1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500

Race 7 of 31

Darlington
189 laps
Time of race: 2:23:49
Average speed of winner: 112.397 mph
Margin of victory: 3.3 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 47 laps
Lap leaders: Parsons pole, Pearson 1-13, Earnhardt 14-27, Pond 28, Marcis 29-31, Earnhardt 32, Pearson 33-86, Pond 87, Yarborough 88-122, Parsons 123-134, Waltrip 135-149, Parsons 150-157, Pearson 158-189

Race notes: Last win for David Pearson. Finale for Melvin Revis.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	David Pearson	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		189	3	99	running	21430	0
2	1	Benny Parsons	27	Melling Tool Company	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft	155.866	189	2	20	running	19475	175
3	10	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			189	0	0	running	10180	165
4	17	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		188	1	15	running	10500	165
5	15	Dick Brooks	7	Sanyo Electronics	Chevrolet	Malloch			187	0	0	running	7310	155
6	13	Lennie Pond	68	King Mountain Truck	Chevrolet	Testa			187	2	2	running	4550	155
7	16	Joe Millikan	72	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			187	0	0	running	8350	146
8	23	Lake Speed	66	Speed Racing	Chevrolet	Speed			187	0	0	running	4750	142
9	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		184	0	0	running	9550	138
10	19	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			184	0	0	running	5475	134
11	33	Sterling Marlin	5	West Virginia Solar Energy	Oldsmobile	Stacy			184	0	0	running	2975	130
12	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		182	1	35	engine	7275	132
13	35	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			182	0	0	running	2600	124
14	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			182	0	0	running	4390	121
15	14	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			182	0	0	running	4095	118
16	29	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn Daytona	Chevrolet	Hamby			181	0	0	running	3360	115
17	24	John Anderson	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			179	0	0	running	3650	112
18	26	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			176	0	0	running	3440	109
19	4	Ricky Rudd	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			172	0	0	running	3180	0
20	25	Bill Elswick	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		170	0	0	running	1800	103
21	18	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Childress			162	0	0	running	2790	100
22	21	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			155	0	0	running	2705	97
23	8	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Transmission	Chevrolet	Marcis			155	1	3	engine	2570	99
24	30	Dick May	99	Hollar Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Hollar			149	0	0	running	1500	0
25	31	Slick Johnson	53	Western Sizzlin	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			135	0	0	running	1475	88
26	22	Ronnie Thomas	25	Shelton Construction	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			133	0	0	engine	2275	85
27	20	Buck Simmons	12	Ramey's Chevy City	Chevrolet	Childers			123	0	0	oil leak	1275	82
28	28	Jimmy Means	52	Thompson Industries	Chevrolet	Means			119	0	0	running	1700	79
29	5	Dale Earnhardt	2	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		104	2	15	engine	6640	81
30	12	Bobby Allison	15	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Ford	Moore	Moore		86	0	0	engine	5630	73
31	32	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			31	0	0	engine	1125	70
32	9	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			30	0	0	accident	1620	67
33	36	Melvin Revis	59	Revis Racing	Chevrolet	Revis			23	0	0	engine	1115	64
34	34	Cecil Gordon	82	Dick Brooks Honda	Chrysler	Norman Negre			10	0	0	oil pressure	1110	61
35	6	Buddy Baker	28	NAPA/Regal Ride	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		7	0	0	accident	1560	58
36	11	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		0	0	0	accident	1800	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1106	7	0	2	6	6
2	Bobby Allison	1013	7	0	0	4	5
3	Darrell Waltrip	1002	7	3	2	5	5
4	Richard Petty	962	7	0	0	3	5
5	Cale Yarborough	927	7	1	1	2	3
6	Dave Marcis	919	7	0	0	2	4
7	Harry Gant	869	7	0	0	1	3
8	Jody Ridley	848	7	0	0	0	3
9	Terry Labonte	845	7	0	0	0	4
10	Benny Parsons	811	7	1	0	3	3
11	Richard Childress	792	7	0	0	0	1
12	J.D. McDuffie	764	7	0	0	0	2
13	James Hylton	761	7	0	0	0	1
14	Joe Millikan	740	7	0	0	1	3
15	Dick Brooks	735	7	0	0	2	2
16	Ronnie Thomas	734	7	0	0	0	1
17	Buddy Arrington	726	7	0	0	0	1
18	Jimmy Means	691	7	0	0	0	0
19	Tommy Gale	627	6	0	0	0	0
20	Cecil Gordon	555	6	0	0	0	1
21	Buddy Baker	517	4	2	1	1	2
22	Bill Elswick	512	5	0	0	0	0
23	Roger Hamby	509	5	0	0	0	0
24	Slick Johnson	501	5	0	0	0	1
25	Neil Bonnett	476	5	0	0	1	2