 +1 lap 5 6 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 499 1 $8,425 160 +1 lap 6 8 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 499 5 $3,175 155 +1 lap 7 13 12 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 498 34 $2,325 151 +2 laps 8 5 68 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 493 0 $2,175 Unknown +7 laps 9 16 90 Jody Ridley Ford 491 0 $4,980 138 +9 laps 10 21 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 489 0 $4,235 134 +11 laps Standings after the race Pos Driver Points Differential 1 10px Dale Earnhardt 3692 0 2 10px Richard Petty 3632 -60 3 10px Cale Yarborough 3618 -74 4 10px Benny Parsons 3558 -134 5 10px Darrell Waltrip 3487 -205 6 10px Bobby Allison 3352 -340 7 10px Jody Ridley 3135 -557 8 Harry Gant 3082 -610 9 Richard Childress 3019 -673 10 10px Terry Labonte 2937 -755 References 2 1980 Capital City 400 1980 Holly Farms 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season 1980 CRC Chemicals 500 CRC Chemicals 500 Category:NASCAR races at Dover Motor Speedway