1980 Daytona 500

1980 Daytona 500
Race details[1]
Race 2 of 31 in the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1980 Daytona 500 program cover
1980 Daytona 500 program cover
Date February 17, 1980 (1980-02-17)
Location Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Weather Temperatures of 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds of 19.4 miles per hour (31.2 km/h)[2]
Average speed 177.602 miles per hour (285.823 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Ranier-Lundy Racing
Time 46.368
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing
Duel 2 Winner Donnie Allison Hoss Ellington
Most laps led
Driver Buddy Baker Ranier-Lundy Racing
Laps 143
Winner
No. 28 Buddy Baker Ranier-Lundy Racing
Television in the United States
Network CBS
Announcers Lap-by-lap: Ken Squier
Driver analyst: David Hobbs
Pit reporter: Ned Jarrett
Pit reporter: Brock Yates

The 22nd annual Daytona 500 was held February 17, 1980, at Daytona International Speedway. Buddy Baker started the decade by winning the fastest Daytona 500 in history, at 177.602 mph (285.823 km/h), it was Baker's only 500 win and did so in his 18th start, the longest until Dale Earnhardt in 1998.[3]

  1. ^ "1980 Daytona 500". Racing-Reference.info.
  2. ^ Weather information for the 1980 Daytona 500 at Old Farmers Almanac
  3. ^ Aumann, Mark (January 26, 2005). "Daytona Countdown: '80". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 2012-08-30.