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1982 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 30
Sunday, October 31, 1982 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.4 miles)

Time of race: 4:20:47
Average Speed: 115.122 mph
Pole Speed: 143.22 mph

Cautions: 8 for 55 laps
Margin of Victory: 9.5 sec
Attendance: 45,000
Lead changes: 33

Glossary 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1982 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	492	26,610	running	49	180
2	7	88	Bobby Allison	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	492	20,100	running	127	180
3	12	21	Neil Bonnett	Warner Hodgdon (Wood Brothers)	Ford	492	8,100	running	108	170
4	18	44	Terry Labonte	Texas Jeans / Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	491	8,480	running	3	165
5	2	98	Morgan Shepherd	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Buick	491	7,455	running	18	160
6	19	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	491	11,100	running	14	155
7	3	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing (Harry Ranier)	Pontiac	488	11,000	running	34	151
8	20	47	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	486	9,700	running	0	142
9	26	48	Lennie Pond	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	479	5,660	running	0	138
10	24	6	D.K. Ulrich	Pentax Cameras (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	471	5,400	running	0	134
11	21	71	Dave Marcis	Hudson / Buck Stove (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	467	4,680	running	0	130
12	14	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Tool (Harry Melling)	Ford	463	2,095	running	0	127
13	33	94	Bobby Wawak	Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak)	Buick	458	1,800	running	0	124
14	8	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	445	9,300	engine	52	126
15	28	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	444	4,070	running	0	118
16	29	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	444	3,910	running	0	115
17	5	2	Tim Richmond	J.D. Stacy (Jim Stacy)	Buick	436	3,670	running	0	112
18	9	75	Joe Ruttman	Pet Dairy (RahMoc Enterprises)	Buick	390	3,480	steering	0	109
19	25	40	Slick Johnson	Turbo Sales & Service (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	387	1,300	engine	0	106
20	30	87	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Driving School (Buck Baker)	Pontiac	347	1,300	running	0	103
21	34	78	Richard Brickhouse	House of Raeford (Tom Goff)	Pontiac	337	1,220	oil leak	0	100
22	27	70	J.D. McDuffie	Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	335	3,160	crash	0	97
23	23	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	325	2,830	crash	0	94
24	11	02	Mark Martin	Martin Racing (Bud Reeder)	Buick	314	3,280	con arm	0	91
25	1	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline (M.C. Anderson)	Buick	288	2,760	crash	32	93
26	32	41	Joe Millikan	Matthews Racing (Billy Matthews)	Buick	277	1,020	crash	0	85
27	15	50	Geoffrey Bodine	Spectrum Furniture (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	245	8,030	engine	0	82
28	6	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	242	2,610	engine	0	79
29	16	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	208	1,475	valve	0	76
30	35	25	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	204	860	oil pressure	0	73
31	17	90	Jody Ridley	J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	191	8,220	engine	0	70
32	10	33	Harry Gant	7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	148	2,440	engine	55	72
33	22	17	Lake Speed	Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby)	Pontiac	91	1,740	oil pressure	0	64
34	13	1	Benny Parsons	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	Buick	68	700	crash	0	61
35	31	20	Rick Newsom	Bull Frog Knits (Rick Newsom)	Chevrolet	27	675	crash	0	58

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	7	7
Buddy Baker	8	31	24
Cale Yarborough	32	45	14
Neil Bonnett	46	56	11
Darrell Waltrip	57	60	4
Cale Yarborough	61	70	10
Morgan Shepherd	71	88	18
Dale Earnhardt	89	91	3
Harry Gant	92	146	55
Dale Earnhardt	147	164	18
Bobby Allison	165	168	4
Neil Bonnett	169	170	2
Buddy Baker	171	180	10
Cale Yarborough	181	181	1
Dale Earnhardt	182	189	8
Neil Bonnett	190	199	10
Dale Earnhardt	200	209	10
Neil Bonnett	210	227	18
Dale Earnhardt	228	239	12
Neil Bonnett	240	272	33
Richard Petty	273	274	2
Bobby Allison	275	291	17
Darrell Waltrip	292	292	1
Neil Bonnett	293	310	18
Bobby Allison	311	337	27
Dale Earnhardt	338	338	1
Bobby Allison	339	346	8
Darrell Waltrip	347	354	8
Richard Petty	355	363	9
Neil Bonnett	364	379	16
Bobby Allison	380	450	71
Terry Labonte	451	453	3
Richard Petty	454	456	3
Darrell Waltrip	457	492	36

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	4149
2	Bobby Allison	4112	-37
3	Terry Labonte	3982	-167
4	Richard Petty	3621	-528
5	Harry Gant	3612	-537
6	Buddy Arrington	3463	-686
7	Dave Marcis	3435	-714
8	Ron Bouchard	3328	-821
9	Dale Earnhardt	3299	-850
10	Ricky Rudd	3216	-933
11	Morgan Shepherd	3216	-933
12	Jimmy Means	3172	-977
13	Jody Ridley	3116	-1033
14	Joe Ruttman	2988	-1161
15	Kyle Petty	2954	-1195
16	Mark Martin	2892	-1257
17	Neil Bonnett	2763	-1386
18	Lake Speed	2710	-1439
19	J.D. McDuffie	2699	-1450
20	Benny Parsons	2643	-1506

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