1982 Southern 500

Race 22 of 30

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:21:00
Average speed of winner: 115.224 mph
Margin of victory: 0.79 sec.
Lead changes: 41 among 17 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 87 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-3, Allison 4-16, R. Petty 17-21, Johnson 22-23, Richmond 24-36, Pearson 37-38, Allison 39-58, Marcis 59-62, Rudd 63, R. Petty 64-72, Allison 73-99, Marcis 100, Wawak 101-102, Saylor 103-104, Waltrip 105-122, Elliott 123, Saylor 124, Waltrip 125-128, Bonnett 129, Richmond 130-137, Earnhardt 138-155, Yarborough 156-169, Allison 170-178, Elliott 179-193, Ruttman 194-205, Ridley 206, Allison 207-225, R. Petty 226-227, Elliott 228-231, Earnhardt 232-235, Waltrip 236, Earnhardt 237-241, Yarborough 242-282, Gant 283-289, Ruttman 290-299, Elliott 300-306, Ruttman 307-310, Yarborough 311-340, Earnhardt 341-349, Yarborough 350-355, R. Petty 356-359, Yarborough 360-367

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Brewer		367	5	99	running	34300	185
2	8	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			367	4	20	running	26165	175
3	5	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		367	4	36	running	21225	170
4	13	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Melling	Elliott		367	4	27	running	13925	0
5	18	Buddy Baker	28	J.D. Stacy Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		365	0	0	running	16140	155
6	22	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo Mowers	Buick	Hamby			365	0	0	running	10205	150
7	15	Geoff Bodine	50	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			364	0	0	running	13825	146
8	20	Benny Parsons	55	Weyman & Bruton	Buick	Johnny Hayes			364	0	0	running	5375	142
9	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			364	0	0	running	8820	138
10	17	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Transmission	Chevrolet	Marcis	Darling		362	2	5	running	8125	139
11	12	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		359	1	7	running	8065	135
12	30	Connie Saylor	4	Connie Mining Tires	Oldsmobile	G.C. Spencer			357	2	3	running	4750	132
13	4	Joe Ruttman	75	Pet Dairy	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		357	3	26	running	7755	129
14	24	Kyle Petty	1	UNO/STP	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		355	0	0	running	3950	121
15	39	Dick May	19	Gray Racing	Buick	Henley Gray			352	0	0	running	3925	0
16	36	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			350	0	0	running	6135	115
17	37	Philip Duffie	99	U.S. Duffie	Buick	Duffie			349	0	0	running	3580	112
18	32	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			343	0	0	running	6095	109
19	40	Rick Newsom	20	Bojangles	Chevrolet	Newsom			341	0	0	running	3260	0
20	3	Bobby Allison	88	DiGard/Gatorade	Buick	DiGard	Nelson		327	5	88	running	11875	108
21	35	Bobby Wawak	94	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			316	1	2	running	2990	105
22	19	Mark Martin	02	Jolly Rancher/Rogers	Buick	Reeder			310	0	0	running	5245	97
23	31	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			255	0	0	wheel	5000	94
24	2	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond		240	3	23	engine	13735	96
25	25	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			232	0	0	accident	5220	88
26	21	Ron Bouchard	47	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Jack Beebe			225	0	0	accident	9340	85
27	23	D.K. Ulrich	6	Pentax Cameras	Buick	Ulrich			225	0	0	cylinder	3965	82
28	16	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			224	1	1	accident	9605	84
29	26	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			200	0	0	brakes	2010	76
30	7	Tim Richmond	2	Stacy-Pak	Buick	Stacy	Inman		177	2	21	engine	4240	78
31	6	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		168	1	1	engine	4175	75
32	29	Slick Johnson	40	Baxter Price Racing	Buick	Ulrich			151	1	2	engine	2075	72
33	34	Mike Potter	66	Cam Farm/Kings Inn	Oldsmobile	Hamby			141	0	0	rear end	1860	64
34	10	Neil Bonnett	21	Hodgdon Tool	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		131	1	1	valve	1805	66
35	11	Terry Labonte	44	Texas Jeans/Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan	Elder		120	0	0	engine	3760	58
36	14	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		106	0	0	valve	2770	55
37	1	David Pearson	03	Chattanooga Chew/Carolina Tool	Buick	Hawkins		155.739	78	2	5	axle	4490	57
38	38	Ronnie Thomas	42	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas	Beam		74	0	0	cylinder	1560	0
39	33	Earle Canavan	13	J&B	Buick	Canavan			69	0	0	engine	1530	0
40	28	Lennie Pond	24	Carolina Bank & Trust	Buick	Cecil Gordon			34	0	0	a-frame	2500	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	3250	22	0	6	11	15
2	Terry Labonte	3135	22	2	0	14	16
3	Darrell Waltrip	3118	22	5	8	10	13
4	Richard Petty	2797	22	0	0	7	12
5	Buddy Arrington	2777	22	0	0	0	6
6	Harry Gant	2765	22	0	1	6	11
7	Dave Marcis	2732	22	0	1	2	11
8	Dale Earnhardt	2710	22	1	1	7	12
9	Ron Bouchard	2601	22	1	0	3	11
10	Morgan Shepherd	2527	21	1	0	5	11
11	Ricky Rudd	2509	22	0	0	3	9
12	Jimmy Means	2447	22	0	0	0	1
13	Jody Ridley	2435	22	0	0	0	6
14	Benny Parsons	2272	18	3	0	8	10
15	Kyle Petty	2272	22	0	0	1	2
16	Mark Martin	2234	22	0	0	1	6
17	Joe Ruttman	2230	21	0	0	2	3
18	J.D. McDuffie	2105	22	0	0	0	1
19	Lake Speed	2097	22	0	0	0	3
20	Neil Bonnett	2060	18	0	1	4	7
21	Tommy Gale	2004	19	0	0	0	0
22	Bill Elliott	1907	16	1	0	6	7
23	Cale Yarborough	1807	13	1	3	8	8
24	Buddy Baker	1725	16	1	0	4	7
25	Geoff Bodine	1668	17	2	0	2	8