1980 Firecracker 400
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Date
July 4, 1980
Official name
Firecracker 400
Location
Daytona Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 17 of 31 in the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 Track map of Daytona International Speedway. | |||
| Date | July 4, 1980 | ||
| Official name | Firecracker 400 | ||
| Location | Daytona Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.023 km (2.500 miles) | ||
| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures of 88.9 °F (31.6 °C); wind speeds of 10.1 miles per hour (16.3 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 173.473 miles per hour (279.178 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 54,000[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Junior Johnson & Associates | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | |
| Laps | 63 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 15 | Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Keith Jackson | ||
The 1980 Firecracker 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 4, 1980, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. 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.
One hundred and sixty laps of racing would result in a final win for Mercury in the Cup Series[2] before the manufacturer left NASCAR due to rule changes reducing the wheelbase of the tires from 110 inches (9.2 ft) to 105 inches (8.8 ft).[3]
