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1982 Virginia National Bank 500

Auto race held at Martinsville Speedway in 1982

Auto race held at Martinsville Speedway in 1982

FieldValue
TypeCUST
DescriptionRace 8 of 30 in the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Details ref
Fulldate
Year1982
Race_No8
Season_No30
ImageMartinsville Speedway track map.png
image-size200px
image-alt
CaptionA map showing the layout of Martinsville Speedway
Official nameVirginia National Bank 500
LocationMartinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia
Course_mi0.525
Course_km0.844
Distance_laps500
Distance_mi262.5
Distance_km442.4
Avg75.073 mi/h
Attendance36,500
Pole_DriverTerry Labonte
Pole_TeamHagan Enterprises
Most_DriverHarry Gant
Most_TeamMach 1 Racing
Most_laps167
Car33
First_DriverHarry Gant
First_TeamMach 1 Racing
Networkuntelevised
Announcersnone
Race_NameVirginia National Bank 500Weather=74.8 F; wind speeds of 12.8 mph

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The 1982 Virginia National Bank 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was set on April 25, 1982, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia.

Background

Martinsville Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races. The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.526 mi long. The track's turns are banked at eleven degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at zero degrees. The back stretch also has a zero degree banking.

Race report

A starting grid of 31 drivers competed for three and a half hours in this 500-lap race. D.K. Ulrich was involved in a crash on lap 14; leading to his last-place finish. An audience of 36,500 saw Harry Gant defeat Butch Lindley by a distance of slightly more than a lap.

The majority of the field was driving Buick vehicles. Terry Labonte and Ricky Rudd would dominate the first one hundred laps of this race while Harry Gant would monopolize the closing laps of this race with a 1-lap lead over everyone else. Joe Ruttman would be the lowest finishing driver to complete the race; albeit more than 50 laps behind the only driver on the lead lap, Gant. This would be his first victory ever in the NASCAR Cup Series.

The pole position was won by Terry Labonte with his a qualifying speed of 89.998 mph; racing speeds for this event averaged 75.073 mph. Brad Teague's 11th place finish in this race was also the highest finishing position in the Cup series for team owner, Charlie Henderson. Winnings for this event ranged from the winner's share of $26,795 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's share of $1,300 ($ when adjusted for inflation). The overall prize purse for this race was $170,500 ($ when adjusted for inflation).

Qualifying

GridNo.DriverManufacturerOwner123456789101112131415
44Terry LabonteChevroletBilly Hagan
28Benny ParsonsPontiacHarry Ranier
33Harry GantBuickHal Needham
3Ricky RuddPontiacRichard Childress
50Geoffrey BodinePontiacCliff Stewart
98Morgan ShepherdBuickRon Benfield
88Bobby AllisonChevroletDiGard Racing
2Tim RichmondBuickJim Stacy
21Neil BonnettFordWood Brothers
02Mark MartinPontiacBud Reeder
75Joe RuttmanBuickRahMoc Enterprises
11Darrell WaltripBuickJunior Johnson
47Ron BouchardBuickJack Beebe
01Butch LindleyBuickEmanuel Zervakis
15Dale EarnhardtFordBud Moore

Top 10 finishers

PosGridNo.DriverManufacturerLapsLaps ledPointsTime/Status12345678910
333Harry GantBuick5001671853:30:01
1401Butch LindleyBuick499163175+1 lap and 1 second
921Neil BonnettFord4970165+3 laps
43Ricky RuddPontiac49655165+4 laps
1211Darrell WaltripBuick49625160+4 laps
1671Dave MarcisChevrolet4940150+4 laps
1002Mark MartinPontiac4920146+8 laps
2467Buddy ArringtonDodge4890142+11 laps
2140Jimmy HensleyBuick4850138+15 laps
2848Slick JohnsonPontiac4840134+16 laps

Standings after the race

PosDriverPointsDifferential1 [[File:1rightarrow.png10px]]23456 [[File:1rightarrow.png10px]]789 [[File:1rightarrow.png10px]]10
Terry Labonte12350
Darrell Waltrip1155-80
Benny Parsons1134-101
Harry Gant1122-113
Bobby Allison1069-139
Dale Earnhardt1039-199
Morgan Shepherd1029-206
Richard Petty1019-216
Buddy Arrington1015-220
Dave Marcis950-285

References

References

  1. [http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/VA/Martinsville/1982-04-25 Weather information for the ''1982 Virginia National Bank 500''] at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. "NASCAR Race Tracks".
  3. "NASCAR Tracks—The Martinsville Speedway". Martinsville Speedway.
  4. [http://racing-reference.info/race/1982_Virginia_National_Bank_500/W Race information for the ''1982 Virginia National Bank 500''] at Racing Reference
  5. [http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1982&race=8&series_id=2 Racing information for the ''1982 Virginia National Bank 500''] at Race Database
  6. [http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/results/1982/martinsville-speedway/virginia-national-bank-500/1569 Racing information for the ''1982 Virginia National Bank 500''] at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
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