1982 Virginia National Bank 500

Race 8 of 30

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:30:01
Average speed of winner: 75.073 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap + 1 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 46 laps
Lap leaders: Labonte 1-65, Rudd 66-120, Richmond 121-129, Lindley 130-201, Richmond 202-210, Waltrip 211-213, Labonte 214-218, Lindley 219-295, R. Petty 296, Waltrip 297-318, Gant 319-340, R. Petty 341, Gant 342, Lindley 343-356, Gant 357-500

Race notes: First win for Harry Gant.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		500	3	167	running	26795	185
2	14	Butch Lindley	01	Zervakis Racing	Buick	Zervakis			499	3	163	running	14250	175
3	9	Neil Bonnett	21	Warner W. Hodgdon	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		497	0	0	running	8275	165
4	4	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		496	1	55	running	8520	165
5	12	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond		496	2	25	running	12600	160
6	16	Dave Marcis	71	J.D. Stacy Racing	Chevrolet	Marcis	Darling		494	0	0	running	5350	150
7	10	Mark Martin	02	Apache Stove	Pontiac	Reeder			492	0	0	running	3000	146
8	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Jim Hill Racing	Dodge	Arrington			489	0	0	running	3940	142
9	21	Jimmy Hensley	40	Midlothian Texaco	Buick	Ulrich			485	0	0	running	1600	0
10	28	Slick Johnson	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			484	0	0	running	3820	134
11	17	Brad Teague	26	Food Country USA	Chevrolet	C.W. Henderson			483	0	0	running	1300	130
12	18	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			482	0	0	running	7250	127
13	23	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Buick	Means			470	0	0	running	3760	124
14	11	Joe Ruttman	75	RahMoc Racing	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		439	0	0	running	3500	121
15	19	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			394	2	2	rear end	7525	123
16	31	J.D. McDuffie	70	Macks Stores Inc.	Pontiac	McDuffie			351	0	0	engine	2740	115
17	7	Bobby Allison	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Nelson		314	0	0	engine	5675	112
18	8	Tim Richmond	2	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Stacy	Inman		254	2	18	oil pump	2580	0
19	13	Ron Bouchard	47	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Jack Beebe			240	0	0	handling	6625	106
20	1	Terry Labonte	44	J.D. Stacy Racing	Chevrolet	Hagan	Elder	89.988	230	2	70	engine	6645	108
21	30	Bob Schacht	97	Test Tube	Oldsmobile	Bob Schacht			219	0	0	engine	890	100
22	29	Lennie Pond	24	Gordon Racing	Buick	Cecil Gordon			138	0	0	rear end	2030	97
23	15	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		100	0	0	heating	7170	94
24	20	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo Mowers	Buick	Hamby			96	0	0	engine	2010	91
25	5	Geoff Bodine	50	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			87	0	0	rear end	7550	0
26	6	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		63	0	0	accident	840	85
27	22	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Beam		60	0	0	engine	1330	82
28	27	Buddy Baker	1	Gray Racing	Buick	Henley Gray			51	0	0	rear end	820	0
29	2	Benny Parsons	28	J.D. Stacy Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		40	0	0	timing chain	9510	76
30	26	Donnie Allison	37	Simoniz	Buick	Bob Rogers			39	0	0	accident	1300	0
31	25	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Buick	Ulrich			14	0	0	accident	1300	70

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	1235	8	1	0	5	7
2	Darrell Waltrip	1155	8	3	3	4	5
3	Benny Parsons	1134	8	2	0	5	6
4	Harry Gant	1122	8	0	1	2	6
5	Bobby Allison	1096	8	0	1	3	5
6	Dale Earnhardt	1036	8	1	1	4	4
7	Morgan Shepherd	1029	8	0	0	2	5
8	Richard Petty	1019	8	0	0	3	4
9	Buddy Arrington	1015	8	0	0	0	3
10	Dave Marcis	950	8	0	1	1	3
11	Jimmy Means	926	8	0	0	0	0
12	Ron Bouchard	891	8	0	0	0	3
13	Jody Ridley	877	8	0	0	0	1
14	Mark Martin	832	8	0	0	0	2
15	Neil Bonnett	827	8	0	0	1	3
16	Ricky Rudd	822	8	0	0	1	2
17	Joe Ruttman	817	7	0	0	1	1
18	Kyle Petty	811	8	0	0	0	0
19	J.D. McDuffie	780	8	0	0	0	1
20	Cale Yarborough	700	4	0	1	4	4
21	Joe Millikan	678	6	0	0	0	2
22	Bill Elliott	646	5	0	0	2	2
23	Lake Speed	641	8	0	0	0	0
24	Tommy Gale	636	6	0	0	0	0
25	Slick Johnson	618	6	0	0	0	1