1980 Coca-Cola 500
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Date
July 27, 1980
Official name
Coca-Cola 500
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 19 of 31 in the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 Neil Bonnett in the winner's circle after winning the 1980 Coca-Cola 500 | |||
| Date | July 27, 1980 | ||
| Official name | Coca-Cola 500 | ||
| Location | Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.400 km (2.500 miles) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804 km) | ||
| Weather | Warm with temperatures of 79 °F (26 °C); wind speeds of 6.6 miles per hour (10.6 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 124.395 miles per hour (200.194 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 75,000[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Junior Johnson & Associates | ||
| Time | less than 60.000 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | |
| Laps | 59 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 21 | Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers |
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.[2]
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.[3] The standard track at Pocono Raceway is a three-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long.[4] 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°.[4]
