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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 14th, 1982

Race #1 of the 1982 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 153.991 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 34
  • Lead Changes: 31
#41 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: A detail view of the #41 NASCAR Next Gen car driven by Cole Custer is seen in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 7 88 Bobby Allison Buick 185 175 10 200 147 Running
2 3 27 Cale Yarborough Buick 175 170 5 200 5 Running
3 8 2 Joe Ruttman Buick 165 165 0 200 0 Running
4 5 44 Terry Labonte Buick 165 160 5 199 3 Running
5 20 9 Bill Elliott Ford 155 155 0 198 0 Running
6 22 47 Ron Bouchard Buick 150 150 0 198 0 Running
7 2 33 Harry Gant Buick 151 146 5 198 12 Running
8 4 1 Buddy Baker Buick 147 142 5 198 3 Running
9 23 90 Jody Ridley Ford 138 138 0 197 0 Running
10 38 30 Roy Smith Pontiac 134 134 0 196 0 Running
11 31 75 Gary Balough Pontiac 130 130 0 196 0 Running
12 17 5 Jim Sauter Buick 132 127 5 193 5 Running
13 33 70 JD McDuffie Pontiac 124 124 0 193 0 Running
14 36 17 Lowell Cowell Buick 121 121 0 191 0 Running
15 39 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 118 118 0 191 0 Running
16 42 64 Tommy Gale Ford 115 115 0 185 0 Running
17 40 52 Jimmy Means Buick 112 112 0 185 0 Running
18 13 62 Rick Wilson Oldsmobile 109 109 0 182 0 Engine
19 24 98 Morgan Shepherd Buick 106 106 0 161 0 Engine
20 6 11 Darrell Waltrip Buick 108 103 5 151 9 Engine
21 9 51 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile 100 100 0 145 0 Vibration
22 25 37 Tom Sneva Buick 97 97 0 144 0 Transmission
23 12 42 Kyle Petty Pontiac 99 94 5 131 7 Engine
24 11 71 Dave Marcis Buick 96 91 5 131 3 Piston
25 14 21 Neil Bonnett Ford 88 88 0 104 0 Crash
26 1 28 Benny Parsons Pontiac 85 85 0 103 0 Crash
27 21 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 82 82 0 103 0 Crash
28 18 96 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Buick 79 79 0 101 0 Crash
29 30 59 Tighe Scott Buick 76 76 0 81 0 Crash
30 26 02 Mark Martin Buick 73 73 0 75 0 Valve
31 41 6 Stan Barrett Buick 70 70 0 65 0 Engine
32 28 94 Bobby Wawak Buick 67 67 0 56 0 Engine
33 37 0 Delma Cowart Buick 64 64 0 55 0 Engine
34 29 18 Donnie Allison Buick 61 61 0 53 0 Oil pressure
35 16 3 Ricky Rudd Pontiac 58 58 0 51 0 Engine
36 10 15 Dale Earnhardt Ford 60 55 5 44 6 Engine
37 19 72 Rusty Wallace Buick 52 52 0 40 0 Engine
38 15 13 Dick Brooks Ford 49 49 0 24 0 Piston
39 35 31 Billie Harvey Buick 46 46 0 6 0 Valve
40 27 50 Joe Millikan Pontiac 43 43 0 3 0 Crash
41 32 66 Lake Speed Buick 40 40 0 3 0 Crash
42 34 23 Geoff Bodine Buick 37 37 0 3 0 Crash