1981 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500

Race 8 of 31

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 3:57:24
Average speed of winner: 126.703 mph
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 20 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-11, Waltrip 12-33, Yarborough 34-71, Waltrip 72-73, Marcis 74-76, Yarborough 77-93, Gant 94, Marcis 95, Yarborough 96-163, Elliott 164, Yarborough 165-175, Gant 176-198, Marcis 199, Waltrip 200-224, Marcis 225, Gant 226-227, Waltrip 228-278, Marcis 279, Waltrip 280-354, Gant 355-356, Waltrip 357-367

Race notes: First pole for Bill Elliott.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Brewer		367	6	186	running	23225	185
2	2	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Pontiac	Needham	Carter		367	4	28	running	11000	175
3	12	Dave Marcis	71	Marcis Racing	Chevrolet	Marcis			366	5	7	running	12860	170
4	1	Bill Elliott	9	Mell-Gear Tuning Components	Ford	George Elliott	Elliott	153.896	366	2	12	running	7625	165
5	11	Benny Parsons	15	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Moore	Moore		366	0	0	running	10750	155
6	22	Buddy Baker	1	UNO	Buick	Ellington	Pittman		365	0	0	running	4150	150
7	13	Jody Ridley	90	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	Donlavey			365	0	0	running	7310	146
8	4	David Pearson	16	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	Halpern			365	0	0	running	3600	0
9	6	Bobby Allison	28	Tuf-Lon	Buick	Ranier	Wilson		364	0	0	running	8700	138
10	23	Joe Millikan	75	RahMoc Racing	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		361	0	0	running	5715	134
11	10	Ricky Rudd	88	Gatorade	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		359	0	0	running	8225	130
12	29	Tim Richmond	99	UNO	Buick	Ulrich			358	0	0	running	5680	127
13	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			358	0	0	running	4470	124
14	14	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan			356	0	0	running	7750	121
15	15	Dick Brooks	41	Steve's Vette	Buick	Billy Matthews			354	0	0	running	2175	118
16	32	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			348	0	0	running	4025	115
17	5	Dale Earnhardt	2	Wrangler Jeans	Pontiac	Osterlund	Richert		346	0	0	running	9150	112
18	30	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			346	0	0	running	3690	109
19	31	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			342	0	0	accident	3480	106
20	28	Ronnie Thomas	25	Thomas Racing	Buick	Ronnie Thomas			339	0	0	running	3270	103
21	27	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon Racing	Buick	Cecil Gordon			336	0	0	running	3035	100
22	17	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			302	0	0	running	1325	0
23	34	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			273	0	0	rear end	2465	94
24	33	Bobby Wawak	94	Louise Smith	Buick	Wawak			271	0	0	running	1200	91
25	21	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Buick	Petty			239	0	0	engine	1200	88
26	7	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		233	4	134	engine	1650	90
27	26	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe			223	0	0	engine	2355	82
28	24	Johnny Rutherford	98	Levi Garrett	Pontiac	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		216	0	0	accident	1100	79
29	8	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		176	0	0	accident	1590	76
30	20	Geoff Bodine	23	Oxford 250	Pontiac	Bahre			89	0	0	accident	1130	73
31	18	Richard Childress	3	Childress Racing	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		89	0	0	engine	2245	70
32	16	Slick Johnson	53	Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	J.D. Johnson			65	0	0	engine	1020	67
33	9	Richard Petty	43	STP	Buick	Petty	Hmiel		25	0	0	oil pan	6465	64
34	19	Morgan Shepherd	5	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart	Darrell Bryant		19	0	0	handling	1135	61
35	35	Mike Potter	17	Slick 50	Chevrolet	Hamby			17	0	0	too slow	2210	0
36	36	Mike Alexander	37	Rogers Auto Leasing	Buick	Bob Rogers			9	0	0	engine	950	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	1262	8	1	1	5	7
2	Darrell Waltrip	1137	8	2	4	5	5
3	Harry Gant	1133	8	0	0	3	5
4	Ricky Rudd	1078	8	0	0	3	4
5	Jody Ridley	1071	8	0	0	0	6
6	Richard Petty	1059	8	0	2	5	5
7	Dale Earnhardt	1051	8	0	0	3	5
8	Joe Millikan	1010	8	0	0	0	4
9	Benny Parsons	1006	8	0	0	4	4
10	Terry Labonte	932	8	1	0	1	3
11	Dave Marcis	909	8	1	0	2	2
12	Richard Childress	849	8	0	0	1	1
13	Jimmy Means	842	8	0	0	0	0
14	J.D. McDuffie	840	8	0	0	0	1
15	Buddy Arrington	835	8	0	0	0	1
16	Tim Richmond	831	8	0	0	0	1
17	Tommy Gale	769	7	0	0	0	0
18	Kyle Petty	758	8	0	0	0	1
19	Morgan Shepherd	750	6	1	0	2	4
20	Ronnie Thomas	718	7	0	0	0	0
21	James Hylton	682	7	0	0	0	0
22	Cecil Gordon	629	8	0	0	0	0
23	Lake Speed	616	6	0	0	0	2
24	Buddy Baker	518	4	0	0	2	3
25	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	492	5	0	0	0	2