1982 Atlanta Journal 500

Race 29 of 30

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:48:51
Average speed of winner: 130.884 mph
Margin of victory: 0.5 sec.
Lead changes: 45 among 14 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 56 laps
Lap leaders: Shepherd pole, Labonte 1-3, Earnhardt 4, Bonnett 5-8, Earnhardt 9-10, B. Allison 11-34, Elliott 35-39, Labonte 40, B. Allison 41-48, Elliott 49-52, B. Allison 53-54, Bodine 55-75, Combs 76, Waltrip 77-82, Combs 83-84, Shepherd 85, Bodine 86-99, Marcis 100-101, Shepherd 102-103, Richmond 104, Bodine 105-118, R. Petty 119-121, Combs 122, B. Allison 123-131, R. Petty 132-138, Combs 139, R. Petty 140-150, Gant 151, Bodine 152, Gant 153, Rudd 154-155, Bonnett 156-163, Waltrip 164-172, Gant 173-176, Waltrip 177, Gant 178-180, Waltrip 181-186, Marcis 187-189, Waltrip 190-193, B. Allison 194-198, R. Petty 199-230, B. Allison 231-258, Marcis 259-285, R. Petty 286, Waltrip 287-304, B. Allison 305-328

Race notes: Debut for Jerry Bowman and Rodney Combs. Finale for Marty Robbins.

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		328	7	100	running	45500	185
2	2	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		328	4	9	running	19230	175
3	4	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond		328	6	44	running	19700	170
4	18	Tim Richmond	2	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Stacy	Inman		328	1	1	running	9895	165
5	10	Joe Ruttman	75	Pet Dairy	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		327	0	0	running	8775	155
6	33	Dave Marcis	71	Hudson Chevy & Trans	Buick	Marcis	Darling		327	3	32	running	7565	155
7	20	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		326	1	2	running	7255	151
8	3	Terry Labonte	44	Texas Jeans	Buick	Hagan	Elder		326	2	4	running	6335	147
9	28	Rodney Combs	5	Stacy-Pak	Buick	Stacy			325	4	5	running	2900	143
10	14	Mark Martin	02	Jolly Rancher	Buick	Reeder			325	0	0	running	6275	134
11	7	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner W. Hodgdon	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		324	2	12	running	2100	135
12	27	Lennie Pond	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			321	0	0	running	4515	0
13	25	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Chevrolet	Means			321	0	0	running	4400	124
14	30	Buddy Arrington	67	Motorsports Design	Chrysler	Arrington			319	0	0	running	3845	121
15	13	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			312	5	54	accident	10000	123
16	40	Philip Duffie	99	US Duffie Sand & Gravel	Buick	Duffie			310	0	0	running	1650	115
17	26	Bobby Wawak	94	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Wawak			307	0	0	running	1500	112
18	32	Travis Tiller	46	Ring Enterprises	Buick	Tiller			303	0	0	running	1400	109
19	5	Geoff Bodine	50	Spectrum Furniture	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			302	4	50	running	8300	111
20	12	Benny Parsons	55	Weyman & Bruton	Buick	Johnny Hayes			295	0	0	engine	1300	103
21	11	Buddy Baker	28	Ranier Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		287	0	0	engine	9100	100
22	29	Darryl Sage	86	L-Car	Chevrolet	Sage			285	0	0	running	1050	97
23	23	D.K. Ulrich	6	Pentax Cameras	Buick	Ulrich			277	0	0	accident	2775	94
24	6	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Melling	Elliott		266	2	9	engine	975	96
25	1	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott	166.779	262	2	3	engine	4915	93
26	35	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			244	0	0	oil pump	2680	85
27	31	Rick Wilson	62	Wilson Racing	Oldsmobile	Rick Wilson			229	0	0	engine	1900	82
28	17	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			219	0	0	gasket	8275	79
29	15	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo Mowers	Pontiac	Hamby			184	0	0	engine	2585	76
30	37	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	McDuffie			162	0	0	engine	1825	73
31	21	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Beam		156	0	0	engine	815	70
32	16	Ron Bouchard	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		99	0	0	engine	9305	67
33	36	Marty Robbins	22	Robbins Racing	Buick	Robbins			89	0	0	accident	795	64
34	8	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		85	2	3	steering	8385	66
35	19	Cale Yarborough	27	Valvoline	Buick	M.C. Anderson	Brewer		73	0	0	engine	775	58
36	39	Jerry Bowman	38	Bowman Racing	Oldsmobile	Bowman			53	0	0	clutch	765	0
37	24	Dick May	19	Demeter Grain	Buick	Henley Gray			52	0	0	engine	755	0
38	22	Donnie Allison	1	UNO	Oldsmobile	Ellington	Pittman		36	0	0	accident	745	0
39	34	Glenn Jarrett	49	Budweiser Light	Ford	Thaxton			35	0	0	engine	735	46
40	38	Steve Moore	73	Franklin City Music Park	Pontiac	Steve Moore			3	0	0	oil pressure	723	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	4319	29	6	12	16	19
2	Bobby Allison	4297	29	1	8	14	20
3	Terry Labonte	4129	29	2	0	17	21
4	Harry Gant	3787	29	1	2	9	16
5	Richard Petty	3744	29	0	0	9	16
6	Dave Marcis	3590	29	0	1	2	14
7	Buddy Arrington	3584	29	0	0	0	8
8	Ron Bouchard	3395	29	1	0	3	14
9	Ricky Rudd	3367	29	2	0	5	12
10	Dale Earnhardt	3365	29	1	1	7	12
11	Morgan Shepherd	3309	28	2	0	6	12
12	Jimmy Means	3296	29	0	0	0	2
13	Jody Ridley	3195	29	0	0	0	9
14	Kyle Petty	3024	29	0	0	2	4
15	Joe Ruttman	2978	28	0	0	5	7
16	Mark Martin	2887	29	0	0	1	7
17	Neil Bonnett	2801	24	0	1	6	9
18	Lake Speed	2786	29	0	0	0	5
19	J.D. McDuffie	2772	29	0	0	0	1
20	Benny Parsons	2746	22	3	0	10	12
21	Tommy Gale	2698	26	0	0	0	0
22	Buddy Baker	2591	23	1	0	4	11
23	Geoff Bodine	2524	24	2	0	4	10
24	Bill Elliott	2470	20	1	0	8	9
25	D.K. Ulrich	2443	24	0	0	0	1