1982 Winston Western 500

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1982 Winston Western 500
Race details [1]
Race 30 of 30 in the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Riverside Raceway.JPG
Layout of Riverside International Raceway (1969-1988 version)
Date November 21, 1982 (1982-November-21)
Official name Winston Western 500
Location Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, California
Course Permanent racing facility
2.700 mi (4.345 km)
Distance 119 laps, 311.8 mi (501.7 km)
Weather Temperatures of 59 °F (15 °C); wind speeds of 2.9 miles per hour (4.7 km/h)
Average speed 99.823 miles per hour (160.650 km/h)
Attendance 38,000 [2]
Pole position
Driver
 Junior Johnson & Associates
Most laps led
Driver Tim Richmond Jim Stacy Racing
Laps 92
Winner
No. 2Tim RichmondJim Stacy Racing
Television in the United States
Network Mizlou
Announcers Ken Squier
Buddy Baker

The 1982 Winston Western 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on November 21, 1982, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California.

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Background

Riverside International Speedway was a race track or road course in Moreno Valley, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989. The original course design proved to be dangerous, and it was partially reconfigured in 1969.[ citation needed ]

Race report

Tim Richmond would defeat Ricky Rudd in the three hour long, 119 lap race which had 38 000 spectators in attendance. [2] Seven seconds would end up separating the winner from the second-place finisher. [2] Darrell Waltrip would qualify on pole position with a speed of 114.995 miles per hour (185.067 km/h) in qualifying. [2] Dale Earnhardt, recorded a last-place finish on lap 8 due to an oil leak. [2] There would be 42 drivers on the grid; two of them were Canadian while the other 40 were born in the United States. [2] Only one Chevrolet vehicle would participate in the race; driven by Jim Reich and owned by Ivan Baldwin. [2]

Clive Skipton was the only non-qualifier for this event. [2] Trevor Boys and Derrike Cope would make their introduction into NASCAR during this race while Reich, Jim Lee, and Terry Herman would retire after this race. [3]

The total purse of the race would be $203,745 ($572,102 when adjusted for inflation), the winner of the race would receive $24,730 ($69,440 when adjusted for inflation) while 41st-place finisher Kevin Terris would receive $525 ($1,474 when adjusted for inflation). Terris made his first Cup start in more than a decade but went out early with a blown engine. He would only make one further Cup start. [4]

Qualifying

Grid [2] No.DriverManufacturerOwner
111Darrell WaltripBuick Junior Johnson
288Bobby AllisonPontiac DiGard
328Joe RuttmanPontiac Harry Ranier
42Tim RichmondBuick Jim Stacy
53Ricky RuddPontiac Richard Childress
650Geoffrey BodinePontiac Cliff Stewart
715Dale EarnhardtFord Bud Moore
817Lake SpeedPontiac Roger Hamby
933Harry GantBuick Hal Needham
1075Jimmy InsoloPontiac RahMoc Enterprises

Failed to qualify: Clive Skilton (#61) [5]

Top 10 finishers

Pos [2] GridNo.DriverManufacturerLapsWinningsLaps ledPointsTime/Status
142 Tim Richmond Buick119$24,730921853:07:24
253 Ricky Rudd Pontiac119$16,9801175+7 seconds
3111 Darrell Waltrip Buick119$25,1008170Lead lap under green flag
41321 Neil Bonnett Ford 119$6,1001165Lead lap under green flag
52002 Mark Martin Buick118$7,7600155+1 lap
61557 Ron Bouchard Buick117$10,1200150+2 laps
72955 Benny Parsons Buick117$2,8500146+2 laps
81698 Morgan Shepherd Buick116$5,3000142+3 laps
92590 Jody Ridley Ford 115$9,8500138+4 laps
102316 Jim Bown Buick115$2,5500134+4 laps

Timeline

Section reference: [2]

Standings after the race

PosDriverPoints [2] Differential
1 1rightarrow.png Darrell Waltrip 44890
2 1rightarrow.png Bobby Allison 4417-72
3 1rightarrow.png Terry Labonte 4211-278
4 1rightarrow.png Harry Gant 3877-612
5 1rightarrow.png Richard Petty 3814-675
6 1rightarrow.png Dave Marcis 3666-823
7 1rightarrow.png Buddy Arrington 3642-847
8 1rightarrow.png Ron Bouchard 3545-944
9 1rightarrow.png Ricky Rudd 3542-947
10 Increase2.svg Morgan Shepherd 3451-1038

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References

  1. ↑ Weather information for the 1982 Winston Western 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1982 Winston Western 500 information at Racing Reference
  3. ↑ 1982 Winston Western 500 information at Race-Database
  4. ↑ 1982 Winston Western 500 information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
  5. ↑ Qualifying information for the 1982 Winston Western 500 at Racing Reference
Preceded by NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
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