1980 Warner W. Hodgdon 400
Auto race held at Riverside International Raceway in 1980 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1980 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on June 8, 1980, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. The Sharon Hodgdon 200 for Grand American Stock cars was run the same day as this race. Ron Esau was the winner, Roy Smith was second Ray Elder third.
Race details[1] | |||
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Race 15 of 31 in the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Date | June 8, 1980 (1980-June-08) | ||
Official name | Warner W. Hodgdon 400 | ||
Location | Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, California | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.700 mi (4.345 km) | ||
Distance | 119 laps, 211.8 mi (401.7 km) | ||
Weather | Very hot with temperatures of 87.1 °F (30.6 °C); wind speeds of 7 miles per hour (11 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 101.846 mph (163.905 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 18,000[2] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver |
| Junior Johnson | |
Most laps led | |||
Driver |
Darrell Waltrip/Bobby Allison (tied) | DiGard/Bud Moore | |
Laps | 23 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 88 | Darrell Waltrip | DiGard | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | Untelevised | ||
Announcers | None |
By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. Road courses were one of the more attractive features for NASCAR during the 1980 Winston Cup Series season. NASCAR would develop a liking for tracks with a lap duration of a mile and a half by the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
The NASCAR Winston Cup Series was also plagued with top teams running big engines and finishing in third place to avoid inspection around the time that this race was held.