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1982 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 30
Sunday, March 28, 1982 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles)

Time of race: 4:03:27
Average speed: 108.992 mph
Pole speed: 141.577 mph

Cautions: 9 for 86 laps
Margin of victory: 1 lp 1 cl
Attendance: 48000
Lead changes: 31

Glossary 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1982 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline (M.C. Anderson)	Buick	492	17360	running	51	180
2	9	44	Terry Labonte	J.D. Stacy (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	491	13705	running	5	175
3	1	28	Benny Parsons	J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier)	Pontiac	491	17300	running	2	170
4	14	88	Bobby Allison	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	491	10825	running	18	165
5	20	98	Morgan Shepherd	Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield)	Buick	489	4825	running	0	155
6	5	50	Joe Millikan	Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	489	10300	running	5	155
7	4	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson)	Buick	489	14700	running	148	156
8	3	33	Harry Gant	7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Buick	488	5930	running	28	147
9	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	471	5360	running	0	138
10	25	70	J.D. McDuffie	Mack's Stores (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	468	5200	running	0	134
11	32	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	450	4780	running	0	130
12	21	75	Gary Balough	Sanyo (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Buick	444	4515	crash	0	127
13	26	40	Dick May	Baxter Price (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	444	1800	running	0	124
14	19	1	Buddy Baker	UNO (Hoss Ellington)	Buick	441	1700	crash	6	126
15	10	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress)	Pontiac	437	3960	running	0	118
16	8	47	Ron Bouchard	J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe)	Buick	435	8550	crash	0	115
17	34	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	403	2670	running	0	112
18	22	48	Slick Johnson	Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton)	Buick	402	3505	running	0	109
19	13	21	Neil Bonnett	Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers)	Ford	386	2050	engine	128	111
20	33	25	Ronnie Thomas	Jabe Thomas (Ronnie Thomas)	Pontiac	376	1360	running	0	103
21	29	71	Dave Marcis	J.D. Stacy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	347	3200	running	0	100
22	23	18	Donnie Allison	Hodges (Jack Ogden)	Buick	271	1180	engine	0	97
23	12	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Tool (Harry Melling)	Ford	255	1140	steering	0	94
24	2	2	Joe Ruttman	J.D. Stacy (Jim Stacy)	Buick	206	3790	steering	70	96
25	6	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore)	Ford	191	8660	overheating	30	93
26	17	6	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	175	2700	engine	0	85
27	18	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	170	2650	clutch	0	82
28	24	94	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	Buick	162	940	shocks	0	79
29	28	06	Ernie Cline	Bob Haas	Pontiac	154	900	rear end	0	76
30	15	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	119	8660	crash	1	78
31	30	29	Tim Richmond	Fast Company Ltd. (Mike Lovern)	Ford	112	820	engine	0	0
32	27	37	Mark Martin	Rogers Leasing / Simoniz / Apache Stove (Bob Rogers)	Buick	111	2440	valve	0	67
33	7	90	Jody Ridley	J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	79	9140	crash	0	64
34	16	17	Lake Speed	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	Buick	42	1700	crash	0	61

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Mark Martin	37	driver change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
DC	Tom Sneva	37	Rogers Leasing / Simoniz / Apache Stove	Bob Rogers	Buick
WD	Mark Martin	02	Apache Stove	Bud Reeder	Buick
WD	Dick Brooks	13	Carolina Tool	Bobby Hawkins	Ford
WD	Lennie Pond	24	Washington Freightliner	Cecil Gordon	Buick

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	45	45
	46	53	8
	54	60	7
	61	64	4
	65	79	15
	80	100	21
	101	120	20
	121	138	18
	139	143	5
	144	153	10
	154	317	164
	318	322	5
	323	443	121
	444	454	11
	455	456	2
	457	462	6
	463	483	21
	484	486	3
	487	492	6
Percent of race run under caution: 17.5% Average green flag run: 40.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Benny Parsons	1	1	1
Joe Ruttman	2	45	44
Benny Parsons	46	46	1
Joe Ruttman	47	72	26
Dale Earnhardt	73	80	8
Richard Petty	81	81	1
Dale Earnhardt	82	101	20
Darrell Waltrip	102	103	2
Dale Earnhardt	104	105	2
Darrell Waltrip	106	121	16
Buddy Baker	122	122	1
Harry Gant	123	138	16
Darrell Waltrip	139	144	6
Harry Gant	145	156	12
Bobby Allison	157	165	9
Neil Bonnett	166	229	64
Darrell Waltrip	230	232	3
Buddy Baker	233	234	2
Joe Millikan	235	239	5
Neil Bonnett	240	300	61
Darrell Waltrip	301	306	6
Neil Bonnett	307	312	6
Terry Labonte	313	314	2
Neil Bonnett	315	317	3
Buddy Baker	318	320	3
Terry Labonte	321	323	3
Bobby Allison	324	324	1
Darrell Waltrip	325	418	94
Cale Yarborough	419	420	2
Bobby Allison	421	422	2
Darrell Waltrip	423	443	21
Cale Yarborough	444	492	49

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Terry Labonte	802
2	Bobby Allison	749	-53
3	Benny Parsons	728	-74
4	Morgan Shepherd	720	-82
5	Darrell Waltrip	711	-91
6	Harry Gant	681	-121
7	Richard Petty	661	-141
8	Dave Marcis	642	-160
9	Buddy Arrington	616	-186
10	Ron Bouchard	600	-202
11	Dale Earnhardt	587	-215
12	Joe Ruttman	569	-233
13	Gary Balough	564	-238
14	Joe Millikan	563	-239
14	Jimmy Means	563	-239
16	Jody Ridley	541	-261
17	Neil Bonnett	529	-273
18	Cale Yarborough	525	-277
19	Tommy Gale	509	-293
20	J.D. McDuffie	507	-295
21	Kyle Petty	499	-303