CRC Chemical Rebel 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1981

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1981 CRC Chemical Rebel 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1981, leading 186 of 367 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1981

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		367	—	Running	186	185
2	2	—	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		367	—	Running	28	175
3	12	+9	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		366	—	Running	7	170
4	1	-3	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		366	—	Running	12	165
5	11	+6	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		366	—	Running	—	155
6	22	+16	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing		365	—	Running	—	150
7	13	+6	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		365	—	Running	—	146
8	4	-4	David Pearson	Halpern Enterprises		365	—	Running	—	0
9	6	-3	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		364	—	Running	—	138
10	23	+13	Joe Millikan	RahMoc Enterprises		361	—	Running	—	134
11	10	-1	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		359	—	Running	—	130
12	29	+17	Tim Richmond	Ulrich Racing		358	—	Running	—	127
13	25	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	358	—	Running	—	124
14	14	—	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		356	—	Running	—	121
15	15	—	Dick Brooks	Matthews Racing		354	—	Running	—	118
16	32	+16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		348	—	Running	—	115
17	5	-12	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		346	—	Running	—	112
18	30	+12	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		346	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		342	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		339	—	Running	—	103
21	27	+6	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		336	—	Running	—	100
22	17	-5	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		302	—	Running	—	0
23	34	+11	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		273	—	DNF	—	94
24	33	+9	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		271	—	Running	—	91
25	21	-4	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		239	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	7	-19	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		233	—	DNF - Engine	134	90
27	26	-1	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		223	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	24	-4	Johnny Rutherford	Benfield Racing		216	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	8	-21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		176	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	20	-10	Geoffrey Bodine	Bahre Racing		89	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	18	-13	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		89	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	16	-16	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		65	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	9	-24	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		25	—	DNF	—	64
34	19	-15	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing		19	—	DNF	—	61
35	35	—	Mike Potter	Hamby Racing		17	—	DNF	—	0
36	36	—	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	55