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1982 Busch 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 30 Saturday, August 28, 1982 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:49:32 Average speed: 94.318 mph Pole speed: 112.507 mph Cautions: 3 for 15 laps Margin of victory: .70 sec Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1982 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1982 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 8 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 500 22925 running 38 180 2 9 88   Bobby Allison Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 500 16325 running 169 180 3 7 33   Harry Gant 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 500 7395 running 47 170 4 2 44   Terry Labonte Texas Jeans   (Billy Hagan) Buick 499 6495 running 4 165 5 3 98   Morgan Shepherd Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 499 5150 running 85 160 6 12 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Bud Moore) Ford 499 9600 running 74 155 7 6 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 498 4140 running 0 146 8 24 90   Jody Ridley J.D. Stacy   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 495 8200 running 0 142 9 5 28   Buddy Baker J.D. Stacy   (Harry Ranier) Pontiac 494 8350 running 0 138 10 11 50   Geoffrey Bodine Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 494 7950 running 0 134 11 13 02   Mark Martin Martin Racing   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 492 3470 running 0 130 12 23 47   Ron Bouchard J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 491 7550 running 0 127 13 17 17   Lake Speed Yazoo Mowers   (Roger Hamby) Buick 491 3160 running 0 124 14 19 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 485 2950 running 0 121 15 15 26   Brad Teague Food Country USA   (Charlie Henderson) Chevrolet 482 1050 running 0 118 16 22 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 481 2790 running 0 115 17 18 86   Darryl Sage Space Age   (Lee Sage) Chevrolet 481 950 running 0 112 18 16 40   D.K. Ulrich Price Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 480 900 running 0 109 19 25 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 473 2480 running 0 106 20 20 4   Connie Saylor Lady & Son Auction   (G.C. Spencer) Buick 472 925 running 0 103 21 10 71   Dave Marcis W.H. Bowlin   (Dave Marcis) Buick 470 2270 running 0 100 22 27 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 463 1925 running 0 97 23 28 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 451 1900 running 0 94 24 4 75   Joe Ruttman Pet Dairy   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 259 1225 rear end 2 96 25 1 2   Tim Richmond Stacy-Pak   (Jim Stacy) Buick 83 2400 engine 81 93 26 14 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 50 7475 steering 0 85 27 21 6   Al Loquasto Pentax Cameras   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 45 1150 engine 0 82 28 29 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 30 625 overheating 0 79 29 30 20   Rick Newsom Bojangles'   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 28 600 oil pump 0 76 30 26 42   Kyle Petty STP / UNO   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 2 1185 engine 0 73

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tim Richmond 1 81 81   Morgan Shepherd 82 165 84   Joe Ruttman 166 167 2   Dale Earnhardt 168 168 1   Darrell Waltrip 169 170 2   Terry Labonte 171 172 2   Dale Earnhardt 173 245 73   Harry Gant 246 292 47   Darrell Waltrip 293 302 10   Morgan Shepherd 303 303 1   Bobby Allison 304 471 168   Darrell Waltrip 472 475 4   Terry Labonte 476 477 2   Darrell Waltrip 478 479 2   Bobby Allison 480 480 1   Darrell Waltrip 481 500 20 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 3142     2   Terry Labonte 3077   -65   3   Darrell Waltrip 3022   -120   4   Buddy Arrington 2639   -503   5   Harry Gant 2630   -512   6   Richard Petty 2622   -520   7   Dave Marcis 2593   -549   8   Dale Earnhardt 2540   -602   9   Ron Bouchard 2516   -626   10   Morgan Shepherd 2472   -670   11   Ricky Rudd 2434   -708   12   Jimmy Means 2353   -789   13   Jody Ridley 2351   -791   14   Mark Martin 2276   -866   15   Kyle Petty 2151   -991   16   Benny Parsons 2130   -1012   17   Joe Ruttman 2101   -1041   18   Neil Bonnett 2091   -1051   19   J.D. McDuffie 1990   -1152   20   Lake Speed 1947   -1195   21   Tommy Gale 1916   -1226