1982 Champion Spark Plug 400

Race 20 of 30

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:45:53
Average speed of winner: 136.454 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 31 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 29 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-6, Waltrip 7-15, Yarborough 16-20, Allison 21, Bodine 22, Marcis 23-25, Arrington 26, Shepherd 27, Richmond 28, Shepherd 29, Yarborough 30-38, Allison 39, Yarborough 40-50, Allison 51, Arrington 52, Allison 53-56, Yarborough 57, Allison 58-63, Yarborough 64-65, Allison 66-90, Parsons 91-92, Bonnett 93, Waltrip 94-97, Allison 98-115, Waltrip 116-118, Bodine 119, Allison 120-121, R. Petty 122, Allison 123-150, R. Petty 151-162, Waltrip 163-166, Allison 167-200

Race notes: Finale for Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. and Robin McCall. Bobby Allison took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Bobby Allison	88	Gatorade	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		200	10	120	running	26900	185
2	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			200	2	13	running	20505	175
3	15	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		200	0	0	running	13255	165
4	13	Geoff Bodine	50	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			200	2	2	running	15200	165
5	14	Benny Parsons	55	Weyman & Bruton	Buick	Johnny Hayes			200	1	2	running	6725	160
6	5	Buddy Arrington	67	Tom Prange	Chrysler	Arrington			199	2	2	running	8845	155
7	2	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond		198	4	20	running	16300	151
8	28	Dave Marcis	71	Throttles Food & Fuel	Buick	Marcis	Darling		197	1	3	running	6725	147
9	17	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner Hodgdon/National Engineering	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		197	1	1	running	3150	143
10	20	Ron Bouchard	47	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Jack Beebe			197	0	0	running	10050	134
11	24	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Buick	Means			197	0	0	running	5715	130
12	19	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo Mowers	Buick	Hamby			197	0	0	running	5405	127
13	27	Dean Combs	77	Sport Specs/R.L. Monroe	Buick	Sanderson			196	0	0	running	2250	124
14	3	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		195	0	0	running	5160	121
15	8	Kyle Petty	1	UNO/STP	Pontiac	Ellington	Pittman		195	0	0	running	2100	118
16	21	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			193	0	0	running	5175	115
17	38	Ronnie Thomas	42	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas	Beam		193	0	0	running	1850	0
18	32	Joe Booher	40	Booher Farms	Buick	Ulrich			192	0	0	running	1750	0
19	31	Charlie Baker	19	H.M. Kelly Trucking	Buick	Henley Gray			192	0	0	running	1700	0
20	30	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			191	0	0	running	4165	103
21	6	Terry Labonte	44	Texas Jeans/Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan	Elder		187	0	0	running	3850	100
22	36	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			179	0	0	running	3595	97
23	9	Tim Richmond	2	Stacy-Pak	Buick	Stacy	Inman		161	1	1	rear end	3275	99
24	33	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	24	Provimi Veal	Buick	Cecil Gordon			139	0	0	engine	3215	0
25	4	Buddy Baker	28	J.D. Stacy Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		109	0	0	radiator	9525	88
26	25	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			108	0	0	engine	8750	85
27	1	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Melling	Elliott	162.995	104	1	6	running	3500	87
28	7	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Brewer		103	5	28	transmission	1250	84
29	35	David Simko	54	GNF Prototype Casting	Buick	Simko			96	0	0	engine	1200	0
30	18	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		76	0	0	brakes	8750	73
31	22	David Pearson	03	Carolina Tool & Equipment	Buick	Hawkins			75	0	0	oil pump	1100	70
32	12	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		68	2	2	sway bar	2805	72
33	29	Robin McCall	5	Stacy-Pak	Buick	Stacy			47	0	0	accident	1000	64
34	23	Mark Martin	02	Briarwood Hilton	Pontiac	Reeder			45	0	0	rear end	2685	61
35	26	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			42	0	0	handling	900	58
36	37	Al Loquasto	6	Pentax Cameras	Buick	Ulrich			18	0	0	accident	1850	0
37	34	Earle Canavan	13	Job/Wyandotte Vapocure/Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Canavan			7	0	0	engine	850	52
38	16	Joe Ruttman	75	Pet Dairy	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		2	0	0	oil pump	1850	49

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	2962	20	0	6	10	14
2	Terry Labonte	2912	20	2	0	13	15
3	Darrell Waltrip	2842	20	5	7	9	12
4	Richard Petty	2537	20	0	0	6	11
5	Buddy Arrington	2524	20	0	0	0	5
6	Dave Marcis	2493	20	0	1	2	10
7	Harry Gant	2460	20	0	1	5	10
8	Ron Bouchard	2389	20	1	0	3	11
9	Dale Earnhardt	2385	20	1	1	6	10
10	Morgan Shepherd	2312	19	1	0	4	10
11	Ricky Rudd	2288	20	0	0	3	8
12	Jimmy Means	2232	20	0	0	0	1
13	Jody Ridley	2209	20	0	0	0	5
14	Benny Parsons	2130	17	3	0	8	9
15	Kyle Petty	2078	20	0	0	1	2
16	Mark Martin	2007	20	0	0	1	6
17	Joe Ruttman	2005	19	0	0	2	3
18	Neil Bonnett	1994	17	0	1	4	7
19	Bill Elliott	1907	15	1	0	5	6
20	J.D. McDuffie	1893	20	0	0	0	1
21	Lake Speed	1823	20	0	0	0	2
22	Tommy Gale	1810	17	0	0	0	0
23	Cale Yarborough	1622	12	1	2	7	7
24	D.K. Ulrich	1452	15	0	0	0	0
25	Buddy Baker	1432	14	1	0	3	5