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Sophomore Dale Earnhardt fended off a pesky Rusty Wallace to score his first superspeedway victory in the Atlanta 500 staged in Hampton, Georgia (US)

Sunday 16th March 1980

Sophomore Dale Earnhardt fended off a pesky Rusty Wallace to score his first superspeedway victory in the Atlanta 500 staged in Hampton, Georgia (US). Earnhardt came from the 31st starting position to beat Wallace by 9.55 seconds. Wallace made his NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National debut in a Chevrolet owned by Roger Penske.

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