CRC Chemicals Rebel 500
The 1979 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 was run on April 8 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Donnie Allison won the pole.
Top Ten Results
- 88–Darrell Waltrip
- 43–Richard Petty
- 1–Donnie Allison
- 27–Benny Parsons
- 28–Buddy Baker
- 11–Cale Yarborough
- 9–Bill Elliott
- 90–Ricky Rudd
- 05–Dick Brooks
- 72–Joe Millikan
- Waltrip won this race following a fierce duel with Richard Petty; they exchanged the lead eight times in the final five laps and three times on the last lap alone.
- This was also David Pearson's last race with the Wood Brothers, for whom he had driven the #21 Mercury since 1972. Following a tire-change pit stop, Pearson reached the pit road exit, when two tires came off his car (the lug nuts had not been tightened when he left the pits). Within a week, Pearson was fired from the team and replaced by Neil Bonnett.
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