Coca-Cola 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1982

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

287

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1982 Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1982, leading 33 of 287 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1982

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1982

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	14	+13	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		287	—	Running	33	180
2	5	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		287	—	Running	13	175
3	15	+12	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		287	—	Running	20	170
4	18	+14	Benny Parsons	Ranier Racing		287	—	Running	—	160
5	3	-2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		286	—	Running	—	155
6	7	+1	Morgan Shepherd	Benfield Racing		286	—	Running	—	150
7	31	+24	Gary Balough	RahMoc Enterprises		286	—	Running	—	146
8	8	—	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		286	—	Running	—	142
9	34	+25	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		285	—	Running	—	138
10	24	+14	Jim Sauter	Jim Stacy Racing		285	—	Running	—	0
11	21	+10	Donnie Allison	Ogden Racing		284	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		284	—	Running	2	132
13	28	+15	Brad Teague	Henderson Motorsports		284	—	Running	—	124
14	32	+18	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	282	—	Running	—	121
15	27	+12	Tom Sneva	Rogers Racing		282	—	Running	—	118
16	33	+17	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		280	—	Running	—	115
17	25	+8	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		278	—	Running	—	112
18	37	+19	Steve Moore	Willard Moore (Owner)		271	—	Running	—	109
19	12	-7	Mark Martin	Martin Racing		264	—	Running	—	106
20	39	+19	Dick May	Bailey Racing		260	—	Running	—	103
21	4	-17	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		256	—	Running	—	100
22	19	-3	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		242	—	DNF - Engine	19	102
23	30	+7	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)		236	—	Running	—	94
24	10	-14	Joe Millikan	Cliff Stewart Racing		233	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	2	-23	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		221	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	22	-4	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		216	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	16	-11	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		214	—	DNF - Engine	44	87
28	1	-27	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		211	—	DNF - Engine	155	89
29	13	-16	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing		204	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	6	-24	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing		183	—	DNF - Engine	1	78
31	38	+7	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		172	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	36	+4	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		155	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	17	-16	Lake Speed	Hamby Racing		97	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	11	-23	Dick Brooks	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		87	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	23	-12	Rusty Wallace	John Childs (Owner)		71	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	29	-7	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		64	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	26	-11	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		61	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	35	-3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	9	-30	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		17	—	DNF	—	46
40	40	—	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Cronkrite Racing		0	—	DNF	—	0