1982 Firecracker 400

Race 16 of 30

Daytona
160 laps
Time of race: 2:27:09
Average speed of winner: 163.099 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 28 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Bodine pole, Baker 1, Allison 2-3, Baker 4, Allison 5-8, Yarborough 9-10, Allison 11-38, Gant 39-44, R. Petty 45-46, Gant 47-48, R. Petty 49-51, Gant 52-53, Bodine 54-57, Labonte 58, Yarborough 59-65, Allison 66, Gant 67, Allison 68, Richmond 69, Allison 70-77, Gant 78-79, Richmond 80, Gant 81, Richmond 82, Allison 83-88, Yarborough 89-96, Allison 97-101, Gant 102-103, Allison 104-160

Race notes: First pole for Geoff Bodine. Finale for Bob Jarvis. Bobby Allison took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Bobby Allison	88	Gatorade	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		160	9	112	running	42100	185
2	7	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Melling	Elliott		160	0	0	running	21800	170
3	14	Ron Bouchard	47	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Jack Beebe			160	0	0	running	22500	165
4	11	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		160	0	0	running	13030	160
5	18	David Pearson	03	Carolina Tool/Chattanooga Chew	Buick	Hawkins			160	0	0	running	8190	155
6	1	Geoff Bodine	50	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart		194.721	160	1	4	running	16700	155
7	2	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		160	0	0	running	10420	146
8	3	Buddy Baker	28	J.D. Stacy Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		158	2	2	running	14025	147
9	12	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo Mowers	Buick	Hamby			157	0	0	running	8700	138
10	20	Dave Marcis	71	Marcis Racing	Buick	Marcis	Darling		157	0	0	running	8290	134
11	23	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	McDuffie			156	0	0	running	7555	130
12	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Jim Hill Racing	Dodge	Arrington			156	0	0	running	7135	127
13	37	Lowell Cowell	66	Kings Inn Daytona	Oldsmobile	Hamby			155	0	0	running	3975	124
14	39	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			153	0	0	running	6375	121
15	30	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			152	0	0	running	10925	118
16	36	Lennie Pond	24	Native Tan	Buick	Cecil Gordon			152	0	0	running	5615	115
17	22	Delma Cowart	0	Bon Trucking Co.	Buick	H.L. Waters			151	0	0	running	3005	112
18	35	Philip Duffie	99	U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel	Buick	Duffie			150	0	0	running	2670	109
19	34	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Buick	Hylton			146	0	0	running	4785	106
20	24	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Hillin Drilling	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		144	0	0	running	2550	103
21	29	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Buick	Means			143	0	0	running	4330	100
22	5	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Brewer		141	3	17	suspension	2820	102
23	17	Tim Richmond	2	Stacy-Pak	Buick	Stacy	Inman		138	3	3	accident	3980	99
24	8	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		135	7	16	accident	4355	96
25	10	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			135	2	5	accident	10375	93
26	32	Travis Tiller	46	Ring Enterprises	Buick	Tiller			133	0	0	exhaust pipe	1860	85
27	6	Terry Labonte	44	Texas Jeans	Buick	Hagan	Elder		121	1	1	engine	3550	87
28	26	Benny Parsons	19	Gray Racing	Buick	Henley Gray			100	0	0	clutch	1730	79
29	13	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		89	0	0	engine	9265	76
30	40	Blackie Wangerin	39	Oak Ridge Boys	Ford	Wangerin			73	0	0	piston	1600	73
31	15	Mark Martin	02	Apache Stove/Rogers	Pontiac	Reeder			64	0	0	accident	3275	70
32	19	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner Hodgdon/National Engineering	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		59	0	0	accident	1480	67
33	33	Rick Wilson	62	Wilson Racing	Buick	Rick Wilson			59	0	0	accident	1420	64
34	25	Slick Johnson	40	Baxter Price Racing	Buick	Ulrich			59	0	0	overheating	1385	61
35	38	Bob Jarvis	6	Clinomint Toothpaste	Buick	Ulrich			47	0	0	accident	2300	0
36	4	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond		45	0	0	connecting rod	11330	55
37	31	Marty Robbins	22	Marty Robbins Racing	Buick	Robbins			45	0	0	engine	1260	52
38	16	Kyle Petty	1	STP/UNO	Buick	Ellington	Pittman		41	0	0	clutch	1240	49
39	27	Connie Saylor	4	Spencer Racing	Oldsmobile	G.C. Spencer			14	0	0	piston	1220	46
40	21	Joe Ruttman	75	Pet Dairy	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		6	0	0	fuel pump	2900	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	2352	16	0	4	8	11
2	Terry Labonte	2317	16	2	0	10	12
3	Darrell Waltrip	2166	16	5	5	7	8
4	Buddy Arrington	2031	16	0	0	0	3
5	Dale Earnhardt	2023	16	1	1	6	9
6	Harry Gant	1979	16	0	1	3	8
7	Benny Parsons	1970	16	3	0	7	8
8	Dave Marcis	1940	16	0	1	2	8
9	Morgan Shepherd	1924	15	0	0	4	9
10	Ron Bouchard	1900	16	1	0	2	8
11	Richard Petty	1866	16	0	0	3	7
12	Jody Ridley	1806	16	0	0	0	4
13	Ricky Rudd	1799	16	0	0	2	6
14	Jimmy Means	1752	16	0	0	0	1
15	Neil Bonnett	1731	15	0	1	4	6
16	Kyle Petty	1702	16	0	0	1	2
17	Mark Martin	1696	16	0	0	1	5
18	Joe Ruttman	1553	15	0	0	2	2
19	Bill Elliott	1482	11	0	0	5	5
20	J.D. McDuffie	1478	16	0	0	0	1
21	Tommy Gale	1428	13	0	0	0	0
22	Lake Speed	1408	16	0	0	0	2
23	D.K. Ulrich	1340	14	0	0	0	0
24	Cale Yarborough	1283	9	0	2	6	6
25	Slick Johnson	937	13	0	0	0	1