Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway
February 14th, 1982
Race #1 of the 1982 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Drivers Entered: 42
- Makes
- Buick (25)
- Dodge (1)
- Ford (6)
- Oldsmobile (2)
- Pontiac (8)
- Last Daytona International Speedway
race (Firecracker 400)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
| Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Delma Cowart | Buick | Coastal Transmissions | Heyward Grooms | ||
| 02 | Mark Martin | Batesville, AR | Buick | Apache Stove | Bud Reeder | |
| 1 | Buddy Baker | Buick | UNO / WNDB | Hoss Ellington | ||
| 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Franklin, TN | Buick | Mountain Dew | Junior Johnson | |
| 13 | Dick Brooks | Ford | Carolina Tool & Equipment | Bobby Hawkins | ||
| 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Kannapolis, NC | Ford | Wrangler Jeans | Bud Moore | |
| 17 | Lowell Cowell | Buick | Kings Inn Daytona | Roger Hamby | ||
| 18 | Donnie Allison | Buick | Robinson Brothers | Jack Ogden | ||
| 2 | Joe Ruttman | Upland, CA | Buick | J.D. Stacy | Jim Stacy | |
| 21 | Neil Bonnett | Ford | Warner Hodgdon | Wood Brothers | ||
| 23 | Geoff Bodine | Chemung, NY | Buick | Bahre Racing | Dick Bahre | |
| 27 | Cale Yarborough | Buick | Valvoline | M.C. Anderson | ||
| 28 | Benny Parsons | Pontiac | J.D. Stacy | Harry Ranier | ||
| 3 | Ricky Rudd | Chesapeake, VA | Pontiac | Piedmont Airlines | Richard Childress | |
| 30 | Roy Smith | Pontiac | Pride of Victoria | John Edgett | ||
| 31 | Billie Harvey | Buick | Belden Asphalt | Billie Harvey | ||
| 33 | Harry Gant | Buick | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit | Hal Needham | ||
| 37 | Tom Sneva | Buick | Simoniz | Bob Rogers | ||
| 42 | Kyle Petty | Trinity, NC | Pontiac | STP | Petty Enterprises | |
| 43 | Richard Petty | Pontiac | STP | Petty Enterprises | ||
| 44 | Terry Labonte | Corpus Christi, TX | Buick | J.D. Stacy | Billy Hagan | |
| 47 | Ron Bouchard | Buick | J.D. Stacy | Jack Beebe | ||
| 5 | Jim Sauter | Buick | J.D. Stacy | Jim Stacy | ||
| 50 | Joe Millikan | Pontiac | Performance Connection | Cliff Stewart | ||
| 51 | AJ Foyt | Oldsmobile | Valvoline / Gilmore | A.J. Foyt | ||
| 52 | Jimmy Means | Buick | Broadway Motors | Jimmy Means | ||
| 59 | Tighe Scott | Buick | Russ Togs | Tom Pistone | ||
| 6 | Stan Barrett | Buick | Ulrich Racing | D.K. Ulrich | ||
| 62 | Rick Wilson | Bartow, FL | Oldsmobile | Wilson Racing | Rick Wilson | |
| 64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Elmo Langley | ||
| 66 | Lake Speed | Jackson, MS | Buick | Native Tan | Lake Speed | |
| 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | Peacock Dodge Daytona | Buddy Arrington | ||
| 70 | JD McDuffie | Pontiac | Macks Stores | J.D. McDuffie | ||
| 71 | Dave Marcis | Wausau, WI | Buick | J.D. Stacy | Dave Marcis | |
| 72 | Rusty Wallace | St. Louis, MO | Buick | Southland Fire Equipment | John Childs | |
| 75 | Gary Balough | Pontiac | Santon | RahMoc Enterprises | ||
| 88 | Bobby Allison | Buick | Gatorade | DiGard | ||
| 9 | Bill Elliott | Dawsonville, GA | Ford | Melling Tool | Harry Melling | |
| 90 | Jody Ridley | Ford | J.D. Stacy | Junie Donlavey | ||
| 94 | Bobby Wawak | Buick | Wawak Racing | Bobby Wawak | ||
| 96 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Buick | Jolly Rancher | Will Cronkrite | ||
| 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Conover, NC | Buick | Levi Garrett | Ron Benfield |