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1982 Atlanta Journal 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 30 Sunday, November 7, 1982 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:48:51 Average speed: 130.884 mph Pole speed: 166.779 mph Cautions: 10 for 56 laps Margin of victory: .5 sec Attendance: 40000 Lead changes: 45 Glossary    1982 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1982 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 88   Bobby Allison Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 328 45500 running 100 185 2 2 33   Harry Gant 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 328 19230 running 9 175 3 4 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 328 19700 running 44 170 4 18 2   Tim Richmond J.D. Stacy   (Jim Stacy) Buick 328 9895 running 1 165 5 10 75   Joe Ruttman Pet Dairy   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 327 8775 running 0 155 6 33 71   Dave Marcis Hudson Chevy & Transmission   (Dave Marcis) Buick 327 7565 running 32 155 7 20 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 326 7255 running 2 151 8 3 44   Terry Labonte Texas Jeans   (Billy Hagan) Buick 326 6335 running 4 147 9 28 5   Rodney Combs Stacy-Pak   (Jim Stacy) Buick 325 2900 running 5 143 10 14 02   Mark Martin Jolly Rancher   (Bud Reeder) Buick 325 6275 running 0 134 11 7 21   Neil Bonnett Warner Hodgdon   (Wood Brothers) Ford 324 2100 running 12 135 12 27 48   Lennie Pond Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 321 4515 running 0 127 13 25 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 321 4400 running 0 124 14 30 67   Buddy Arrington Motorsports Design   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 319 3845 running 0 121 15 13 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 312 10000 engine 54 123 16 40 99   Philip Duffie U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel   (Philip Duffie) Buick 310 1650 running 0 115 17 26 94   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 307 1500 running 0 112 18 32 46   Travis Tiller Ring Enterprises   (Travis Tiller) Buick 303 1400 running 0 109 19 5 50   Geoffrey Bodine Spectrum Furniture   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 302 8300 running 50 111 20 12 55   Benny Parsons Weyman & Bruton   (Johnny Hayes) Buick 295 1300 engine 0 103 21 11 28   Buddy Baker Ranier Racing   (Harry Ranier) Pontiac 287 9100 engine 0 100 22 29 86   Darryl Sage L-Car   (Lee Sage) Chevrolet 285 1050 running 0 97 23 23 6   D.K. Ulrich Pentax Cameras   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 277 2775 crash 0 94 24 6 9   Bill Elliott Melling Tool   (Harry Melling) Ford 266 975 engine 9 96 25 1 98   Morgan Shepherd Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 262 4915 engine 3 93 26 35 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 244 2680 oil pump 0 85 27 31 62   Rick Wilson Wilson Racing   (Rick Wilson) Oldsmobile 229 1900 engine 0 82 28 17 90   Jody Ridley J.D. Stacy   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 219 8275 head gasket 0 79 29 15 17   Lake Speed Yazoo Mowers   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 184 2585 engine 0 76 30 37 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 162 1825 engine 0 73 31 21 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 156 815 engine 0 70 32 16 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 99 9305 engine 0 67 33 36 22   Marty Robbins Robbins Racing   (Marty Robbins) Buick 89 795 crash 0 64 34 8 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Bud Moore) Ford 85 8385 crash 3 66 35 19 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 73 775 engine 0 58 36 39 38   Jerry Bowman Bowman Racing   (Jerry Bowman) Oldsmobile 53 765 clutch 0 55 37 24 19   Dick May Demeter Grain   (Henley Gray) Buick 52 755 engine 0 52 38 22 1   Donnie Allison UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 36 745 crash 0 49 39 34 49   Glenn Jarrett Budweiser Light   (Marvin Thackston) Ford 35 735 engine 0 46 40 38 73   Steve Moore Franklin City Music Park   (Willard Moore) Pontiac 3 725 oil pressure 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Dennis DeVea John McFadden Billy McGinnis Bill Meazel Paul Simms Rick Newsom 20 Bull Frog Knits Rick Newsom Chevrolet Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing Cecil Gordon Buick Joe Booher 40 Booher Farms D.K. Ulrich Buick Jocko Maggiacomo 63 Kenwood Stereo Jocko Maggiacomo Oldsmobile Mike Potter 66 Cam Farm / King's Inn Roger Hamby Oldsmobile Richard Brickhouse 78 Tom Goff Pontiac John Callis 80 Vel-Loc Industries John Callis Pontiac Joe Fields 92 Fields Racing Joe Fields Buick Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 38 38     39 47 9   #1,22 accident turn 2   48 74 27     75 82 8   #15,27 accident frontstretch   83 98 16     99 102 4   #86 spun turn 2   103 120 18     121 125 5   #22 accident turn 4   126 137 12     138 141 4   #46 spun turn 3   142 152 11     153 155 3   debris turn 3   156 157 2     158 161 4   oil on track   162 185 24     186 192 7   #17 accident turn 1   193 284 92     285 289 5   #6 accident turn 3   290 312 23     313 319 7   #43,48,67 accident turn 4   320 328 9       Percent of race run under caution: 17.1%             Average green flag run: 24.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 3 3   Dale Earnhardt 4 4 1   Neil Bonnett 5 8 4   Dale Earnhardt 9 10 2   Bobby Allison 11 34 24   Bill Elliott 35 39 5   Terry Labonte 40 40 1   Bobby Allison 41 48 8   Bill Elliott 49 52 4   Bobby Allison 53 54 2   Geoffrey Bodine 55 75 21   Rodney Combs 76 76 1   Darrell Waltrip 77 82 6   Rodney Combs 83 84 2   Morgan Shepherd 85 85 1   Geoffrey Bodine 86 99 14   Dave Marcis 100 101 2   Morgan Shepherd 102 103 2   Tim Richmond 104 104 1   Geoffrey Bodine 105 118 14   Richard Petty 119 121 3   Rodney Combs 122 122 1   Bobby Allison 123 131 9   Richard Petty 132 138 7   Rodney Combs 139 139 1   Richard Petty 140 150 11   Harry Gant 151 151 1   Geoffrey Bodine 152 152 1   Harry Gant 153 153 1   Ricky Rudd 154 155 2   Neil Bonnett 156 163 8   Darrell Waltrip 164 172 9   Harry Gant 173 176 4   Darrell Waltrip 177 177 1   Harry Gant 178 180 3   Darrell Waltrip 181 186 6   Dave Marcis 187 189 3   Darrell Waltrip 190 193 4   Bobby Allison 194 198 5   Richard Petty 199 230 32   Bobby Allison 231 258 28   Dave Marcis 259 285 27   Richard Petty 286 286 1   Darrell Waltrip 287 304 18   Bobby Allison 305 328 24 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 4319     2   Bobby Allison 4297   -22   3   Terry Labonte 4129   -190   4   Harry Gant 3787   -532   5   Richard Petty 3744   -575   6   Dave Marcis 3590   -729   7   Buddy Arrington 3584   -735   8   Ron Bouchard 3395   -924   9   Ricky Rudd 3367   -952   10   Dale Earnhardt 3365   -954   11   Morgan Shepherd 3309   -1010   12   Jimmy Means 3296   -1023   13   Jody Ridley 3195   -1124   14   Joe Ruttman 3143   -1176   15   Mark Martin 3026   -1293   16   Kyle Petty 3024   -1295   17   Neil Bonnett 2898   -1421   18   Lake Speed 2786   -1533   19   J.D. McDuffie 2772   -1547   20   Benny Parsons 2746   -1573   21   Buddy Baker 2727   -1592