Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1982

Cale Yarborough

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1982 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1982, leading 99 of 367 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 17 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1982

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1982

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

17 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		367	—	Running	99	185
2	8	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		367	—	Running	20	175
3	5	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		367	—	Running	36	170
4	13	+9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		367	—	Running	27	0
5	18	+13	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		365	—	Running	—	155
6	22	+16	Lake Speed	Hamby Racing		365	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		364	—	Running	—	146
8	20	+12	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		364	—	Running	—	142
9	27	+18	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	364	—	Running	—	138
10	17	+7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		362	—	Running	5	139
11	12	+1	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		359	—	Running	7	135
12	30	+18	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		357	—	Running	3	132
13	4	-9	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises		357	—	Running	26	129
14	24	+10	Kyle Petty	Ellington Racing		355	—	Running	—	121
15	39	+24	Dick May	Gray Racing		352	—	Running	—	0
16	36	+20	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		350	—	Running	—	115
17	37	+20	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing		349	—	Running	—	112
18	32	+14	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		343	—	Running	—	109
19	40	+21	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		341	—	Running	—	0
20	3	-17	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		327	—	Running	88	108
21	35	+14	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		316	—	Running	2	105
22	19	-3	Mark Martin	Martin Racing		310	—	Running	—	97
23	31	+8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		255	—	DNF	—	94
24	2	-22	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		240	—	DNF - Engine	23	96
25	25	—	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		232	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	21	-5	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		225	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	23	-4	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		225	—	DNF	—	82
28	16	-12	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		224	—	DNF - Crash	1	84
29	26	-3	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		200	—	DNF	—	76
30	7	-23	Tim Richmond	Jim Stacy Racing		177	—	DNF - Engine	21	78
31	6	-25	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		168	—	DNF - Engine	1	75
32	29	-3	Slick Johnson	Ulrich Racing		151	—	DNF - Engine	2	72
33	34	+1	Mike Potter	Hamby Racing		141	—	DNF	—	64
34	10	-24	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		131	—	DNF - Engine	1	66
35	11	-24	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		120	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	14	-22	Morgan Shepherd	Benfield Racing		106	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	1	-36	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		78	—	DNF	5	57
38	38	—	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		74	—	DNF	—	0
39	33	-6	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing		69	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
40	28	-12	Lennie Pond	Gordon Racing		34	—	DNF	—	43