The 1980 Coca-Cola 500 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Pocono Raceway on July 27, 1980. Neil Bonnett led 59 of the 200 laps in route to his first race of the year, holding off Buddy Baker by six-tenths of a second. Richard Petty struggled to 33rd allowing Dale Earnhardt (4th) to grow his points lead to 144 points on Petty. Stats