Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1982

Bobby Allison

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1982 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1982, leading 120 of 200 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Harry Gant rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1982

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1982

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

12 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		200	—	Running	120	185
2	11	+9	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		200	—	Running	13	175
3	15	+12	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		200	—	Running	—	165
4	13	+9	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		200	—	Running	2	165
5	14	+9	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		200	—	Running	2	160
6	5	-1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	199	—	Running	2	155
7	2	-5	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		198	—	Running	20	151
8	28	+20	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		197	—	Running	3	147
9	17	+8	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		197	—	Running	1	143
10	20	+10	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		197	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		197	—	Running	—	130
12	19	+7	Lake Speed	Hamby Racing		197	—	Running	—	127
13	27	+14	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	124
14	3	-11	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		195	—	Running	—	121
15	8	-7	Kyle Petty	Ellington Racing		195	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		193	—	Running	—	115
17	38	+21	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		193	—	Running	—	0
18	32	+14	Joe Booher	Ulrich Racing		192	—	Running	—	0
19	31	+12	Charlie Baker	Gray Racing		192	—	Running	—	0
20	30	+10	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		191	—	Running	—	103
21	6	-15	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		187	—	Running	—	100
22	36	+14	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		179	—	Running	—	97
23	9	-14	Tim Richmond	Jim Stacy Racing		161	—	DNF	1	99
24	33	+9	Tony Bettenhausen	Gordon Racing		139	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
25	4	-21	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		109	—	DNF	—	88
26	25	-1	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		108	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	1	-26	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		104	—	Running	6	87
28	7	-21	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		103	—	DNF	28	84
29	35	+6	David Simko	Simko Racing		96	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
30	18	-12	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		76	—	DNF	—	73
31	22	-9	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		75	—	DNF	—	70
32	12	-20	Morgan Shepherd	Benfield Racing		68	—	DNF	2	72
33	29	-4	Robin McCall	Jim Stacy Racing		47	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	23	-11	Mark Martin	Martin Racing		45	—	DNF	—	61
35	26	-9	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		42	—	DNF	—	58
36	37	+1	Al Loquasto	Ulrich Racing		18	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
37	34	-3	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing		7	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	16	-22	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises		2	—	DNF	—	49