National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1982

Harry Gant

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Harry Gant won the 1982 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1982, leading 24 of 334 laps. Bill Elliott finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1982

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1982

Winner

Harry Gant

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		334	—	Running	24	180
2	5	+3	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		334	—	Running	22	175
3	10	+7	David Pearson	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		333	—	Running	—	165
4	13	+9	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises		331	—	Running	1	0
5	9	+4	Benny Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		331	—	Running	—	155
6	12	+6	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		331	—	Running	—	150
7	17	+10	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		329	—	Running	—	146
8	8	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		328	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		326	—	DNF - Engine	280	148
10	25	+15	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		326	—	Running	—	134
11	28	+17	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		323	—	Running	—	130
12	33	+21	Rick Baldwin	Rick Baldwin Racing	Dodge	323	—	Running	—	127
13	2	-11	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		319	—	DNF - Engine	5	129
14	3	-11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		318	—	Running	2	126
15	26	+11	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		310	—	Running	—	118
16	18	+2	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		309	—	DNF - Engine	—	115
17	37	+20	John Anderson	Gordon Racing		305	—	Running	—	0
18	40	+22	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		288	—	DNF	—	109
19	20	+1	Tim Richmond	Jim Stacy Racing		282	—	Running	—	106
20	36	+16	Lennie Pond	Hylton Engineering		265	—	Running	—	0
21	23	+2	Lake Speed	Hamby Racing		261	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	19	-3	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	260	—	Running	—	97
23	32	+9	Sterling Marlin	Matthews Racing		256	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
24	21	-3	Dick Brooks	Steve Harrison (Owner)		239	—	DNF	—	91
25	15	-10	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		237	—	DNF	—	88
26	34	+8	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		227	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	39	+12	Richard Brickhouse	Goffco		220	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	7	-21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		219	—	DNF	—	79
29	22	-7	Kyle Petty	Ellington Racing		191	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	4	-26	Morgan Shepherd	Benfield Racing		178	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	6	-25	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		122	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	24	-8	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		99	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	14	-19	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		98	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	27	-7	Dean Combs	Irv Sanderson (Owner)		91	—	DNF	—	61
35	29	-6	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	30	-6	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		68	—	DNF	—	55
37	38	+1	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	16	-22	Mark Martin	Martin Racing		59	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	31	-8	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		37	—	DNF	—	46
40	35	-5	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure		7	—	DNF - Crash	—	43