1982 Mountain Dew 500

Race 18 of 30

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 4:19:45
Average speed of winner: 115.496 mph
Margin of victory: 17 sec.
Lead changes: 46 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 43 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-6, Allison 7-11, Marcis 12-13, Gant 14-18, Waltrip 19, Yarborough 20-25, Earnhardt 26-28, Yarborough 29, Earnhardt 30-32, Yarborough 33-34, Earnhardt 35-36, Yarborough 37, Earnhardt 38, R. Petty 39-44, Yarborough 45-50, Allison 51, Yarborough 52-65, Elliott 66, Yarborough 67-69, R. Petty 70-84, Shepherd 85-87, Gant 88, Allison 89-90, R. Petty 91-92, Waltrip 93-98, R. Petty 99-100, Martin 101, Richmond 102-103, Waltrip 104-109, Gant 110, R. Petty 111-118, Waltrip 119, R. Petty 120-136, Allison 137, Waltrip 138-157, Allison 158, Waltrip 159, Gant 160-162, R. Petty 163-164, Gant 165, R. Petty 166-168, Allison 169-170, R. Petty 171-180, Waltrip 181-186, R. Petty 187-193, Waltrip 194-196, Allison 197-200

Race notes: Debut for Charlie Baker. Only start for Tom Hessert, Jr.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Bobby Allison	88	Gatorade	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		200	8	17	running	24200	180
2	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			200	10	72	running	21500	180
3	8	Terry Labonte	44	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Hagan	Elder		200	0	0	running	12755	165
4	13	Ron Bouchard	47	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Jack Beebe			200	0	0	running	14100	160
5	16	Buddy Baker	28	J.D. Stacy Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		200	0	0	running	13850	155
6	9	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond		199	8	44	out of gas	16550	155
7	14	Joe Ruttman	75	Pet Dairy	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		199	0	0	running	6755	146
8	22	Dave Marcis	71	Fun Seasons Yamaha	Buick	Marcis	Darling		196	1	2	running	6035	147
9	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Jim Hill/Poco North	Dodge	Arrington			194	0	0	running	5725	138
10	15	Mark Martin	02	Apache Stove	Pontiac	Reeder			193	1	1	running	6030	0
11	10	Geoff Bodine	50	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			190	0	0	running	9400	130
12	26	James Hylton	48	Daniels Travel/Poco North	Pontiac	Hylton			190	0	0	running	4920	127
13	32	Rick Newsom	20	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Newsom			188	0	0	running	2200	124
14	33	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon Racing	Buick	Cecil Gordon			186	0	0	running	4460	0
15	17	Kyle Petty	1	UNO/STP	Buick	Ellington	Pittman		185	0	0	running	2000	118
16	27	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			185	0	0	running	4200	115
17	25	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			184	0	0	running	3940	112
18	19	Charlie Baker	19	Gray Racing	Buick	Henley Gray			183	0	0	engine	1700	0
19	28	Bobby Wawak	94	Wawak Racing	Buick	Wawak			183	0	0	running	1650	106
20	35	Mike Potter	66	Kings Inn Daytona	Buick	Hamby			181	0	0	engine	1675	0
21	30	Joe Booher	40	Booher Farms	Buick	Ulrich			179	0	0	running	1550	0
22	2	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		166	5	11	engine	3480	102
23	24	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			140	0	0	ignition	3140	94
24	6	Tim Richmond	2	Stacy-Pak	Buick	Stacy	Inman		135	1	2	accident	3080	96
25	7	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		134	4	9	accident	9700	93
26	1	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Brewer	150.764	128	8	39	engine	2900	90
27	36	John Callis	80	Vel-Loc	Pontiac	Callis			103	0	0	ball joint	1250	82
28	5	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		98	1	3	engine	2870	84
29	29	Al Loquasto	6	Pentax Cameras	Buick	Ulrich			93	0	0	accident	2810	0
30	12	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Melling	Elliott		69	0	0	carburetor	1100	78
31	3	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		62	0	0	engine	2050	70
32	20	Ronnie Thomas	42	Thomas Racing	Buick	Ronnie Thomas	Beam		39	0	0	transmission	1025	67
33	21	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo/Onlooker/Poco North	Buick	Hamby			32	0	0	engine	2500	64
34	34	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Kenwood	Oldsmobile	Maggiacomo			29	0	0	oil pan	975	61
35	31	Tom Hessert, Jr.	87	Baker Driving/Scott Paper	Pontiac	Buck Baker			8	0	0	steering	950	58
36	18	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			7	0	0	engine	8325	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	2652	18	2	0	12	14
2	Bobby Allison	2638	18	0	5	9	12
3	Darrell Waltrip	2506	18	5	6	8	10
4	Buddy Arrington	2266	18	0	0	0	4
5	Dale Earnhardt	2254	18	1	1	6	10
6	Harry Gant	2246	18	0	1	4	9
7	Dave Marcis	2217	18	0	1	2	9
8	Ron Bouchard	2194	18	1	0	3	10
9	Richard Petty	2192	18	0	0	4	9
10	Morgan Shepherd	2098	17	1	0	4	9
11	Ricky Rudd	2029	18	0	0	3	7
12	Jody Ridley	2003	18	0	0	0	5
13	Jimmy Means	1985	18	0	0	0	1
14	Benny Parsons	1970	16	3	0	7	8
15	Kyle Petty	1914	18	0	0	1	2
16	Joe Ruttman	1826	17	0	0	2	3
17	Mark Martin	1814	18	0	0	1	6
18	Neil Bonnett	1731	15	0	1	4	6
19	J.D. McDuffie	1681	18	0	0	0	1
20	Bill Elliott	1665	13	0	0	5	5
21	Tommy Gale	1631	15	0	0	0	0
22	Lake Speed	1596	18	0	0	0	2
23	D.K. Ulrich	1452	15	0	0	0	0
24	Cale Yarborough	1373	10	1	2	6	6
25	Buddy Baker	1169	12	1	0	2	4