1982 Busch 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 21 of 30 in the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Map of the Bristol Motor Speedway
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| Date | August 28, 1982 | ||
| Official name | Busch 500 | ||
| Location | Bristol International Raceway, Bristol, Tennessee | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.857 km) |
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| Distance | 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Warm with temperatures approaching 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds up to 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 94.318 miles per hour (151.790 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 30,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Jim Stacy Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Allison | DiGard Motorsports | |
| Laps | 169 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
Coordinates: 36°30′58″N 82°15′25″W / 36.516172°N 82.256945°W
The 1982 Busch 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 28, 1982, at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.
By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.
It took almost two hours and fifty minutes for Darrell Waltrip to defeat Bobby Allison and 29 other American-born drivers in front of an audience of 30,000 live spectators. This would make him equal to Cale Yarborough in the number of wins at Bristol Speedway up to this point.Kyle Petty received the last-place finish due to an engine problem on the second lap of this 500-lap race.Tim Richmond earned his pole position after acquiring a top speed of 112.507 miles per hour (181.062 km/h). Almost ¾ of a second would separate Allison from Waltrip. Three cautions were administered on the track for 15 laps. Only seven vehicles would fail to finish the race. Other notable drivers in this race included J.D. McDuffie, Dale Earnhardt, and D.K. Ulrich.
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