Warner W. Hodgdon American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1982

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1982 Warner W. Hodgdon American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1982, leading 49 of 492 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Neil Bonnett rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1982

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1982

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		492	—	Running	49	180
2	7	+5	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		492	—	Running	127	180
3	12	+9	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		492	—	Running	108	170
4	18	+14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		491	—	Running	3	165
5	2	-3	Morgan Shepherd	Benfield Racing		491	—	Running	18	160
6	19	+13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		491	—	Running	14	155
7	3	-4	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		488	—	Running	34	151
8	20	+12	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		486	—	Running	—	142
9	26	+17	Lennie Pond	Hylton Engineering		479	—	Running	—	0
10	24	+14	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		471	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		467	—	Running	—	130
12	14	+2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		463	—	Running	—	127
13	33	+20	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		458	—	Running	—	124
14	8	-6	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		445	—	DNF - Engine	52	126
15	28	+13	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		444	—	Running	—	118
16	29	+13	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		444	—	Running	—	115
17	5	-12	Tim Richmond	Jim Stacy Racing		436	—	Running	—	112
18	9	-9	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises		390	—	DNF	—	109
19	25	+6	Slick Johnson	Ulrich Racing		387	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	30	+10	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Racing		347	—	Running	—	103
21	34	+13	Richard Brickhouse	Goffco		337	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
22	27	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		335	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	23	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	325	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
24	11	-13	Mark Martin	Martin Racing		314	—	DNF	—	91
25	1	-24	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		288	—	DNF - Crash	32	93
26	32	+6	Joe Millikan	Matthews Racing		277	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
27	15	-12	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		245	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	6	-22	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		242	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	16	-13	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		208	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	35	+5	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		204	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	17	-14	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		191	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	10	-22	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		148	—	DNF - Engine	55	72
33	22	-11	Lake Speed	Hamby Racing		91	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	13	-21	Benny Parsons	Ellington Racing		68	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	31	-4	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		27	—	DNF - Crash	—	58