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1982 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 30 Sunday, October 31, 1982 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:20:47 Average speed: 115.122 mph Pole speed: 143.228 mph Cautions: 8 for 76 laps Margin of victory: 9.5 sec Attendance: 45000 Lead changes: 33 Glossary    1982 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1982 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 25 1 27   Cale Yarborough Valvoline   (M.C. Anderson) Buick 288 2760 crash 32 93 5 2 98   Morgan Shepherd Levi Garrett   (Ron Benfield) Buick 491 7455 running 18 160 7 3 28   Buddy Baker Ranier Racing   (Harry Ranier) Pontiac 488 11000 running 34 151 1 4 11   Darrell Waltrip Mountain Dew   (Junior Johnson) Buick 492 26610 running 49 180 17 5 2   Tim Richmond J.D. Stacy   (Jim Stacy) Buick 436 3670 running 0 112 28 6 3   Ricky Rudd Piedmont Airlines   (Richard Childress) Pontiac 242 2610 engine 0 79 2 7 88   Bobby Allison Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Buick 492 20100 running 127 180 14 8 15   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Bud Moore) Ford 445 9300 engine 52 126 18 9 75   Joe Ruttman Pet Dairy   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Buick 390 3480 steering 0 109 32 10 33   Harry Gant 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Buick 148 2440 engine 55 72 24 11 02   Mark Martin Martin Racing   (Bud Reeder) Buick 314 3280 con arm 0 91 3 12 21   Neil Bonnett Warner Hodgdon   (Wood Brothers) Ford 492 8100 running 108 170 34 13 1   Benny Parsons UNO   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 68 700 crash 0 61 12 14 9   Bill Elliott Melling Tool   (Harry Melling) Ford 463 2095 running 0 127 27 15 50   Geoffrey Bodine Spectrum Furniture   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 245 8030 engine 0 82 29 16 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 208 1475 valve 0 76 31 17 90   Jody Ridley J.D. Stacy   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 191 8220 engine 0 70 4 18 44   Terry Labonte Texas Jeans / Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 491 8480 running 3 165 6 19 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 491 11100 running 14 155 8 20 47   Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 486 9700 running 0 142 11 21 71   Dave Marcis Hudson / Buck Stove   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 467 4680 running 0 130 33 22 17   Lake Speed Yazoo Mowers   (Roger Hamby) Pontiac 91 1740 oil pressure 0 64 23 23 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 325 2830 crash 0 94 10 24 6   D.K. Ulrich Pentax Cameras   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 471 5400 running 0 134 19 25 40   Slick Johnson Turbo Sales & Service   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 387 1300 engine 0 106 9 26 48   Lennie Pond Palatine Auto Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 479 5660 running 0 138 22 27 70   J.D. McDuffie Mack's Stores   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 335 3160 crash 0 97 15 28 52   Jimmy Means Broadway Motors   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 444 4070 running 0 118 16 29 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 444 3910 running 0 115 20 30 87   Randy Baker Buck Baker Driving School   (Buck Baker) Pontiac 347 1300 running 0 103 35 31 20   Rick Newsom Bull Frog Knits   (Rick Newsom) Chevrolet 27 675 crash 0 58 26 32 41   Joe Millikan Matthews Racing   (Billy Matthews) Oldsmobile 277 1020 crash 0 85 13 33 94   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Buick 458 1800 running 0 124 21 34 78   Richard Brickhouse House of Raeford   (Tom Goff) Pontiac 337 1220 oil leak 0 100 30 35 25   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Pontiac 204 860 oil pressure 0 73

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD David Pearson 03 Chattanooga Chew Bobby Hawkins Buick Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 15 15     16 25 10     26 44 19     45 49 5     50 55 6     56 58 3     59 69 11     70 90 21     91 180 90     181 183 3     184 290 107     291 301 11     302 336 35     337 346 10     347 353 7     354 366 13     367 492 126       Percent of race run under caution: 15.4%             Average green flag run: 46.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 7 7   Buddy Baker 8 31 24   Cale Yarborough 32 45 14   Neil Bonnett 46 56 11   Darrell Waltrip 57 60 4   Cale Yarborough 61 70 10   Morgan Shepherd 71 88 18   Dale Earnhardt 89 91 3   Harry Gant 92 146 55   Dale Earnhardt 147 164 18   Bobby Allison 165 168 4   Neil Bonnett 169 170 2   Buddy Baker 171 180 10   Cale Yarborough 181 181 1   Dale Earnhardt 182 189 8   Neil Bonnett 190 199 10   Dale Earnhardt 200 209 10   Neil Bonnett 210 227 18   Dale Earnhardt 228 239 12   Neil Bonnett 240 272 33   Richard Petty 273 274 2   Bobby Allison 275 291 17   Darrell Waltrip 292 292 1   Neil Bonnett 293 310 18   Bobby Allison 311 337 27   Dale Earnhardt 338 338 1   Bobby Allison 339 346 8   Darrell Waltrip 347 354 8   Richard Petty 355 363 9   Neil Bonnett 364 379 16   Bobby Allison 380 450 71   Terry Labonte 451 453 3   Richard Petty 454 456 3   Darrell Waltrip 457 492 36 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 4149     2   Bobby Allison 4112   -37   3   Terry Labonte 3982   -167   4   Richard Petty 3621   -528   5   Harry Gant 3612   -537   6   Buddy Arrington 3463   -686   7   Dave Marcis 3435   -714   8   Ron Bouchard 3328   -821   9   Dale Earnhardt 3299   -850   10   Ricky Rudd 3216   -933   10   Morgan Shepherd 3216   -933   12   Jimmy Means 3172   -977   13   Jody Ridley 3116   -1033   14   Joe Ruttman 2988   -1161   15   Kyle Petty 2954   -1195   16   Mark Martin 2892   -1257   17   Neil Bonnett 2763   -1386   18   Lake Speed 2710   -1439   19   J.D. McDuffie 2699   -1450   20   Benny Parsons 2643   -1506   21   Buddy Baker 2627   -1522