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1982 Champion Spark Plug 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (400.000 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: .75 cl Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 31 Glossary    1982 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1982 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 88   Bobby Allison Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 200 26900 running 120 185 2 11 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 200 20505 running 13 175 3 15 33   Harry Gant 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 200 13255 running 0 165 4 13 50   Geoffrey Bodine Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 200 15200 running 2 165 5 14 55   Benny Parsons Weyman & Bruton   (Johnny Hayes) Buick 200 6725 running 2 160 6 5 67   Buddy Arrington Tom Prange Leasing   (Buddy Arrington) Chrysler 199 8845 running 2 155 7 2 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 198 16300 running 20 151 8 28 71   Dave Marcis Throttle's Food & Fuel   (Dave Marcis) Buick 197 6725 running 3 147 9 17 21   Neil Bonnett Warner Hodgdon / National Eng.   (Wood Brothers) Ford 197 3150 running 1 143 10 20 47   Ron Bouchard J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Buick 197 10050 running 0 134 11 24 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Buick 197 5715 running 0 130 12 19 17   Lake Speed Yazoo Mowers   (Roger Hamby) Buick 197 5405 running 0 127 13 27 77   Dean Combs Sports Specs / R.L. Monroe   (Irv Sanderson) Buick 196 2250 running 0 124 14 3 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 195 5160 running 0 121 15 8 1   Kyle Petty UNO / STP   (Hoss Ellington) Pontiac 195 2100 running 0 118 16 21 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 193 5175 running 0 115 17 38 42   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 193 1850 running 0 112 18 32 40   Joe Booher Booher Farms   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 192 1750 running 0 109 19 31 19   Charlie Baker H.M. Kelly Trucking   (Henley Gray) Buick 192 1700 running 0 106 20 30 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 191 4165 running 0 103 21 6 44   Terry Labonte Texas Jeans / Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 187 3850 running 0 100 22 36 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 179 3595 running 0 97 23 9 2   Tim Richmond Stacy-Pak   (Jim Stacy) Buick 161 3275 rear end 1 99 24 33 24   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Provimi Veal   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 139 3215 engine 0 91 25 4 28   Buddy Baker J.D. Stacy   (Harry Ranier) Pontiac 109 9525 radiator 0 88 26 25 90   Jody Ridley J.D. Stacy   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 108 8750 engine 0 85 27 1 9   Bill Elliott Melling Tool   (Harry Melling) Ford 104 3500 running 6 87 28 7 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 103 1250 transmission 28 84 29 35 54   David Simko GNF Prototype Casting   (Elmer Simko) Buick 96 1200 engine 0 76 30 18 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Bud Moore) Ford 76 8750 brakes 0 73 31 22 03   David Pearson Carolina Tool   (Bobby Hawkins) Buick 75 1100 oil pump 0 70 32 12 98   Morgan Shepherd Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 68 2805 sway bar 2 72 33 29 5   Robin McCall Stacy-Pak   (Jim Stacy) Buick 47 1000 crash 0 64 34 23 02   Mark Martin Briarwood Hilton   (Bud Reeder) Pontiac 45 2685 rear end 0 61 35 26 36   H.B. Bailey Almeda Auto Parts   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 42 900 handling 0 58 36 37 6   Al Loquasto Pentax Cameras   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 18 1850 crash 0 55 37 34 13   Earle Canavan JOB / Wyandotte Vapocure / Wynns   (Earle Canavan) Oldsmobile 7 850 engine 0 52 38 16 75   Joe Ruttman Pet Dairy   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 2 1850 oil pump 0 49

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Marty Robbins Gil Roth Bill Scott Bob Slawinski Bobby Wawak Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 6 4   #55 spun turn 3   7 20 14     21 26 6   #3,6,9,43,02 accident backstretch   27 50 24     51 56 6   #5 accident turn 4   57 83 27     84 92 9   rain   93 114 22     115 118 4   debris   119 200 82       Percent of race run under caution: 14.5%             Average green flag run: 28.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Lake Speed 1823   -1139