1982 Busch 500

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1982 Busch 500
Race details [1]
Race 21 of 30 in the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Bristol Motor Speedway map.png
Map of the Bristol Motor Speedway
Date August 28, 1982 (1982-08-28)
Official name Busch 500
Location Bristol International Raceway, Bristol, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 0.857 km (0.533 miles)
Distance 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.8 km)
Weather Temperatures of 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds of 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
Average speed 94.318 miles per hour (151.790 km/h)
Attendance 30,000 [2]
Pole position
Driver
 Jim Stacy Racing
Most laps led
Driver Bobby Allison DiGard Motorsports
Laps 169
Winner
No. 11 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1982 Busch 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 28, 1982, at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

Background

Bristol International Speedway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks. [3]

Race report

It took almost two hours and fifty minutes for Darrell Waltrip to defeat Bobby Allison and 29 other American-born drivers in front of an audience of 30,000 spectators. [2] This would make him equal to Cale Yarborough in the number of wins at Bristol Speedway up to this point. [4] Notable crew chiefs attending this race included Larry McReynolds, Dale Inman, Kirk Shelmerdine, Jeff Hammond, Jabe Thomas, Waddell Wilson, Jake Elder and Junie Donlavey. [5]

Kyle Petty scored a last-place finish due to an engine problem on the second lap of this 500-lap race. [2] Tim Richmond earned the pole position with a speed of 112.507 miles per hour (181.062 km/h). [2] Almost ¾ of a second would separate Allison from Waltrip at the finish. Three cautions occurred for 15 laps. [2] Only seven vehicles would fail to finish the race. [2] Other notable drivers in this race included J.D. McDuffie, Dale Earnhardt, and D.K. Ulrich. [2]

The first pole of Tim Richmond's career would occur at this race while Al Loquasto would end his NASCAR racing career after this race. [6] After the end of this race, Bobby Allison would take a slim lead over Terry Labonte for championship points. [7]

Qualifying

Grid [2] No.DriverManufacturerOwner
12Tim RichmondBuickJim Stacy
244Terry LabonteBuickBilly Hagan
398Morgan ShepherdBuickRon Benfield
475Joe RuttmanBuickRahMoc Enterprises
528Buddy BakerPontiacHarry Ranier
63Ricky RuddPontiacRichard Childress
733Harry GantBuickHal Needham
811Darrell WaltripBuickJunior Johnson
988Bobby AllisonChevroletDiGard Racing
1071Dave MarcisBuickDave Marcis
1150Geoffrey BodinePontiacCliff Stewart
1215Dale EarnhardtFordBud Moore
1302Mark MartinPontiacBud Reeder
1443Richard PettyPontiacPetty Enterprises
1526Brad TeagueChevroletCharlie Henderson
1640D.K. UlrichBuickD.K. Ulrich
1717Lake SpeedBuickRoger Hamby
1886Darryl SageChevroletLee Sage
1952Jimmy MeansChevroletJimmy Means
204Connie SaylorBuickG.C. Spencer

Top 10 finishers

Pos [2] GridNo.DriverManufacturerLapsLaps ledPointsTime/Status
1811 Darrell Waltrip Buick500381802:49:32
2988 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 500169180+0.70 seconds
3733 Harry Gant Buick50047170Lead lap under green flag
4244 Terry Labonte Buick4994165+1 lap
5398 Morgan Shepherd Buick49985160+1 lap
61215 Dale Earnhardt Ford 49974155+1 lap
763 Ricky Rudd Pontiac4980146+2 laps
82490 Jody Ridley Ford 4950142+5 laps
9528 Buddy Baker Pontiac4940138+6 laps
101150 Geoffrey Bodine Pontiac4940134+6 laps

Timeline

Section reference: [2]

Standings after the race

PosDriverPoints [2] Differential
1 1rightarrow.png Bobby Allison 31420
2 1rightarrow.png Terry Labonte 3077-65
3 1rightarrow.png Darrell Waltrip 3022-120
4 Increase2.svg Buddy Arrington 2639-503
5 Increase2.svg Harry Gant 2630-512
6 Decrease2.svg Richard Petty 2622-520
7 Decrease2.svg Dave Marcis 2539-549
8 Increase2.svg Dale Earnhardt 2540-602
9 Decrease2.svg Ron Bouchard 2516-626
10 1rightarrow.png Morgan Shepherd 2472-670

References

  1. ↑ Weather information for the 1982 Busch 500 at the Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1982 Busch 500 racing information at Racing Reference
  3. ↑ Gragg, Joe (August 25, 2011). "It's Official: Bristol Is The Loudest NASCAR Track". WCYB.com. Retrieved June 3, 2012.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ Memorable Moments at BMS at Google News Archive Search
  5. ↑ 1982 Busch 500 crew chiefs at Racing Reference
  6. ↑ 1982 Busch 500 results at Race-Database
  7. ↑ NASCAR Race Results at Bristol - August 28, 1982 Archived 2015-12-26 at the Wayback Machine at Driver Averages
Preceded by NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
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