Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1982

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1982 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1982, leading 107 of 188 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1982

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1982

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		188	—	Running	107	185
2	3	+1	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		188	—	Running	12	175
3	13	+10	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		188	—	Running	27	170
4	4	—	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		188	—	Running	8	165
5	5	—	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		188	—	Running	4	160
6	7	+1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		188	—	Running	4	155
7	14	+7	Tim Richmond	Jim Stacy Racing		188	—	Running	—	146
8	8	—	Morgan Shepherd	Benfield Racing		188	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing		188	—	Running	—	138
10	9	-1	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		188	—	Running	19	139
11	17	+6	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises		187	—	Running	—	130
12	25	+13	Mark Martin	Martin Racing		187	—	Running	2	132
13	10	-3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		186	—	Running	2	129
14	27	+13	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		186	—	Running	—	121
15	1	-14	Geoffrey Bodine	Cliff Stewart Racing		185	—	Running	—	118
16	15	-1	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		184	—	DNF - Engine	1	120
17	24	+7	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		182	—	Running	2	117
18	30	+12	Lowell Cowell	Hamby Racing		182	—	Running	—	109
19	22	+3	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Hillin Racing		182	—	Running	—	106
20	23	+3	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	181	—	Running	—	103
21	16	-5	Lake Speed	Hamby Racing		180	—	Running	—	100
22	26	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		179	—	Running	—	97
23	40	+17	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing		178	—	Running	—	94
24	31	+7	Al Loquasto	Ulrich Racing		175	—	Running	—	0
25	38	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		174	—	Running	—	88
26	37	+11	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		164	—	Running	—	85
27	12	-15	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		162	—	Running	—	82
28	33	+5	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure		114	—	Running	—	79
29	35	+6	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		84	—	DNF	—	76
30	28	-2	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)		80	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	36	+5	Charlie Baker	Gray Racing		69	—	DNF	—	0
32	34	+2	Slick Johnson	Ulrich Racing		63	—	DNF	—	67
33	39	+6	Bob Slawinski			56	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	19	-15	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		47	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	18	-17	Dale Earnhardt	Bud Moore Engineering		29	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	29	-7	Lennie Pond	Gordon Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	21	-16	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		13	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	11	-27	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		10	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	20	-19	Kyle Petty	Ellington Racing		7	—	DNF	—	46
40	32	-8	James Hurlbert	Hurlbert Racing		1	—	DNF	—	0