Mello Yello 300

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1982

Harry Gant

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Harry Gant won the 1982 Mello Yello 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1982, leading 127 of 200 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Morgan Shepherd rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1982

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1982

Winner

Harry Gant

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Harry Gant	Harry Gant (Owner)		200	—	Running	127	180
2	10	+8	Dale Earnhardt			200	—	Running	37	170
3	8	+5	Morgan Shepherd	Whitaker Racing		200	—	Running	24	165
4	4	—	Tommy Ellis	Ellis Racing		198	—	Running	2	160
5	14	+9	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		198	—	Running	1	155
6	6	—	Darrell Waltrip			198	—	Running	1	150
7	22	+15	Mike Porter			196	—	Running	—	146
8	2	-6	Geoff Bodine	Frank Plessinger (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	142
9	24	+15	David Rogers	Rogers Racing		195	—	Running	—	138
10	11	+1	Glenn Jarrett			195	—	Running	—	134
11	9	-2	Connie Saylor			194	—	Running	—	130
12	21	+9	Sam Ard	Thomas Brothers Racing		194	—	Running	—	127
13	17	+4	Pete Silva			194	—	Running	—	124
14	3	-11	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing		191	—	Running	—	121
15	13	-2	Bosco Lowe			190	—	Running	—	118
16	15	-1	Joe Thurman	Poff Racing		188	—	Running	8	115
17	12	-5	Jack Ingram	Jack Ingram Racing		187	—	Running	—	112
18	36	+18	Harry Lee Hill			186	—	Running	—	109
19	33	+14	Ronnie Silver			168	—	Running	—	106
20	40	+20	Gary Potter	Potter Racing		167	—	Running	—	103
21	19	-2	J.D. McDuffie			165	—	Running	—	100
22	7	-15	Phil Parsons	Johnny Hayes (Owner)		158	—	Running	—	97
23	35	+12	George Dalton	Gant Racing		156	—	Running	—	94
24	25	+1	Allan Powell			139	—	Running	—	91
25	38	+13	Junior Garrett			137	—	Running	—	88
26	37	+11	Bob Park			126	—	Running	—	85
27	32	+5	Mike Riley	Buck Holder (Owner)		125	—	Running	—	82
28	34	+6	Mark Gibson	Gibson Racing		122	—	Running	—	79
29	16	-13	Dale Jarrett	Isenhower Brothers Racing		114	—	DNF	—	76
30	26	-4	Satch Worley	Chubby Arrington (Owner)	Dodge	63	—	DNF	—	73
31	18	-13	Tommy Houston	Mike Day (Owner)		52	—	DNF	—	70
32	5	-27	Joe Ruttman	Butch Mock Motorsports		25	—	DNF	—	67
33	39	+6	Ken Ragan			10	—	DNF	—	64
34	20	-14	Jay Hedgecock			1	—	DNF	—	61
35	28	-7	Mike Watts	Watts Racing		1	—	DNF	—	58
36	23	-13	Darryl Sage			0	—	DNF	—	55
37	27	-10	Tom Usry	Marion Cox (Owner)	Mercury	0	—	DNF	—	52
38	29	-9	Benny Kerley			0	—	DNF	—	49
39	30	-9	John Linville	Linville Racing		0	—	DNF	—	46
40	31	-9	John Cleek	Cleek Racing		0	—	DNF	—	43