1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500

1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500
Race details[1][2]
Race 7 of 31 in the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Layout of Darlington Raceway
Layout of Darlington Raceway
Date April 13, 1980 (1980-April-13)
Official name CRC Chemicals Rebel 500
Location Darlington Raceway (Darlington, South Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Distance 189 laps, 258.2 mi (415.4 km)
Scheduled Distance 367 laps, 501.3 mi (806.7 km)
Weather Warm with temperatures of 79.9 °F (26.6 °C); wind speeds of 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h); exactly 0.31 inches (7.9 mm) of rain and hail interrupted the race
Average speed 112.397 miles per hour (180.885 km/h)
Attendance 45,000[3]
Pole position
Driver
M.C. Anderson Racing
Most laps led
Driver David Pearson Ellington Racing
Laps 99
Winner
No. 1 David Pearson Ellington Racing
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Keith Jackson
Jackie Stewart
Radio in the United States
Radio Universal Racing Network
Booth Announcers Dick Jones, Dave Rogers
Turn Announcers Hill Overton (backstretch), Bobby Johns

The 1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on April 13, 1980, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.

Forty-five thousand fans would attend the event, interrupted by 0.31 inches or 7.9 millimetres of precipitation, shortened to the shortest race in what is now the Cup Series by percentage in Darlington history (51.50%, 189 laps, which is six laps more than an official race, which would be 184 laps), as the race was shortened because of impending darkness (Darlington did not add lights until the 2004 Southern 500).

  1. ^ 1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 weather information at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ^ Amount of precipitation that ended the 1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
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