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1982 Champion Spark Plug 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 30
Sunday, August 22, 1982 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:45:53
Average Speed: 136.454 mph
Pole Speed: 162.995 mph

Cautions: 5 for 29 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 30,000
Lead changes: 31

Glossary 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1982 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
30	18	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	76	8,750	brakes	0	73
33	29	5	Robin McCall	Stacy-Pak (Jim Stacy)	Buick	47	1,000	crash	0	64
36	37	6	Al Loquasto	Pentax Cameras (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	18	1,850	crash	0	55
24	33	24	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Provimi Veal (Cecil Gordon)	Buick	139	3,215	engine	0	91
26	25	90	Jody Ridley	J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	108	8,750	engine	0	85
29	35	54	David Simko	GNF Prototype Casting (Elmer Simko)	Buick	96	1,200	engine	0	76
37	34	13	Earle Canavan	JOB / Wyandotte Vapocure / Wynns (Earle Canavan)	Oldsmobile	7	850	engine	0	52
35	26	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey)	Pontiac	42	900	handling	0	58
31	22	03	David Pearson	Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins)	Buick	75	1,100	oil pump	0	70
38	16	75	Joe Ruttman	Pet Dairy (RahMoc Enterprises)	Buick	2	1,850	oil pump	0	49
1	10	88	Bobby Allison	Gatorade (DiGard)	Buick	200	26,900	running	120	185
2	11	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	200	20,505	running	13	175
3	15	33	Harry Gant	7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	200	13,255	running	0	165
4	13	50	Geoffrey Bodine	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	200	15,200	running	2	165
5	14	55	Benny Parsons	Weyman & Bruton (Johnny Hayes)	Buick	200	6,725	running	2	160
6	5	67	Buddy Arrington	Tom Prange Leasing (Buddy Arrington)	Chrysler	199	8,845	running	2	155
7	2	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	198	16,300	running	20	151
8	28	71	Dave Marcis	Throttle's Food & Fuel (Dave Marcis)	Buick	197	6,725	running	3	147
9	17	21	Neil Bonnett	Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers)	Ford	197	3,150	running	1	143
10	20	47	Ron Bouchard	J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe)	Buick	197	10,050	running	0	134
11	24	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Buick	197	5,715	running	0	130
12	19	17	Lake Speed	Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby)	Buick	197	5,405	running	0	127
13	27	77	Dean Combs	Sports Specs / R.L. Monroe (Irv Sanderson)	Buick	196	2,250	running	0	124
14	3	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	195	5,160	running	0	121
15	8	1	Kyle Petty	UNO / STP (Hoss Ellington)	Pontiac	195	2,100	running	0	118
16	21	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	193	5,175	running	0	115
17	38	42	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	193	1,850	running	0	112
18	32	40	Joe Booher	Booher Farms (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	192	1,750	running	0	109
19	31	19	Charlie Baker	H.M. Kelly Trucking (Henley Gray)	Buick	192	1,700	running	0	106
20	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	191	4,165	running	0	103
21	6	44	Terry Labonte	Texas Jeans / Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	187	3,850	running	0	100
22	36	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	179	3,595	running	0	97
27	1	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Tool (Harry Melling)	Ford	104	3,500	running	6	87
25	4	28	Buddy Baker	J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier)	Pontiac	109	9,525	radiator	0	88
23	9	2	Tim Richmond	Stacy-Pak (Jim Stacy)	Buick	161	3,275	rear end	1	99
34	23	02	Mark Martin	Briarwood Hilton (Bud Reeder)	Pontiac	45	2,685	rear end	0	61
32	12	98	Morgan Shepherd	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Buick	68	2,805	sway bar	2	72
28	7	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline (M.C. Anderson)	Buick	103	1,250	transmission	28	84

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	6	6
Darrell Waltrip	7	15	9
Cale Yarborough	16	20	5
Bobby Allison	21	21	1
Geoffrey Bodine	22	22	1
Dave Marcis	23	25	3
Buddy Arrington	26	26	1
Morgan Shepherd	27	27	1
Tim Richmond	28	28	1
Morgan Shepherd	29	29	1
Cale Yarborough	30	38	9
Bobby Allison	39	39	1
Cale Yarborough	40	50	11
Bobby Allison	51	51	1
Buddy Arrington	52	52	1
Bobby Allison	53	56	4
Cale Yarborough	57	57	1
Bobby Allison	58	63	6
Cale Yarborough	64	65	2
Bobby Allison	66	90	25
Benny Parsons	91	92	2
Neil Bonnett	93	93	1
Darrell Waltrip	94	97	4
Bobby Allison	98	115	18
Darrell Waltrip	116	118	3
Geoffrey Bodine	119	119	1
Bobby Allison	120	121	2
Richard Petty	122	122	1
Bobby Allison	123	150	28
Richard Petty	151	162	12
Darrell Waltrip	163	166	4
Bobby Allison	167	200	34

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	2962
2	Terry Labonte	2912	-50
3	Darrell Waltrip	2842	-120
4	Richard Petty	2537	-425
5	Buddy Arrington	2524	-438
6	Dave Marcis	2493	-469
7	Harry Gant	2460	-502
8	Ron Bouchard	2389	-573
9	Dale Earnhardt	2385	-577
10	Morgan Shepherd	2312	-650
11	Ricky Rudd	2288	-674
12	Jimmy Means	2232	-730
13	Jody Ridley	2209	-753
14	Mark Martin	2146	-816
15	Benny Parsons	2130	-832
16	Neil Bonnett	2091	-871
17	Kyle Petty	2078	-884
18	Joe Ruttman	2005	-957
19	Bill Elliott	1902	-1060
20	J.D. McDuffie	1893	-1069

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