1982 Winston Western 500

Race 30 of 30

Riverside
119 laps
Time of race: 3:07:24
Average speed of winner: 99.823 mph
Margin of victory: 7 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-4, Allison 5-8, Richmond 9-13, Rudd 14, McDuffie 15, Waterman 16, Allison 17-20, Richmond 21-45, Allison 46-47, Richmond 48-71, Waltrip 72-75, Gant 76-80, Richmond 81-96, Bonnett 97, Richmond 98-119

Race notes: Debut for Trevor Boys and Derrike Cope. Finale for Terry Herman, Jim Lee, and Jim Reich.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Tim Richmond	2	Stacy-Pak	Buick	Stacy	Inman		119	5	92	running	24730	185
2	5	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		119	1	1	running	16980	175
3	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond	114.995	119	2	8	running	21150	170
4	13	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner Hodgdon	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		119	1	1	running	6100	165
5	20	Mark Martin	02	Jolly Rancher	Buick	Reeder			118	0	0	running	7760	155
6	15	Ron Bouchard	47	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Jack Beebe	Ifft		117	0	0	running	10120	150
7	29	Benny Parsons	55	Mell-Gear Tuning Components	Buick	Johnny Hayes			117	0	0	running	2850	146
8	16	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		116	0	0	running	5300	142
9	25	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			115	0	0	running	9850	138
10	23	Jim Bown	16	Rose Auto Wrecking	Buick	Dick Bown			115	0	0	running	2550	134
11	6	Geoff Bodine	50	Spectrum Furniture	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			115	0	0	running	9050	130
12	34	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			114	0	0	running	4480	127
13	31	Terry Herman	6	Pentax Cameras	Buick	Ulrich			113	0	0	running	4220	0
14	37	Glenn Francis	03	American Cam Grinding	Pontiac	Glenn Francis			113	0	0	running	1650	121
15	35	D.K. Ulrich	48	Palatine Automotive	Buick	Hylton			113	0	0	running	3960	118
16	2	Bobby Allison	88	Gatorade	Pontiac	DiGard	Nelson		111	3	10	engine	7550	120
17	32	Cecil Gordon	24	Blue Banner, Inc.	Buick	Cecil Gordon			111	0	0	running	3700	112
18	14	J.D. McDuffie	70	Mountain Dew	Buick	McDuffie			111	1	1	running	3540	114
19	21	Jim Reich	25	Baldwin Engineering	Chevrolet	Ivan Baldwin			110	0	0	running	1350	106
20	24	Jim Robinson	78	Hammer Security Systems	Oldsmobile	Lois Williams			109	0	0	running	1400	103
21	22	Bill Schmitt	73	Mountain Dew	Buick	Schmitt			109	0	0	running	1250	100
22	40	Trevor Boys	84	Boys Racing	Pontiac	Trevor Boys			105	0	0	running	1200	97
23	36	Jim Lee	66	Ash Racing/Lee's Iron Metal	Buick	Jimmy Lee			104	0	0	running	1150	94
24	18	Roy Smith	74	J.R. Edgett Racing	Buick	Edgett			104	0	0	running	2200	91
25	12	Bill Elliott	9	Melling Tool Company	Ford	Melling	Elliott		98	0	0	running	3150	88
26	9	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		95	1	5	oil leak	2980	90
27	27	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph/Texas Jeans	Buick	Hagan	Elder		94	0	0	accident	2640	82
28	17	Hershel McGriff	04	Matson Graphics	Buick	Gary Smith			92	0	0	transmission	900	79
29	26	Dave Marcis	71	Miller Brothers	Pontiac	Miller Brothers	Darling		91	0	0	running	3030	76
30	10	Jimmy Insolo	75	Pet Dairy	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		89	0	0	clutch	2470	73
31	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			87	0	0	engine	8550	70
32	8	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo Mowers	Pontiac	Hamby			81	0	0	engine	2385	67
33	28	Don Waterman	38	St. John's Auto Parts	Buick	Waterman			65	1	1	clutch	700	69
34	19	Rick McCray	08	Coors Beer/Mark C. Bloome	Pontiac	McCray			62	0	0	engine	675	61
35	38	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Chrysler	Arrington			49	0	0	running	1650	58
36	39	Derrike Cope	95	Cope Racing	Ford	Cope			42	0	0	oil leak	625	55
37	41	John Krebs	91	Fred Correa D.D.S.	Pontiac	Krebs			40	0	0	accident	600	52
38	42	Randy Becker	87	Herborn's Alignment & Brake	Chrysler	Arrington			31	0	0	engine	575	49
39	33	Mark Stahl	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			24	0	0	gasket	1550	46
40	3	Joe Ruttman	28	Ranier Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		20	0	0	transmission	8525	43
41	30	Kevin Terris	13	West Coast Recreational Vehicles	Buick				12	0	0	engine	525	40
42	7	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		8	0	0	oil leak	8125	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	4489	30	7	12	17	20
2	Bobby Allison	4417	30	1	8	14	20
3	Terry Labonte	4211	30	2	0	17	21
4	Harry Gant	3877	30	1	2	9	16
5	Richard Petty	3814	30	0	0	9	16
6	Dave Marcis	3666	30	0	1	2	14
7	Buddy Arrington	3642	30	0	0	0	8
8	Ron Bouchard	3545	30	1	0	3	15
9	Ricky Rudd	3542	30	2	0	6	13
10	Morgan Shepherd	3451	29	2	0	6	13
11	Jimmy Means	3423	30	0	0	0	2
12	Dale Earnhardt	3402	30	1	1	7	12
13	Jody Ridley	3333	30	0	0	0	10
14	Mark Martin	3042	30	0	0	2	8
15	Kyle Petty	3024	29	0	0	2	4
16	Joe Ruttman	3021	29	0	0	5	7
17	Neil Bonnett	2966	25	0	1	7	10
18	Benny Parsons	2892	23	3	0	10	13
19	J.D. McDuffie	2886	30	0	0	0	1
20	Lake Speed	2853	30	0	0	0	5
21	Tommy Gale	2698	26	0	0	0	0
22	Geoff Bodine	2654	25	2	0	4	10
23	Buddy Baker	2591	23	1	0	4	11
24	D.K. Ulrich	2561	25	0	0	0	1
25	Bill Elliott	2558	21	1	0	8	9