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1982 Firecracker 400
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Winston Cup race number 16 of 30
July 4, 1982 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:27:09
Average Speed: 163.099 mph
Pole Speed: 194.721 mph Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 70,000

Glossary 1982 Winston Cup results / 1982 standings

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	9	88	Bobby Allison	Gatorade (DiGard)	Buick	160	42,100	running	112	185
2	7	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Tool (Harry Melling)	Ford	160	21,800	running	0	170
3	14	47	Ron Bouchard	J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe)	Buick	160	22,500	running	0	165
4	11	98	Morgan Shepherd	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Buick	160	13,030	running	0	160
5	18	03	David Pearson	Carolina Tool / Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins)	Buick	160	8,190	running	0	155
6	1	50	Geoffrey Bodine	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	160	16,700	running	4	155
7	2	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	160	10,420	running	0	146
8	3	28	Buddy Baker	J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier)	Pontiac	158	14,025	running	2	147
9	12	17	Lake Speed	Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby)	Buick	157	8,700	running	0	138
10	20	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis)	Buick	157	8,290	running	0	134
11	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	156	7,555	running	0	130
12	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	156	7,135	running	0	127
13	37	66	Lowell Cowell	Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby)	Oldsmobile	155	3,975	running	0	124
14	39	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	153	6,375	running	0	121
15	30	90	Jody Ridley	J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	152	10,925	running	0	118
16	36	24	Lennie Pond	Native Tan (Cecil Gordon)	Buick	152	5,615	running	0	115
17	22	0	Delma Cowart	Bon Trucking (H.L. Waters)	Buick	151	3,005	running	0	112
18	35	99	Philip Duffie	U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel (Philip Duffie)	Buick	150	2,670	running	0	109
19	34	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Buick	146	4,785	running	0	106
20	24	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Hillin Drilling (Bobby Hillin, Sr.)	Buick	144	2,550	running	0	103
21	29	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Buick	143	4,330	running	0	100
22	5	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline (M.C. Anderson)	Buick	141	2,820	suspension	17	102
23	17	2	Tim Richmond	Stacy-Pak (Jim Stacy)	Buick	138	3,980	crash	3	99
24	8	33	Harry Gant	7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	135	4,355	crash	16	96
25	10	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	135	10,375	crash	5	93
26	32	46	Travis Tiller	Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller)	Buick	133	1,860	headers	0	85
27	6	44	Terry Labonte	Texas Jeans (Billy Hagan)	Buick	121	3,550	engine	1	87
28	26	19	Benny Parsons	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	Buick	100	1,730	clutch	0	79
29	13	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	89	9,265	engine	0	76
30	40	39	Blackie Wangerin	Oak Ridge Boys (Blackie Wangerin)	Ford	73	1,600	piston	0	73
31	15	02	Mark Martin	Apache Stove / Rogers (Bud Reeder)	Pontiac	64	3,275	crash	0	70
32	19	21	Neil Bonnett	Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers)	Ford	59	1,480	crash	0	67
33	33	62	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing (Rick Wilson)	Buick	59	1,420	crash	0	64
34	25	40	Slick Johnson	Price Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	59	1,385	overheating	0	61
35	38	6	Bob Jarvis	Clinomint (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	47	2,300	crash	0	58
36	4	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	45	11,330	engine	0	55
37	31	22	Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins	Buick	45	1,260	engine	0	52
38	16	1	Kyle Petty	STP / UNO (Hoss Ellington)	Buick	41	1,240	clutch	0	49
39	27	4	Connie Saylor	Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer)	Oldsmobile	14	1,220	piston	0	46
40	21	75	Joe Ruttman	Pet Dairy (RahMoc Enterprises)	Buick	6	2,900	fuel pump	0	43

Lap leaders: B. Baker 1, B. Allison 2-3, B. Baker 4, B. Allison 5-8, C. Yarborough 9-10, B. Allison 11-38, H. Gant 39-44, R. Petty 45-46, H. Gant 47-48, R. Petty 49-51, H. Gant 52-53, G. Bodine 54-57, T. Labonte 58, C. Yarborough 59-65, B. Allison 66, H. Gant 67, B. Allison 68, T. Richmond 69, B. Allison 70-77, H. Gant 78-79, T. Richmond 80, H. Gant 81, T. Richmond 82, B. Allison 83-88, C. Yarborough 89-96, B. Allison 97-101, H. Gant 102-103, B. Allison 104-160

Points standings (top 20) after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff +----+-----------------------+------+-----+ 1 Bobby Allison 2352 2 Terry Labonte 2317 -35 3 Darrell Waltrip 2166 -186 4 Buddy Arrington 2031 -321 5 Dale Earnhardt 2023 -329 6 Harry Gant 1979 -373 7 Benny Parsons 1970 -382 8 Dave Marcis 1940 -412 9 Morgan Shepherd 1924 -428 10 Ron Bouchard 1900 -452 11 Richard Petty 1866 -486 12 Neil Bonnett 1828 -524 13 Jody Ridley 1806 -546 14 Ricky Rudd 1799 -553 15 Jimmy Means 1752 -600 16 Kyle Petty 1702 -650 17 Mark Martin 1696 -656 18 Joe Ruttman 1553 -799 19 Tim Richmond 1489 -863 20 J.D. McDuffie 1478 -874 +----+-----------------------+------+-----+

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