CRC Chemicals Rebel 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1979

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1979 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1979, leading 242 of 367 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1979

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		367	—	Running	242	185
2	6	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		367	—	Running	89	175
3	1	-2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		367	—	Running	3	170
4	5	+1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		365	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		365	—	Running	—	155
6	9	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		364	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	362	—	Running	—	146
8	4	-4	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	360	—	Running	19	147
9	16	+7	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		360	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		358	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Lennie Pond	Gray Racing		356	—	Running	—	130
12	19	+7	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		354	—	Running	—	127
13	10	-3	Neil Bonnett	Kennie Childers (Owner)		352	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)		351	—	Running	—	121
15	17	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		348	—	Running	—	118
16	22	+6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		342	—	Running	—	115
17	18	+1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	340	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Chrysler	340	—	Running	—	109
19	26	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		338	—	Running	—	106
20	35	+15	Baxter Price	Price Racing		330	—	Running	—	103
21	14	-7	Al Holbert	Al Holbert (Owner)		308	—	DNF	—	100
22	8	-14	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	301	—	DNF - Crash	3	102
23	13	-10	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		300	—	Running	4	99
24	36	+12	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		286	—	Running	—	91
25	29	+4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	285	—	Running	—	88
26	3	-23	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		246	—	DNF - Engine	6	90
27	15	-12	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		193	—	DNF	1	87
28	23	-5	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		165	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	11	-18	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		135	—	DNF	—	76
30	24	-6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		119	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	30	-1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		109	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	25	-7	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		87	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	33	—	Dick May	Hollar Racing		87	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	28	-6	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		71	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	31	-4	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	49	—	DNF	—	58
36	32	-4	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	5	—	DNF - Engine	—	55