1982 Champion Spark Plug 400

Race #20 of 30 in the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1982 Champion Spark Plug 400
*Held on August 22, 1982 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI*
200 L, 400 M, 643.8 KM - Scheduled Distance

RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	10	88	Bobby Allison	Gatorade	Buick	200	120	running	185
2	11	43	Richard Petty	STP	Pontiac	200	13	running	175
3	15	33	Harry Gant	7-Eleven, Skoal Bandit	Buick	200	0	running	165
4	13	50	Geoffrey Bodine	Performance Connection	Pontiac	200	2	running	165
5	14	55	Benny Parsons	Weyman & Bruton	Buick	200	2	running	160
6	5	67	Buddy Arrington	Tom Prange Leasing	Chrysler	199	2	running	155
7	2	11	Darrell Waltrip	Mountain Dew	Buick	198	20	running	151
8	28	71	Dave Marcis	Throttle's Food & Fuel	Buick	197	3	running	147
9	17	21	Neil Bonnett	Warner Hodgdon, National Engineering	Ford	197	1	running	143
10	20	47	Ron Bouchard	J.D. Stacy	Buick	197	0	running	134
11	24	52	Jimmy Means	Broadway Motors	Buick	197	0	running	130
12	19	17	Lake Speed	Yazoo Mowers	Buick	197	0	running	127
13	27	77	Dean Combs	Sports Specs, R.L. Monroe	Buick	196	0	running	124
14	3	3	Ricky Rudd	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	195	0	running	121
15	8	1	Kyle Petty	UNO, STP	Pontiac	195	0	running	118
16	21	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Pontiac	193	0	running	115
17	38	42	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	193	0	running	112
18	32	40	Joe Booher	Booher Farms	Buick	192	0	running	109
19	31	19	Charlie Baker	H.M. Kelly Trucking	Buick	192	0	running	106
20	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	191	0	running	103
21	6	44	Terry Labonte	Texas Jeans, Stratagraph	Buick	187	0	running	100
22	36	48	James Hylton	Palatine Auto Parts	Chevy	179	0	running	97
23	9	2	Tim Richmond	Stacy-Pak	Buick	161	1	rear end	99
24	33	24	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	Provimi Veal	Buick	139	0	engine	91
25	4	28	Buddy Baker	J.D. Stacy	Pontiac	109	0	radiator	88
26	25	90	Jody Ridley	J.D. Stacy	Ford	108	0	engine	85
27	1	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Tool	Ford	104	6	running	87
28	7	27	Cale Yarborough	Valvoline	Buick	103	28	transmission	84
29	35	54	David Simko	GNF Prototype Casting	Buick	96	0	engine	76
30	18	15	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	76	0	brakes	73
31	22	03	David Pearson	Carolina Tool	Buick	75	0	oil pump	70
32	12	98	Morgan Shepherd	Levi Garrett	Buick	68	2	sway bar	72
33	29	5	Robin McCall	Stacy-Pak	Buick	47	0	crash	64
34	23	02	Mark Martin	Briarwood Hilton	Pontiac	45	0	rear end	61
35	26	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	42	0	handling	58
36	37	6	Al Loquasto	Pentax Cameras	Buick	18	0	crash	55
37	34	13	Earle Canavan	JOB, Wyandotte Vapocure, Wynn's	Oldsmobile	7	0	engine	52
38	16	75	Joe Ruttman	Pet Dairy	Buick	2	0	oil pump	49

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
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Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered