1982 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500

Race 28 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:20:47
Average speed of winner: 115.122 mph
Margin of victory: 9.5 sec.
Lead changes: 33 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 55 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-7, Baker 8-31, Yarborough 32-45, Bonnett 46-56, Waltrip 57-60, Yarborough 61-70, Shepherd 71-88, Earnhardt 89-91, Gant 92-146, Earnhardt 147-164, Allison 165-168, Bonnett 169-170, Baker 171-180, Yarborough 181, Earnhardt 182-189, Bonnett 190-199, Earnhardt 200-209, Bonnett 210-227, Earnhardt 228-239, Bonnett 240-272, R. Petty 273-274, Allison 275-291, Waltrip 292, Bonnett 293-310, Allison 311-337, Earnhardt 338, Allison 339-346, Waltrip 347-354, R. Petty 355-363, Bonnett 364-379, Allison 380-450, Labonte 451-453, Petty 454-456, Waltrip 457-492

Race notes: Debut for Randy Baker. Finale for Richard Brickhouse.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond		492	4	49	running	26610	180
2	7	Bobby Allison	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Nelson		492	5	127	running	20100	180
3	12	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner Hodgdon	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		492	7	108	running	8100	170
4	18	Terry Labonte	44	Texas Jeans/Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan	Elder		491	1	3	running	8480	165
5	2	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		491	1	18	running	7455	160
6	19	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			491	3	14	running	11100	155
7	3	Buddy Baker	28	Ranier Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		488	2	34	running	11000	151
8	20	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		486	0	0	running	9700	142
9	26	Lennie Pond	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			479	0	0	running	5660	0
10	24	D.K. Ulrich	6	Pentax Cameras	Buick	Ulrich			471	0	0	running	5400	134
11	21	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson/Buck Stove	Chevrolet	Marcis	Darling		467	0	0	running	4680	130
12	14	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Melling	Elliott		463	0	0	running	2095	127
13	33	Bobby Wawak	94	Superior Piping	Buick	Wawak			458	0	0	running	1800	124
14	8	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		445	6	52	engine	9300	126
15	28	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			444	0	0	running	4070	118
16	29	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			444	0	0	running	3910	115
17	5	Tim Richmond	2	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Stacy	Inman		436	0	0	running	3670	112
18	9	Joe Ruttman	75	Pet Dairy	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		390	0	0	steering	3480	109
19	25	Slick Johnson	40	Turbo Sales & Service	Buick	Ulrich			387	0	0	engine	1300	106
20	30	Randy Baker	87	Baker Driving School	Pontiac	Buck Baker			347	0	0	running	1360	103
21	34	Richard Brickhouse	78	House of Raeford	Pontiac	Goff			337	0	0	oil leak	1220	0
22	27	J.D. McDuffie	70	Macks Stores Inc.	Pontiac	McDuffie			335	0	0	accident	3160	97
23	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			325	0	0	accident	2830	94
24	11	Mark Martin	02	Martin Racing	Buick	Reeder			314	0	0	control arm	3280	91
25	1	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Brewer	143.220	288	4	32	accident	2760	93
26	32	Joe Millikan	41	Matthews Racing	Buick	Billy Matthews			277	0	0	accident	1020	0
27	15	Geoff Bodine	50	Spectrum Furniture	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			245	0	0	engine	8030	82
28	6	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		242	0	0	engine	2610	79
29	16	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Beam		208	0	0	valve	1475	76
30	35	Ronnie Thomas	25	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			204	0	0	oil pressure	860	73
31	17	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			191	0	0	engine	8220	70
32	10	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		148	1	55	engine	2440	72
33	22	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo Mowers	Pontiac	Hamby			91	0	0	oil pressure	1740	64
34	13	Benny Parsons	1	UNO	Buick	Ellington	Pittman		68	0	0	accident	700	61
35	31	Rick Newsom	20	Bull Frog Knits	Chevrolet	Newsom			27	0	0	accident	675	58

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	4149	28	6	12	15	18
2	Bobby Allison	4112	28	1	7	13	19
3	Terry Labonte	3982	28	2	0	17	20
4	Richard Petty	3621	28	0	0	9	16
5	Harry Gant	3612	28	1	2	8	15
6	Buddy Arrington	3463	28	0	0	0	8
7	Dave Marcis	3435	28	0	1	2	13
8	Ron Bouchard	3328	28	1	0	3	14
9	Dale Earnhardt	3299	28	1	1	7	12
10	Ricky Rudd	3216	28	2	0	5	11
11	Morgan Shepherd	3216	27	1	0	6	12
12	Jimmy Means	3172	28	0	0	0	2
13	Jody Ridley	3116	28	0	0	0	9
14	Kyle Petty	2954	28	0	0	2	4
15	Joe Ruttman	2823	27	0	0	4	6
16	Mark Martin	2753	28	0	0	1	6
17	Lake Speed	2710	28	0	0	0	5
18	J.D. McDuffie	2699	28	0	0	0	1
19	Neil Bonnett	2666	23	0	1	6	9
20	Benny Parsons	2643	21	3	0	10	12
21	Tommy Gale	2613	25	0	0	0	0
22	Buddy Baker	2491	22	1	0	4	11
23	Geoff Bodine	2413	23	2	0	4	10
24	Bill Elliott	2374	19	1	0	8	9
25	D.K. Ulrich	2349	23	0	0	0	1