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1982 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 30 Monday, September 6, 1982 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 4:21:00 Average speed: 115.224 mph Pole speed: 155.739 mph Cautions: 14 for 87 laps Margin of victory: .79 sec Attendance: 75000 Lead changes: 41 Glossary    1982 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1982 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 367 34300 running 99 185 2 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 367 26165 running 20 175 3 5 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Bud Moore) Ford 367 21225 running 36 170 4 13 9   Bill Elliott Melling Tool   (Harry Melling) Ford 367 13925 running 27 165 5 18 28   Buddy Baker J.D. Stacy   (Harry Ranier) Pontiac 365 16140 running 0 155 6 22 17   Lake Speed Yazoo Mowers   (Roger Hamby) Buick 365 10205 running 0 150 7 15 50   Geoffrey Bodine Performance Connection   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 364 13825 running 0 146 8 20 55   Benny Parsons Weyman & Bruton   (Johnny Hayes) Buick 364 5375 running 0 142 9 27 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 364 8820 running 0 138 10 17 71   Dave Marcis Hudson / Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 362 8125 running 5 139 11 12 33   Harry Gant 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 359 8065 running 7 135 12 30 4   Connie Saylor Connie Mining Tire   (G.C. Spencer) Oldsmobile 357 4750 running 3 132 13 4 75   Joe Ruttman Pet Dairy   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 357 7755 running 26 129 14 24 1   Kyle Petty UNO / STP   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 355 3950 running 0 121 15 39 19   Dick May Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) Buick 352 3925 running 0 118 16 36 70   J.D. McDuffie Mack's Stores   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 350 6135 running 0 115 17 37 99   Philip Duffie U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel   (Philip Duffie) Buick 349 3580 running 0 112 18 32 48   James Hylton Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Pontiac 343 6095 running 0 109 19 40 20   Rick Newsom Bojangles'   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 341 3260 running 0 106 20 3 88   Bobby Allison Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 327 11875 running 88 108 21 35 94   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 316 2990 running 2 105 22 19 02   Mark Martin Jolly Rancher / Rogers   (Bud Reeder) Buick 310 5245 running 0 97 23 31 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 255 5000 wheel 0 94 24 2 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 240 13735 engine 23 96 25 25 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 232 5220 crash 0 88 26 21 47   Ron Bouchard J.D. Stacy   (Jack Beebe) Buick 225 9340 crash 0 85 27 23 6   D.K. Ulrich Pentax Cameras   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 225 3965 engine 0 82 28 16 90   Jody Ridley J.D. Stacy   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 224 9605 crash 1 84 29 26 36   H.B. Bailey Almeda Auto Parts   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 200 2010 brakes 0 76 30 7 2   Tim Richmond Stacy-Pak   (Jim Stacy) Buick 177 4240 engine 21 78 31 6 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 168 4175 engine 1 75 32 29 40   Slick Johnson Price Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 151 2075 engine 2 72 33 34 66   Mike Potter Cam Farm / King's Inn   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 141 1860 rear end 0 64 34 10 21   Neil Bonnett Warner Hodgdon   (Wood Brothers) Ford 131 1805 valve 1 66 35 11 44   Terry Labonte Texas Jeans / Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 120 3760 engine 0 58 36 14 98   Morgan Shepherd Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 106 2770 valve 0 55 37 1 03   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew / Carolina Tool   (Bobby Hawkins) Buick 78 4490 axle 5 57 38 38 42   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 74 1560 engine 0 49 39 33 13   Earle Canavan J & B   (Earle Canavan) Buick 69 1530 engine 0 46 40 28 24   Lennie Pond Carolina Bank & Trust   (Cecil Gordon) Buick 34 2500 a frame 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car DC Joe Millikan 48 Palatine Auto Parts James Hylton Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 15 15     16 23 8   #64 spun turn 1   24 35 12     36 38 3   #24 accident turn 3   39 57 19     58 62 5   #03,2 accident   63 71 9     72 76 5   #13 engine   77 98 22     99 104 6   #55 flat tire   105 121 17     122 128 7   #44 accident turn 1   129 154 26     155 161 7   #99 spun   162 168 7     169 173 5   #3 engine   174 177 4     178 185 8   #2 engine   186 204 19     205 211 7   #36 accident turn 2   212 226 15     227 231 5   #1,47,64,90 accident turn 1   232 281 50     282 289 8     290 298 9     299 306 8     307 344 38     345 349 5   debris   350 367 18       Percent of race run under caution: 23.7%             Average green flag run: 18.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 3 3   Bobby Allison 4 16 13   Richard Petty 17 21 5   Slick Johnson 22 23 2   Tim Richmond 24 36 13   David Pearson 37 38 2   Bobby Allison 39 58 20   Dave Marcis 59 62 4   Ricky Rudd 63 63 1   Richard Petty 64 72 9   Bobby Allison 73 99 27   Dave Marcis 100 100 1   Bobby Wawak 101 102 2   Connie Saylor 103 104 2   Darrell Waltrip 105 122 18   Bill Elliott 123 123 1   Connie Saylor 124 124 1   Darrell Waltrip 125 128 4   Neil Bonnett 129 129 1   Tim Richmond 130 137 8   Dale Earnhardt 138 155 18   Cale Yarborough 156 169 14   Bobby Allison 170 178 9   Bill Elliott 179 193 15   Joe Ruttman 194 205 12   Jody Ridley 206 206 1   Bobby Allison 207 225 19   Richard Petty 226 227 2   Bill Elliott 228 231 4   Dale Earnhardt 232 235 4   Darrell Waltrip 236 236 1   Dale Earnhardt 237 241 5   Cale Yarborough 242 282 41   Harry Gant 283 289 7   Joe Ruttman 290 299 10   Bill Elliott 300 306 7   Joe Ruttman 307 310 4   Cale Yarborough 311 340 30   Dale Earnhardt 341 349 9   Cale Yarborough 350 355 6   Richard Petty 356 359 4   Cale Yarborough 360 367 8 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 3250     2   Terry Labonte 3135   -115   3   Darrell Waltrip 3118   -132   4   Richard Petty 2797   -453   5   Buddy Arrington 2777   -473   6   Harry Gant 2765   -485   7   Dave Marcis 2732   -518   8   Dale Earnhardt 2710   -540   9   Ron Bouchard 2601   -649   10   Morgan Shepherd 2527   -723   11   Ricky Rudd 2509   -741   12   Jimmy Means 2447   -803   13   Jody Ridley 2435   -815   14   Mark Martin 2373   -877   15   Benny Parsons 2272   -978   15   Kyle Petty 2272   -978   17   Joe Ruttman 2230   -1020   18   Neil Bonnett 2157   -1093   19   J.D. McDuffie 2105   -1145   20   Lake Speed 2097   -1153   21   Bill Elliott 2067   -1183