1982 Valleydale 500

Race 3 of 30

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:49:52
Average speed of winner: 94.025 mph
Margin of victory: 13.2 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-112, Gant 113, Labonte 114, Earnhardt 115-257, Waltrip 258-264, Shepherd 265-266, Labonte 267-270, R. Petty 271-277, Labonte 278-285, Earnhardt 286-397, Waltrip 398-500

Race notes: Debut for Johnny McFadden and Brad Teague. Terry Labonte took the points lead from Bobby Allison.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond	111.068	500	3	222	running	26520	180
2	9	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		500	2	255	running	18480	180
3	4	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		500	1	2	running	6705	170
4	10	Terry Labonte	44	J.D. Stacy Racing	Chevrolet	Hagan	Elder		499	3	13	running	6575	165
5	6	Bobby Allison	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Nelson		498	0	0	running	7680	155
6	8	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		498	1	1	running	4950	155
7	16	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			497	1	7	running	9430	151
8	13	Ron Bouchard	47	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Jack Beebe			497	0	0	running	7630	142
9	3	Benny Parsons	28	J.D. Stacy Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		496	0	0	running	8430	138
10	5	Dave Marcis	71	J.D. Stacy Racing	Chevrolet	Marcis	Darling		495	0	0	running	4180	134
11	19	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Beam		489	0	0	running	3570	130
12	23	Brad Teague	26	Food Country USA	Chevrolet	C.W. Henderson			487	0	0	running	1830	127
13	21	Joe Millikan	50	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			485	0	0	running	6930	124
14	17	Mark Martin	02	Apache Stove	Pontiac	Reeder			482	0	0	running	1230	121
15	18	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			480	0	0	running	3100	118
16	20	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			474	0	0	running	2915	115
17	27	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			473	0	0	running	2730	112
18	2	Joe Ruttman	2	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Stacy	Inman		457	0	0	running	2570	109
19	25	J.D. McDuffie	70	Macks Stores Inc.	Pontiac	McDuffie			434	0	0	running	2410	106
20	15	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			431	0	0	running	6930	103
21	24	Slick Johnson	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			413	0	0	running	2200	100
22	14	Neil Bonnett	37	Hodgdon/National Engineering	Buick	Bob Rogers			400	0	0	a-frame	1855	0
23	12	Gary Balough	75	RahMoc Racing	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		391	0	0	accident	1830	94
24	28	John McFadden	86	Setzer Well Co.	Buick	Cronkite			368	0	0	accident	655	91
25	30	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			307	0	0	ignition	630	88
26	26	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			297	0	0	rear end	620	85
27	7	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		217	0	0	valve	1110	82
28	11	Dick Brooks	13	Carolina Tool & Equipment	Ford	Hawkins			109	0	0	accident	600	79
29	22	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo Mowers	Buick	Hamby			68	0	0	oil pump	1090	76
30	29	Dick May	40	Stihl Chain Saws	Buick	Ulrich			34	0	0	engine	580	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	485	3	0	0	3	3
2	Bobby Allison	482	3	0	1	2	3
3	Ron Bouchard	430	3	0	0	0	3
4	Morgan Shepherd	415	3	0	0	1	2
5	Dave Marcis	410	3	0	1	1	2
6	Richard Petty	408	3	0	0	1	2
7	Dale Earnhardt	405	3	0	0	2	2
8	Benny Parsons	398	3	1	0	1	2
9	Joe Ruttman	397	3	0	0	1	1
10	Harry Gant	379	3	0	0	0	2
11	Darrell Waltrip	375	3	2	1	1	1
12	Jody Ridley	365	3	0	0	0	1
13	Buddy Arrington	357	3	0	0	0	0
14	Jimmy Means	336	3	0	0	0	0
15	Kyle Petty	332	3	0	0	0	0
16	Tommy Gale	327	3	0	0	0	0
17	J.D. McDuffie	324	3	0	0	0	0
18	Joe Millikan	317	3	0	0	0	1
19	Gary Balough	291	3	0	0	0	0
20	Bill Elliott	287	2	0	0	1	1
21	Mark Martin	279	3	0	0	0	0
22	Ricky Rudd	237	3	0	0	0	0
23	Neil Bonnett	234	3	0	0	0	1
24	Lake Speed	222	3	0	0	0	0
25	Slick Johnson	212	2	0	0	0	0